DUPLICITY By FIN C GRAY

England, 2003. Tom McIntyre is a worried man. Debts are piling up, his career is in free-fall, and his family life is under strain. Only his wife, Alison, remains unswerving in her support of him. Close to rock bottom, Tom clinches the deal of a lifetime and then tragedy strikes, putting everything Tom values at risk.

In the aftermath, a toxic mix of grief, substance abuse and blame leads to different paths for the family. Duplicity is a story of lost innocence, radicalisation, and family bonds. Can grief, love and hate be reconciled? And can Tom repair his fractured family?


Thoughts/Review:


What a fantastic crime thriller/suspense read. From the first page, the story hooked me to the story and I wanted to find out more. What happened and why would a person do such a thing... and there the story unfolded as the layer was peeled and Gray reveals in just the right time pieces of the puzzle in this wonderful story.


The pacing was quick and the plot moved the story well through the alternating story line that was told between the present timeline and the past.


The story was centered around young Daniel McIntyre whose childhood innocence was taken from him in a horrific and traumatic way, compounded by the death of his mother and a fractured relationship with his father. As Daniel craved to be accepted and loved, he befriended a young Pakistani man, Waqar, who took advantage of their friendship, and turned it into recruiting Daniel to become a radicalized jihadist.


Gray’s writing was solid and was able to maintain that thrilling element throughout the story line, that kept me turning those pages. Gray was able to write an amazing cast of characters including Daniel’s father Tom whose ordeal and pain was palpable. The characters were realistic and faulted to their demise.


The story was an amazing psychological thriller that was disturbing, utterly suspenseful and highly addicting!! I really enjoyed this book very much!! Don’t let the cover scare you to thinking this is a horror read. It is not, though it had violent elements from the terrorist activities, it is a crime thriller/suspenseful read.


AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:

Fin C. Gray is a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University, where he attained a Master of Arts with Merit in Creative Writing. Duplicity was written as part of that degree.
He also holds an MA in English Language and Philosophy from the University of Glasgow.
Fin C. Gray is a native of Scotland but currently lives in London. He has two adult sons and three grandchildren.
Titles
Duplicity (published 28th November, 2019) – order your copy here – Amazon  or Olympia Publishers
Dolores and Gigi (a short story published in the Fiction section of The East Hampton Star in New York.)
You can read Dolores and Gigi for free here:
https://www.wattpad.com/714436015-dolores-and-gigi

Fin is currently working on his second novel and more will be revealed here as it develops.