Review: THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty

Publisher Hachette Australia
Length 10hrs 9mins
Format audiobook

Published 2019

Series standalone

My Copy I bought it

My Review

Promoted heavily (at least by the twitter folk I follow anyway) as Jaws for parents, The Chain is every parent's nightmare and certainly fits the 'Jaws for parents' analogy. 

Using a clever take on kidnapping, The Chain turns everyday parents into ruthless criminals who'd do anything to protect their love-ones, in turn, providing the mastermind behind the Chain complete anonymity ultimately rendering law enforcement null and void. From the depths of a mothers despair and out of pure desperation, a reluctant and apprehensive protagonist arises to combat this presumably times-old criminal enterprise; the result is nothing short of breathtaking.

This is the kind of book that hooks you in early and never lets go. The suspense, drama, and tension builds and builds to near boiling point, completely consuming the reader and enveloping them in this plausible underworld of terror.  

My rating: 5/5 stars. I can't say too much about the story because I know I'll accidentally give away spoilers, but suffice to say, The Chain could be the best crime fiction novel of 2019.