You Can Run - Trevor Wood

I'm a big fan of Trevor Wood's Jimmy Mullens trilogy so was eager to read what he came up with next.

You Can Run is set in a small Northumbrian village where teenager Ruby lives with Alex, her reclusive single dad.

A stranger comes to visit, a fight breaks out leaving the stranger bleeding on the kitchen floor. Alex gets captured and Ruby goes on the run.

It's a slightly bizarre action thriller, as Ruby and the villagers are pitted against Alex's armed captors. There are some good scenes and interesting characters, but for me it lacked tension. It felt a little bit YA to me. I missed the depth of character and close bonds between characters of the Jimmy Mullens books.

It was entertaining enough but lacked the tension and thrills to really make it come alive for me as an action thriller.

Thanks to Netgalley and Quercus