All Of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins

‘Featuring DS Saul Anguish from the award winning author, Fiona Cummins,
author of Into the Dark and Rattle.‘
– All Of Us Are Broken

[ About All Of Us Are Broken ]

Every one of them has a dark secret

The Family

After a year they want to forget, the Hardwicke family set out to the Scottish Highlands for a much needed holiday.

The Crimes

They are about to cross paths with Missy and Fox, a violent and dangerous young couple hell-bent on infamy, their love story etched in blood and a dark past which must be uncovered.

The Detective

As the clock ticks down, Detective Saul Anguish is on the hunt to find the couple before more lives are lost.

The Mother

–who will be forced to make an impossible decision.

[ My Review ]

All Of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins publishes July 20th with Pan Macmillan and is described as an ‘electrifying crime novel’. I have read rave reviews for Fiona Cummins’ previous novels so I went in with seriously high expectations and I certainly was not disappointed. This is a dark, dark read folks, so buckle up!

Within the opening pages, a mother is presented with the most hopeless choice, one that no parent would or could ever make. With my heart in my mouth I read on as we are taken on a relatively recent journey back in time to the lead up to this shocking prologue.

The Hardwicke family, Mum Christine, daughter Galen, 13 years of age and son Tom, eight years old are on an adventure to Scotland. As a family they have been through the ringer and this trip is very much deserved. Christine and her children have suffered a great deal but now a bit of respite, a break away from the chaos of their lives, is welcomed.

Meanwhile, Missy and Fox are unleashing their own personal hell on any soul who intercepts them. They are a couple of loose cannons with vengeance on their side and, like a ticking time bomb, they will go off with a bang. These two soulless individuals have a warped sense of passion and are incapable of separating right from wrong. Both clearly have issues with society, and where they fit in, with no respect, no care but most dangerously of all, no fear.

DC Saul Anguish (what a great name) is quite the bizarre character. He has a dark core that stems from a troubled past, which will probably make a little more sense to readers of Fiona Cummins’ previous novels. I think I’ve tracked him back to his teenage years, through a little online research, and I suspect I may have to get my hands on Rattle and The Collector!! DC Anguish is part of a team sent to hunt down Missy & Fox in their journey northward. A brutal game of cat & mouse ensues, as a devastating trail is investigated and followed. Blue, aka Dr Clover March, is a forensic linguist who assists in the hunt. Like Anguish, Blue has her demons while also suffering from narcolepsy, which adds to her overall quirky personality. Two like-minded souls with unconventional thoughts and methods provide for very compelling reading. Anguish and Blue work beyond any boundaries, which makes them both dangerous and fearless hunters.

All Of Us Are Broken is a fascinating and addictive read. The content is, at times, crushing, breath-taking and challenging, but what a ride! If you like your crime dark, then look no further than Fiona Cummins. Harrowing, chilling, disconcerting and 100% riveting, this is an author who messes with your heart and mind. Go in with the knowledge that you will come out the other-side feeling very unsettled, having experienced something quite malevolent indeed. Wonderful stuff. Highly recommend *hands clapping*

[ Bio ]

Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. It received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers.

She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past.

Fiona lives with her family in Essex.

Twitter ~ @FionaAnnCummins