Nowhere To Run by James Oswald

Nowhere To Run by James Oswald 

Publication date - 11th November 2021 

Publisher - Headline 

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‘Nowhere To Run’ is the third outing for James Oswald’s Constance Fairchild but it can be read as a standalone book. 

Constance is on compassionate leave after the events in the last book and it just so happens to coincide with Covid hitting the UK. Her Aunt has recommended a cottage to recover in that's in Wales and it's there she gets stuck. But maybe she is quite happy about this situation? Whilst on a trip to the local beer garden she comes across two guys who attempt to jump and attack her. They soon get shown who is boss but she ends up being thrown in the cells at the local police station! It's there that she meets a young girl from the Ukraine who has been beaten up and soon she turns up on her doorstep asking for help. Her boss also ‘randomly’ turns up asking for help with dealing with some ‘county lines’ drug gangs. 

Well, I think you can say that Constance is never going to have a boring life wherever she goes. This was an action-packed book full of twists and turns all over the place. Plus, there was Welsh mythology and legends interspersed with the main plots, which gave it a magical feeling, an enticement to carry on reading. I adored all the action that was set in the tunnels and cave systems as it had such a claustrophobic atmosphere, plus it's one of my great fears is being underground! 

‘Nowhere To Run’ is a thrilling, bone-chillingly, claustrophobic read where the story pops off the page. I devoured it. Also, where can I get the recipe for that special coffee and goat curry?!