You either love or hate Eddie. Either way, he wouldn’t really care. He prefers if people dislike him, as they talk to him less.

I love him. He is rude, uncompromising, doesn’t listen to anyone and seems to have fewer friends with each book in the series. Eddie is also bloody good at his job; and surprisingly under all that hardened outer shell, he also has a heart and that comes out in this book more than before.

I remember reading The Note (Eddie Collins novella) and wishing there was more. Andy delivered and did not disappoint. When Eddie finds out that Alex escaped her high security mental health hospital, leaving a trail of horrific murders, he knows his time is running out. He knows Alex will come for him; it is just a question of when and how. And when she does, well what a tornado.

This is my favourite Eddie Collins book. Main reason is that we get to know Eddie in a slightly different way. He cares. He sympathises. He doesn’t want Alex to suffer. After all she has done to him and his family, he feels sorry for her. This really humanises his character for me and makes this story believable. I cannot wait for another book, especially after that little twist that Andy has left us with at the end of This Side of Death.