Rough Cut

Rough Cut is the sixth novel from Anna Smith featuring her character, Rosie Gilmour, a Scottish journalist. 

Rosie Gilmour is a journalist who gets involved in criminal escapades without any effort, or so it seems.  This narrative hooks you from page one, with racial tensions featuring heavily in the book; it follows two main threads with each onevery compelling. The first element of the story saw Rosie investigating the death of a Pakistani bride and the second, at the opposite end of the spectrum, with two prostitutes finding themselves with a major problem following the death of a client. The secondary characters were well developed including Rosie’s colleague Matt, her boss Mick and her police contact, Don. 

I had not read the previous five but I have to say this a brilliant read, it seemed like a standalone novel in the sense that I didn’t feel like I was missing vital information about the characters; although I would say that there would have been an advantage knowing any back story and familiarising myself with recurring characters. Well worth a read, because I guarantee you will be hooked.