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A review by nina_reads_books
The Deep by Kyle Perry
4.0
Mystery and crime novels are not my usual go to genre but there are a few Australian authors that I will now happily pick up and @kyle.perry.author is one of them. Perry’s debut novel The Bluffs was an absolute winner for me so I was thrilled to get my hands on his follow up novel The Deep.
The Deep is set in Shacktown in coastal Tasmania and focuses on the Dempsey family. The family’s abalone diving business is the front for a drug ring that has create significant wealth for those that remain in the family business. Matriarch Iris oversees it all with middle son Davey. Youngest son Mackeral is just out of jail and is barely tolerated by the rest of the family, while oldest son Jesse disappeared seven years ago along with his wife and son Forrest.
When thirteen year old Forrest walks out of the sea one day battered and not willing to say where he has been all these years, the family’s long held secrets will be revealed. Add to this a looming threat from an infamous and almost mythical drug lord Blackbeard who may or may not be moving in to take over and you have the making of a real page turner.
Now this plot was definitely complicated and a real puzzle that had me guessing at every turn. In fact it almost felt like the story was a bit over the top (drugs! pirates! murder!) but I think this ultimately added to the enjoyment I experienced.
Both of Perry’s novels portray the landscape of Tasmania so well. This time in The Deep, the ocean and beach caves are vivid and wild adding to the tension in the story. This was a gripping and atmospheric read which I inhaled in a couple of days. I’d definitely recommend The Deep if you want to lose yourself in a mystery which was what I absolutely needed last week.
The Deep is set in Shacktown in coastal Tasmania and focuses on the Dempsey family. The family’s abalone diving business is the front for a drug ring that has create significant wealth for those that remain in the family business. Matriarch Iris oversees it all with middle son Davey. Youngest son Mackeral is just out of jail and is barely tolerated by the rest of the family, while oldest son Jesse disappeared seven years ago along with his wife and son Forrest.
When thirteen year old Forrest walks out of the sea one day battered and not willing to say where he has been all these years, the family’s long held secrets will be revealed. Add to this a looming threat from an infamous and almost mythical drug lord Blackbeard who may or may not be moving in to take over and you have the making of a real page turner.
Now this plot was definitely complicated and a real puzzle that had me guessing at every turn. In fact it almost felt like the story was a bit over the top (drugs! pirates! murder!) but I think this ultimately added to the enjoyment I experienced.
Both of Perry’s novels portray the landscape of Tasmania so well. This time in The Deep, the ocean and beach caves are vivid and wild adding to the tension in the story. This was a gripping and atmospheric read which I inhaled in a couple of days. I’d definitely recommend The Deep if you want to lose yourself in a mystery which was what I absolutely needed last week.