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Reviewed by Lucinda E Clarke for Readers' Favorite
Never Go Back is the latest in Gordon Bickerstaff’s series starring Zoe Tampsin who heads up the Lambeth crew of mainly female protagonists, a covert investigation unit that helps to keep Britain and the world safe. The book is well named as Zoe has once before faced ex-SAS Ben Greene turned international arms dealer. She was not successful the first time she traveled to Cyprus to destroy him and this time it looks as if she will fail again. Is there a mole in the corridors of power who is warning Greene and giving him details of the impending operation? Zoe doesn’t know who to trust outside her immediate circle. Once again, Gavin Shawlens is brought on board, but somehow everything he is involved in turns into a disaster. Zoe also conscripts her brother Michael and uses his technological skills in her fight to stop the delivery of weapons destined for Russia to use in its war with Ukraine. From Scotland to London and on to Cyprus, with many twists and turns along the way, this thriller moves at breakneck speed hurtling to the conclusion.
I was thrilled as I scrolled down the list of books to review and saw this one by Gordon Bickerstaff. I have been a fan since his very first story of the Lambeth Group starring Zoe Tampsin and this is the eleventh book in the series. In Never Go Back, once again our heroine is pitched against an arch-villain. But there is so much more to this story, as the luckless Gavin Shawlens, the shy and very reluctant member of the team, is also being stalked, which provides a second storyline that is both shocking and amusing at the same time. The condition of Julie Harpwell and her brother Tam’s flat is so descriptive that it took me right into the scene. Bickerstaff does not hold back in using language suitable for his characters who are real, well-drawn, and fascinating. The excitement never lets up and, once started, this is a book you will find difficult to put down. Of all the previous books in the series, Never Go Back is the best one to date. Highly recommended.