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|title=Blood Rush
|author=Helen Black
|reviewer=Blood RushLesley Mason
|genre=Crime
|summary=Fast paced crime drama that might just make you think twice about the hoodies on the corner… or at least about how/why they came to be there.
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Robinson
|date=April 2011
|isbn=978-1849014731
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>1849014736</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=1849014736|aznus=<amazonus>1849014736</amazonus>
}}
Books and their covers, we'll never learn will we? In this case I was taken in not by the jacket design which, to be honest, would have had me by-passing it as a cheapo-teeno, but by that sneaky line at the bottom "Author of Damaged Goods".
"Oh excellent" I thought, "I enjoyed that". Except, I haven't actually read it. It was [[Damaged Goods by June Hampson|another book of the same name]], by a completely different author.
On the other hand, I did recognise Helen Black's name and her protagonist (Lilly Valentine) – the one I had read was [[Dishonour by Helen Black|DishonouDishonour]] – and just for the record, I gave that one 4 stars too.
Now I should point out that I'm reviewing an advance copy and both design and wording might well change before it hits the shelves (and legally I'm not allowed to quote from the book at all, but that does make reviewing it slightly tricky). That being so, you might wonder why I'm bothering with this rambling intro.
Further reading suggestion: You might want to get acquainted with LV in the [[Dishonour by Helen Black|previous episode]], or if you want another feisty female lead this time in the 1960s underworld, check out that other [[Damaged Goods by June Hampson|Damaged Goods]] by June Hampson.
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