A challenging read that rewards perseverance.

• Book: Halfway
• Location: Wales
• Author: Beverley Jones

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Deep in an inhospitable corner of the Welsh countryside, the Halfway Inn is closed to customers, but it’s about to become the setting for the dramatic climax to this slow-burning psychological thriller. I found that this was a book that repaid perseverance. At first the characters were quite shadowy, and I wasn’t sure where the story was going, almost to the point of deciding to give up. About halfway in, however, I was very glad that I hadn’t. As the characters revealed themselves and how they interrelated, they were increasingly interesting and the plot much more gripping. It was a clever exercise in structure, albeit a risky one. Although the bleak winter weather was powerfully conveyed, I didn’t have a very strong sense of the story being set in Wales, but that didn’t spoil the book.

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