The Death List - Paul Johnston

'The Death List' by Paul Johnston is the tale of author Matt Wells whose literary flame is slowly dying amidst poor reviews and even poorer novels. Who wants to read crime fiction set in Albania for heavens sake? Anyway, one day Mr. Wells receives an email from someone calling themselves 'The White Devil' who threatens the Wells family and friends with death should the out-of-sorts author not follow the Devils instructions. It's simple - all he wants Matt to do is write his sordid life story for him which is grotesquely unfolding as he speaks (types?). However, once the Devil has come to the end of his own 'Death List' and removed every person(name) on it ...

Yet another book I read at work over the weekend, I dont remember ever having come across the author before but it does say that this is the first in a series which will feature the same lead character Matt Wells so I am assuming it is also the first book by this author (I am happy to be corrected if this is wrong). The Death List sounds an ominous title and it starts as it means to go on, with the seemingly random and unconnected murder of Steven Newton (so seemingly random and unconnected it wasnt until I started writing this that I realised why it was even included in the book!). After this prologue we start the story proper, meeting Matt Wells on what has ...