Like the author who created her, Dr Erin Taylor is a surgeon living near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Erin seems in control of her life, juggling a busy operating schedule, looking after two teenagers, staying fit, and working on keeping her marriage to fellow doctor Oliver on an even keel. But a reunion of friends from her university days brings a troubled past to the fore when one of their gang doesn't show up.
In their varsity days Erin and her friends were known as 'The Furies', and fought to stem a tide of sexual assaults against female students whose drinks had been spiked.
When Erin goes missing a heart-stopping rollercoaster ride of perils and pitfalls begins. This book kept me up TOO LATE for a couple of nights.
Marina Auer delivers twist after twist in this fast-paced, nail-biting story which is well and truly deserving of the title, 'thriller'.
There are some nice insider observations of life in modern South Africa and the characters are all well-rounded and believable, such as Todd, the likabley unlikeable anaesthetist who seems to like his Land Rover more than people. Auer also draws heavily on her own medical knowledge, interspersing interesting biological facts that help to differentiate Double Edged from the rest of the crime fiction pack.
I can't wait to read Auer's other two books.
Five from five!
Published Kwela, South Africa
Reviewed by Tony Park
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