Book Review - The Publicist by Natalie Tambini - #HolidayReading Fuerteventura

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Title: The Publicist

Author: Natalie Tambini

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: One More Chapter

Publication Date: 18th August 2023

Rating: 4 Stars

PR guru Lola Lovett’s client has gone missing, but that’s not the problem. It’s the fact that he’s meant to be at home. Already dead.

But Lola hasn’t come this far in life to let an inconvenience like an undead actor stop her from getting what she wants, so she immediately sets about getting close to the investigation into his disappearance…and DCI Sue Fisher.

Sue’s been laying low ever since the Medford nail bar case, determined to focus on her grieving son Tom and moving on from the horrors they’ve faced, but the search for actor Sam Stevens throws up unexpected challenges. Because in the glitzy, glamorous world of showbiz it’s not a matter of discovering who might be keeping secrets, but rather, determining who is willing to kill to keep them…

I didn't realise when i requested this book initially that it was part of a series, although it became apparent very early on in the reading, as there were many references to the previous book. 

Which worried me at first, but ultimately the main plot of this book can definitely be read as a standalone, I've just missed out of possibly useful background and character building for Sue and her family.

That being said I was certainly invested in Lola, and just why it is she was upset to discover her star client was in fact not missing, and not dead as she was expecting him to be! 

It's a rather twisty tale, that had been intrigued and reading on to find out as much as possible, and I never guessed even a fraction of what actually happens.

I loved seeing what sort of a publicist Lola is, and the lengths she will go to for her clients.

And there were many gasp worthy revelations along the way. 

I really enjoyed this book.  

Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.