Book Review: Thou shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live

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Harry Bridges is a retired detective; the police force obliged him to finish his career at the young age of 55, leaving him at a loose end. A career as a store detective follows and for five long and boring years he struggles to find any worth in his life. Finally, at 60 years of age he finds himself unemployed, unmarried and at the point of ending it all.

He is preparing for his suicide when fate intervenes and throws an old colleague into his path who asks for help with a particularly gruesome murder. Harry finds new meaning to life and his old detective skills come to the fore.

However, all is not as it seems and he finds himself embroiled in the dark world of the supernatural. Old wounds emanating from the seventeenth century are coming to the surface. The spectre of Matthew Hopkins, the witch-finder general of Cromwell’s era, is back in the present, pursued by his victims in a never ending game of cat and mouse.

Even Harry’s skill as a detective may not be a match for the dark powers that now surround him.

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                                                               My Thoughts on the Book:                                                                   

You know those books that make you have a book hangover? Leave you gasping for air? Make you think about them for weeks and months after you read them? Decide to read more novels in that genre? Thou shalt not Suffer a Which to Live is all those things to me. 

I loved Thou shalt not Suffer a Which to Live so much. I was so excited to read this book. I came in with high hopes for this book, and it didn't disappoint. I normally don't read books in this genre but I really had interest in reading this. I was completely enthralled when reading this book. I completed the book in less than two days and I honestly could barely put it down. I really enjoyed the mystery aspects of this novel. 

The book follows Harry Bridges, who is a retired detective who is thinking about committing suicide. When a friend reaches out to him to help solve the murder of a local teenager. This case would lead to a world he would have never expected.The supernatural takes over and things get really interesting. 

I will say that the book is a little slow at times but I enjoy a book like that. I want build up in a story, and I want to be able to see a lot of character development. This has that for sure! I will be honest some of the characters are dislikable and often unrelatable but I did enjoy them none the less. 

Also, this book does have some violent and very descriptive scenes in it. I would not recommend this book to readers that can't handle or don't want to read about that. It isn't overly descriptive but it did have moments that had me hanging and made my heart race. 

I can't wait to read other books that  Raymond M Hall writes! I hope you will check this book out!