Private investigator, Bob Blundell, is asked to undertake a seemingly routine surveillance operation at Featherstone Manor. Claudia Pennington believes her husband, Eugene, is having an affair, and she wants Bob to catch him in the act while she’s away in Africa.
But Eugene is not the only one up to no good. With his psychopathic nephew, Reuben, running amok in his own warped fantasy world, Chef’s heavily pregnant wife, Wassana, displaying episodes of feral behaviour and the baby appearing to talk inside her womb, and Eugene’s sister, Nancy, resentful of her brother because he inherited the manor, Bob finds much more than infidelity lying behind the drab stone walls of Featherstone Manor.
A Womb with a View is a chaotic, comic tale, underpinned by revenge, greed, and betrayal.
Author Bio:
Mark lives in a small village in the lovely county of Cumbria, although his books are set in Oxfordshire where he was born and raised.
He’s always had a keen interest in writing and after being widowed and raising his two daughters, Mark finally took the plunge and began self-publishing. Mark’s writing has earned him the name #TwistedTilbury due to the dark and twisted nature of his books. He’s published 12 books to date, and his 13th, A Womb With A View, will be published 19th Jan 2023
When he’s not writing, Mark can be found playing guitar, reading and walking.
My thoughts
Mark tilbury is the master of twisted crime and I always enjoy his books as the anticipation is almost worth as much as the book. He writes such horrific scenes and still makes you feel that he can tell a great story.
Bob Blundell is a new character and he always looks like he uses the old scout addage of always be prepared. The character felt that he was maybe a little rushed but that is the character and he really made you want to like him.
The back story was very interesting as Bob being a former police officer who was disillusioned after what had happened and left and set up his private investigation business. I think that this shows a very good idea as there are many real life examples that do this and I love the realistic approach that this author brings. Even if it is a common item were the PI is a former cop this felt unique.
I have to laugh even though it’s not that funny about the nature of him and his fantasies. It just had me laugh out loud as it just reminds me of some videos I watch about toxic mother in law’s and I just hit me as funny. Again it isn’t really funny as such but just makes you giggle with his dream or fantasy for his mother in law.
You can tell a great deal from a person by how they treat those who are not as well off as them or animals. We see the way Bob treats his dog and you can see that he is a good person and loves his family and his dog is part of that family. I like the fact that the story does feature animals as well since I love seeing what mischief they get up to or what their owned claims they do.
The story isn’t really like the others I have read from this author and it doesn’t have the twisted aspect that I usually expect. However that doesn’t take away any enjoyment from this book at all. In fact it enhanced what I already felt about this authors books and it shows how versatile he is. What a great thing to see as I love that none of his stories really resemble the others.
I am enjoying the humour that has been injected and the pop culture references. I also love the fact that they poke some fun at the kids of today vs the generations before. It is not the haha laugh out loud funny but it’s quite entertaining. It just seems very appropriate as it is something that always is coming out about each new generation. The when I was young type of comments.
The main female character Claudia is not what I would want to have either as a wife or a person that I was working for. She seems too distrusting and that would drive me nuts. The fact she doesn’t trust her husband and is using another person to get what she wants seems bad to me. Now she has cause but it still irks me.
Eugene I dislike from first meeting but I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s his attitude or what he is doing to his wife. Even if I don’t like her I still feel sorry for her.
Rose is probably my favourite character as she is just so weird and warped which is just the character I find most interesting. It has to make you laugh especially with what she did.
The master of the twisted stories has done it again but this time in a completely different fashion. He has went away from the ultra twisted stories which have capitvated me since the first book of his I read. This time he interjects humour into his book and doesn’t have near the penchant for death and destruction. It is great when you see an author put out something each time that you aren’t expecting well other than a great read.
For me it is a close race to of this book is my favourite or not. It probably comes in second but it was so enjoyable but wasn’t quite as dark as what I am used to.
The only one to really creep me out is Rueben who just reminds me too much of psychopaths and not sure whether it is his nature or whether the family dynamics is what caused his abberant behaviour.
Wassana is very strange and very feral. I don’t really know about her and she just seems out of place at Featherstone manner. She is married to the chef who is interesting and seems a little ptsd.
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