Singlehand

Sam Llewellyn

New Hat

£12.99

A new Llewellyn thriller is a cause for celebration. Failed yacht broker, Gavin Chance, (hero of Black Fish), has conquered his addiction to alcohol but the cost of his time in rehab must be repaid. Skippering an oligarch’s superyacht soon finds him implicated in the heist of several million pounds-worth of Highland whisky, whilst avoiding a seven-foot homicidal maniac and struggling to fathom the motivations of a cocaine-sniffing seductress. Chance dodges expertly among the lochs and islands of the Hebrides in vessels ranging from Ro-Ro ferry to Drascombe lugger. He’s a less edgy, angry hero than some of his predecessors but for lovers of Llewellyn’s writing style and humour there are treats in every paragraph. I read it twice.