Book review of Blood Rival by Jake Arnott (opens in new tab)

In fiction you can blur the real world with the fictional to give your story a sense of authenticity. This is something that Jake Arnott has done in the past taking a splash of truth, a soupcon of reality, and then blending in some fictional high-octane action. In the case of Blood Rival, there was a story that reminded me of a real gangland murder some years ago, but this was only one basis for the story, the other was far more antient. Lee Royle has always considered himself a lucky crook. ...