Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Body Parts and Mind Games

SERIES: County Durham Quad #4

AUTHOR: Jude Tresswell

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 228 pages

RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2019

BLURB:

Organ trafficking, types of attraction and far-right nationalism are ingredients in this tale about Mike, Ross, Raith and Phil, a gay polyamorous quad who live in North-East England.

Phil is a surgeon in Warbridge Hospital. A patient’s organs are harvested illegally. Are Phil’s colleagues involved?

Detective Nick Seabrooke returns to Warbridge to ask Phil to aid the investigation. Agreeing endangers the quad in more ways than one. How will Nick, who is asexual, react to meeting the quad again? How will they react to him?

This is the fourth story in the County Durham Quad series. Background information is included for new readers.

REVIEW:

I absolutely love this series. There’s just so much to it. It’s got action, it’s a murder mystery to a point, bad guys and idiots who are doing bad things, and this poor quad who can not seem to stay out of harm’s way.

With all the trouble that has happened with this quad, they are hesitant to want to help with the police, even with Mike being an ex-cop. But every time they end up helping with a case, someone gets seriously hurt, kidnapped or close to death. Against better judgement about helping, Phil agrees to help Nick once more to integrate into the hospital to try to find out who is harvesting organs. But not only are they wary of the case, they are wary of Nick, because even if Nick is asexual, he’s very interested in Mike. And the quad doesn’t want to be broken or anything. But someone recognizes Nick at the hospital and bad things start happening again to the quad. Old enemies start reappearing and end up being in connection with this case and they are determined to send the quad a message. Well, they sent a message alright and everyone is scrambling to make sure everyone is safe and sound before one ends up almost dead again. But will they get there in time?

If I was these guys, I wouldn’t want to help anyone with the police ever again. Every single time, one of them ends up in serious trouble and the quad ends up shaken. Granted, it causes their bond to strengthen because they have to rely on each other to survive, but it still breaks them in ways that takes a while to get over. But the hard part about these cases, is that they call on their humanity. They want to help put bad guys away that are harming innocent people, but at what cost to them. They can’t seem to catch a break. It’s a tough decision. But after what they’ve been through this time, I’m curious as to what is going to happen next. I don’t know how much more they can take of all the hurt and injuries they’ve had to endure. It’s not just a physical thing, it’s a mental thing as well, that is really starting to take its toll. 

So yes. When I saw there was going to be a book 5, I’m almost scared for this quad. I’m hoping they survive and keep going.

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