To Catch A Rabbit: Not Your Bunny Boiler Thriller
To Catch A Rabbit by Helen Cadbury
Sean Denton, a dyslexic Community Support Officer is
the unlikely hero of this crawling thriller by author Helen Cadbury. He gets his
first “case” involving a young woman found dead on his patch. He’s drawn to the
case, but given the “handicap” of not being a proper policeman, he does not get
the respect of his colleagues. And just like the victim, whose death is immediately
written off as a suicide, Sean’s views on the case are easily dismissed. Tough.
But the story does not revolve around just one case.
Oh no! It gets complicated when seemingly random events become intricately
linked. New characters emerge and personal and professional turmoil ensue. It gets a little muddled when all the other characters
compete for the reader’s attention. It momentarily shifts the focus away from
Sean just as he’s getting more interesting. Perhaps it’s part of the character
progression and just a case of not wanting to give everything away since this
is just the first in a series of books.
To Catch A Rabbit is a slow-moving and subdued thriller
but reasonably unravels leading to a satisfying conclusion.
