This is a brilliant book with a fab story and great characters that have you hooked from start to finish and i can highly recommend this book to readers 5*

DS Joe Romano is back in Leeds after a spell at Interpol. He has a missing person case of drug dealer Craig Shaw. What follows draws Joe into an investigation in ways that he could not have foreseen with a killer deploying their brand of justice raising question marks over the ‘right to kill’

This novel certainly grabs your attention right from the start in this gritty inquiry into the identity of killer tagged the ‘Graphite Assassin’. I like Joe, he’s complex, very committed and hard working, he’s had some personal knocks but this case reignites his career. He feels an authentic character with a good balance struck between the investigation and sufficient personal information to understand what makes him tick. I love DS Rita Scannon or to give her full title DS Rita Hridi Scannon-Aktar, she’s absolutely brilliant! The repartee between her and Joe and with others in the team is really good with some great dark humour thrown in! The setting in and around Leeds is a familiar one to me which I like as we zip from Leeds to Happy Valley and the old West Yorkshire mill towns, adding some good old Yorkshire grit! The case is intriguing and dives into some relevant issues including the unsavoury views of groups like ‘The English Patriot League’. It’s well written, the case has good twists and turns, it’s lively, easy to read with a good plot and a fast pace. The conclusion is exciting and I look forward to reading more about Joe and Rita - fingers crossed.

Overall, an enjoyable police crime thriller.

With thanks to NetGalley and HQ for the arc in return for an honest review.

An engaging if unoriginal read. A maverick police officer with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove.
I enjoyed this book but struggle to really say much about it

My thoughts about this brilliantly written gripping hard-hiting police procedural crime thriller, John Barlow's Right To Kill, what can I say bloody brilliant, Not only it's got spectacular suspense and its fast paced, it is one of the best outstanding thrillers I've read this year. Author John Barlow has written a powerful storyline, that bends no rules to find the killer of a drug dealer was fantastic. What I liked about Right To Kill, was its characters, and DS Joe Romano is a brilliantly written fearless detective, which was incredible. The story of Right To Kill, which is set in Leeds begins were we see DS Joe Romano finds himself back on home turf. He’s following up on the disappearance of drug-dealer Craig Shaw.It’s the start of a case that could make or break Romano’s career. Because Shaw is about to go from missing to murdered which was shocking, then we see DS Joe Romano investigating and searching for the killer's identity of the drug dealer, was fantastic. The way the story starts and finishes is going to blow you away. Writer John Barlow delivers a new crime thriller series, that is truly magnificent. Right To Kill is a well written, and well plotted masterpiece, that will  blow you away, with its amazing story and suspense. I would like to say thank you to Author John Barlow, And Publishers HQ Stories, who have brought in talented author's like Nadine Matheson, Khurrum Rahman and John Barlow and many more, and netgalley for giving me a chance to read and review, this outstanding rollocoster explosive thriller, that will blow you away, highly recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💥💥💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥