All Of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins was an excellent book and a great page turner. I was gripped from the beginning till the end.definitely a 5 star book.

I highly recommend.....Just brilliant!

Wow, this book! From the opening pages my heart was pounding so hard, it was so intense! The Hardwicke family have travelled to the Scottish Highlands to stay in a lovely hotel for a break after a really tough year but horrifically for them they cross paths with a couple who are on a murderous rampage across the UK and the shootout that happens leaves you feeling like you can't breathe. We follow the couple as they make their plan and carry out evil actions, and it's horrifying. The third perspective is detective Saul Anguish as he is in a race against time to figure out what is going on and to find this couple before anyone else gets hurt. This novel felt so real and that made it hard to read at times but simultaneously you can't look away as you just need to know what's going to happen. I definitely recommend this one!

DC Saul Anguish and forensic partner Blue are thrust into a deadly case in this dark twisty crime novel. A Bonnie and Clyde style couple are on a killing spree and seeking infamy at any cost. A compelling, nerve-tingling treat.

Wow this book is absolutely incredible. Initially I was not sure what to expect or what was happening as I found the beginning a bit confusing. However, I stuck with it and when things become clearer this became an adrenaline fuelled, high intensity read. Cummins does write about some extremely hard hitting subjects and this is in no way an easy read so be prepared before starting this.
I enjoyed how Cummins weaves chapters focusing on the Hardwicke family and their journey with the devastating crimes of Missy and Fox. This really helped give a balance to the book as well as build a real sense of dread and foreboding at the horror to come. The Hardwicke family are very special, I really took them to heart and their story is compelling yet incredibly sad. I in no way liked Missy and Fox but they are fascinating characters and they are of course integral to the plot.
'All Of Us Are Broken' is a thrilling, dramatic read that will have you on the edge of your seat. Cummins builds the atmosphere to an incredible high and then unleashes it with a violent, dramatic climax. This was an incredible read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for an advance copy.

Oh my goodness, what a book. This stirred up all kinds of emotions within me.
At times, this is a violent and difficult read. I found myself getting frustrated and angry at the terrible crimes that the couple continued to commit.
However, it is also a hugely emotional and touching read, and I found that I was properly sobbing when I got to the end of it.
I loved this book and would recommend to anyone!

How can any mother answer such a question. A real shocking start to a book.
The prologue of All Of Us Are Broken reminded me of You Choose by Philip Tomasso however that’s where the similarities end.

All Of Us Are Broken is a story set in the beautiful surroundings of the Scottish highlands. Following Christine, a single mother to Galen and Tom, who are on the trip to Chanonry Point for Galen, who has been having a tough time, to see the dolphins. At the same time what they do not know is that there are two deranged lovers heading the same way hell bent on getting infamy no matter what the cost.
DC Saul Anguish is hot on their tail, and will stop at nothing to put an end to this insane killing spree even if it means repeatedly putting his life in jeopardy.

I found the storyline to be really interesting but thought it could possibly have gone a little deeper in to the psychology of Missy and Fox. The reasons why Missy does what she does were touched upon but I felt not in quite enough depth to build a full understanding of her character.

The breakdown of the chapters using the time and location I found rather chaotic and likewise the writing style, a change between chapters was on occasion just a few minutes and didn’t really help to keep any order to the story.

This story was so full of pain and grief, I kept thinking these characters can’t suffer any further, but each time I was wrong.
Each character had a part in the collective story but they also had their own side plot. I think this is a great idea however on this occasion there were too many side plots bringing some confusion to the main story that were never completed, maybe the writer intends to branch out on sequels based around each.

I found rating this book to be conflicting. 3* is too low but I wouldn’t say it quite reaches a 4*. As I can’t give half stars I decided to go up to a 4* because although I found the style chaotic and couldn’t fully connect or understand any of the characters I did enjoy reading this book and I would say I would recommend giving this book a go.

Thank you NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the advanced reading copy.

This is indeed a novel where everyone is "broken"! I wouldn't say it was easy reading as there is a good deal of violence, no happy endings and I have to say that none of the main characters were not particularly likeable. With that out of the way, however, I did feel it was well written and the story was engaging and held my interest. If you like police procedurals and thrillers you will definitely like this, you just need to be prepared for the amount of darkness.

Love love love Fiona’s books!!! I can’t get enough of them and this one was a true stunner as always, loved it read it in a day and wasn’t putting it down for anything!!

Sooo good! Fiona delivers yet again. It has just the right amount of intrigue,twists,and drama to hold you in its grip. Loved it!

There's no way you can guess what will happen and the twists in this very dark and gritty story.
It's a rollercoaster featuring some very evil guys, some clever detectives, and a mother who must choose in a no-right-or-wrong way.
Fiona Cummins delivers a disturbing, gripping and complex story.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

What do you get if you cross an Oscar-winning Meryl Streep movie with famous real-life criminals and rather terrific British crime fiction? In a way, you get showbiz journo turned Essex author Fiona Cummins’ latest DC Saul Anguish crime thriller, All of Us Are Broken. A dark, disturbing, and superb read that keeps the pages whirring while delivering a few emotional body blows along the way.

Ninety years ago Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker transfixed the media and public during the Depression with a cross-country crime spree that left behind a trail of robbed banks and dead policeman, before their lives were ended and their legend secured in hail of bullets from a law enforcement posse on a dusty Louisiana road in 1934. Now callous young British couple Missy and Fox are chasing similar excitement and infamy as they try to escape their mundane lives with little care for those who cross their path. A schoolteacher stands frozen as a child struggles for life in her classroom. An ex-policeman is found shot in his home. A grieving and overwhelmed widow on a restorative vacation to the Scottish Highlands is given a horrifying ‘Sophie’s Choice’ after fate brings what’s left of her family into the path of the killer couple.

Pick one of your children to die, or you all die.

All of Us Are Broken is an emotional rollercoaster of a book from a terrific author who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for her previous DC Saul Anguish novel, Into the Dark. This follow-up is even better. DC Anguish, who’s grown from troubled teen in Cummins’ earliest novels to troubled detective in her latest ones, is on the trail of the killer couple, but can he and forensic linguist Dr Clover March, aka ‘Blue’, save any of the Hardwicke family and other hostages in the lodge by the loch? Meanwhile Saul and Blue both have plenty going on outside of their working lives; dangerous secrets and desires that could upend them.

Fascinating characters, nerve-racking action, and gut-punch twists; Cummins delivers a superb read.

Fast paced, this book follows the lives of a family, Christine and her children as well as a couple, Fox and Missy on one day in october. It is also, in a lesser way, about the police investigation. The book starts when Christine, the mother of Galen and Tom is asked by Missy to choose which of her children should be killed. The book then describes the circumstances which brought them all to this moment in time. It is a violent journey for Fox and Missy . Family life for Christine and her children has not been easy either, though the reasons for this are revealed gradually throughout the book.
On the whole I enjoyed the book, though there was a lot of killing and it was graphically described. I am also not sure how Melissa (Missy) completed teacher training and worked as an infant school teacher . The book was fairly fast paced, though I thought it slowed down a bit in the middle when the different parties were journeying north.

My thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchnage for an honest review

The prologue of All Of Us Are Broken is the first brilliant chapter of an amazing book! It ensures that the novel starts with a bang and I was thinking about the scenario in it all the time I was reading, wondering if the author would answer all the questions she raises in the first few pages.

The pace that is set in the prologue never really lets up. The chapters begin with locations and times which emphasise the speed at which events are taking place. Fiona Cummins is an exceptional writer and I was immediately taken to each location and felt as though I was part of the action. The switches between scenes which show what is happening from the points of view of the police, the perpetrators and the victim are really effective and I was really keen to know how the story would end.

However, the beauty of Fiona Cummins' writing is that the novel is not just a fast paced cat and mouse chase. As the story unravels, she explores a number of other issues which makes her writing really poignant. There are so many layers to All Of Us Are Broken and the author really made me think as I was reading.

Fiona Cummins manages to write fantastic psychological fiction with every book she publishes and All Of Us Are Broken is no different. A tale that encompasses a kidnapping of a mother and her two children by two psychopaths intent on killing anyone that gets in their way is both shocking and gripping in equal parts. Absolutely unputdownable. Many thanks to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read and review All Of Us Are Broken.

I didn't want to stop reading this book, but I also wasn't picking it up at every opportunity like I would if I were properly engaged.

Even now, I'm struggling to put my finger on the reason why.

As readers, we knew a little about Missy and some of her history, but little about Fox. I just felt like they weren't meaty enough. I disliked them, but because I disliked their actions not because they were dislikable characters. They felt too insubstantial. It was their story, but more effort seemed to be put into giving their victims emotional impact rather than them.

Even when they were building on their relationship, it felt very tell don't show. I was told they were passionately in love, etc, but I didn't think we ever saw it in their actions. In essence, this was a romance story with a criminal plot, but that didn't really come across.

I loved the prologue. It made my maternal instincts scream. But by the time we had gone back over that same chapter at the end of the book, I had to say I'd lost interest a bit. Though their story as a family was emotional, it again just didn't excite me. Or engage me. I felt for them emotionally, but I didn't connect with them.

The Saul/Blue storyline and tbe O'Neill storyline felt terribly shoehorned in. Like the book needed some subplots, they were crammed in at the end in choppy, forced sections. The connection to O'Neill and the Blue storylines could have been totally removed, and the book would still stand.

In fact, the Blue storyline felt like it had been included just to add some more violence and shock factor into the book, which with the amount of Killings and.violence to children, it didn't need.

Yes. So. Not for me is the takeaway. Though I can understand why some reviews are higher.

Attention all readers! Don your fireproof overalls and breathing apparatus, because Fiona Cummins is smokin’!

Where to start with this pulsating, nail-biter of a read, which opens with a prologue so dramatic, my blood ran cold and I couldn’t wait to get to the end to see how it panned out.

Picture the scene: dusk, an ornate ballroom in an ancient hotel overlooking a Scottish loch. In it, the Hardwickes, a mother and her two children, are being held hostage by two gun-toting psychopaths — Fox and Missy, a latter day Bonnie and Clyde. The mother is given a choice: pick which child should die, or all three will be killed.

Before she can speak, we’re whisked back 12 hours to the start of what will be an extraordinary day: for the fugitives intent on a killing spree, for the unsuspecting public caught in their sights, and for the police tasked with hunting them down.

This was an extraordinary thriller: pacey, twisty, and bloodthirsty. But also full of heart. And with a cast of characters so boldly imagined, I believed every single one of them.

Cummins brilliantly portrays the toxic relationship between the two outlaws; how they egg each other on, compete with each other, and show absolutely no remorse. I liked that she sketched out their backgrounds to give insight into what may have shaped their craziness.

And I loved that my two favorite characters from her last book — Detective Saul Anguish and narcoleptic, forensic linguist ‘Blue’ — this time play more central roles. Anguish is a deliciously mysterious protagonist with a dark past, while Blue has a compelling, unpredictable edginess. Together, they make a brilliant double act.

My heart, however, was with the depleted Hardwicke family, as they made the journey north to fulfil the dream of teenager Galen to see the wild dolphins at Chanonry Point. As their story unfolded, I may have shed a tear.

The build up of tension is nerve wracking. The finale an explosive burst of frenetic energy. And yes, the mother does choose a child. To find out which one, you’ll have to read the book for yourself.

Fiona Cummins at the very top of her game and one of the best books I’ve read this year.

WOW !
My first Fiona Cummins and I now have the rest waiting in the wings !!
This was a master class in suspense from beginning to end . A modern day Bonnie and Clyde -with maybe a little less heart -go on a rampage with one goal -to be remembered .

Brilliant

Thankyou NetGalley for an ARC in return for an honest review

Thanks to NetGalley I have read my first Fiona Cummins book. Although I found it a bit slow to start once it got going I really enjoyed it. All the Characters have secrets and all are broken bringing the story to a captivating ending.

Christine is driving her daughter and son to Scotland to see the dolphins and they stop off at a hotel on the way. There they come across a wanna be Bonnie and Clyde pair who are wanting to leave their mark on history.
The characters were well thought out and stay in the memory and the storyline, whilst in some aspects was conventional, there were also shocks along the way. A book I couldn’t put down and read in one day.

The minute you finish the first page, you know you are on to a winner. The highlands are written as their own character.

As for the other characters, it’s rare to get a book that writes one incredibly at times but everyone in this, is three dimensional.

I ended this book absolutely thrilled and excited in hope of more.

I hope to not be disappointed.