20 Minutes on the Road (20 Minutes #13) by Daniel Hurst
Genre: Psychological thriller
Read: 7th March 2025
Published: 7th July 2021
★★★★★ 5 stars
DESCRIPTION:
It's a busy Friday night on one of the UK's many motorways and several characters are back and determined to get to their destination on time.
Fast lanes. Traffic jams. Road rage.
So many vehicles and so many drivers. Where is everybody going? And will they all make it there safely?
MY THOUGHTS:
I had to take a break due to my busy schedule this week but I was thrilled to be returning to this exciting series and catching up with some old favourites. Taking place two months after the events in Las Vegas in "20 Minutes in the Desert", we are back in England rejoining everyone in the evening rush hour. This has to be one of the more exciting books in the series as rush hour becomes murder on the motorway.
Jelena is on her way to the rehabilitation place Bogdan is currently in, jetsetting her way in her impulsive buy - a bright yellow Lamborghini. Not entirely practical and definitely not so on our roads with the amount of potholes we have. But hey - live and let live!
Harry is still causing a bit of trouble, but not too much this time round. Just pure clumsiness. You can't help but love cheeky Harry.
I felt for Lizzy in light of the events of the last book, but she keeps on keeping on.
Valentin. I got Christopher Worrell vibes when reading his chapter pondering why couldn't he get caught up in the motorway madness? If you're not from Australia and familiar with Worrell, he was one of Australia's most prolific serial killers in the 70s in South Australia where he abducted, tortured, raped and killed seven girls with his partner in a short amount of time. His rampage stopped when he was killed in a car accident in Truro (South Australia). But at 13 books in, I know his time will come. I'm hanging on and waiting for that time.
How ironic that the very killer Paula and her team have been hunting is on the same road at the same time, probably passing each other. Both are on the opposite side to the massive pile up they are witnessing from their side of the road.
April. OK...mediums? Really? I know she wants to get to the bottom of who killed her bestie but mediums? After her encounter with the one in Las Vegas who gave her the name Valentin, the police are going to laugh her out of the station if she goes to them with that.
And Bogdan is sitting in his wheelchair at the rehab facility eagerly awaiting Jelena's arrival. But she's late, which is not like her. Has something happened to her?
Yay! Will and Chantelle! And of course Louise. Group hug!
I don't know how many times I shake my head at Lindsey for her naivety. After Las Vegas and now seeing her question Diego's late nights and disappearances, she still fell for his charm and believed his every word.
Diego? I was so hoping he would get his comeuppance. If not in the accident, when they were pulled from the car at the last minute and he saw who their rescuer was. I'm like...yes! PLEASE!
The rest of this shambolic mess and the cause of are two 12 year olds from the nearby council estate, Shane and Gaz. Each daring the other to see how much carnage they could create from the bridge. And Mick? Well, not the best choice to have made but as long haul lorry driver he should have listened to his body and stopped. He knew the risks. A few other returning characters and a couple of other new faces round off this exciting installment which was a race to the finish and I devoured in a sitting. One of my favourites of the series!
Summing up - we have stupid children, motorway madness and a trail of devastation. But in the midst of it all, we get a couple of wedding proposals coupled with the one already in the works I guess we're all going to a wedding next!!
Next...20 Minutes Before the Wedding
MEET THE AUTHOR:
He has been employed in several glamorous roles in his lifetime, including bartending, shelf stacking and procurement administration, all while based in some of the most exotic places on the planet, like Bolton, Preston and South London.
Daniel writes psychological thrillers and loves to tell tales about unusual things happening to normal people. He has written all his life, making the progression from handing scribbled stories to his parents as a boy to writing full length novels in his thirties. He lives in the North West of England and when he isn’t writing, he is usually watching a game of football in a pub where his wife can’t find him.
Since following his lifelong passion for writing in 2020, he has amassed a loyal and devoted set of readers, and regularly has several books in the top 100 of the Psychological Thriller Charts on Amazon. His title The Passenger became the #1 selling psychological thriller in the UK in October 2021. The Doctor's Wife is his first publication with Bookouture.
A prolific writer, Daniel likes to keep readers on their toes by self publishing even more books in between those released through his publisher.
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