The Second Life of Jonathan Sendel by Jeffrey Ashkin ~ Review & Blog Tour

Best-selling author, Jonathan Sendel has been murdered. Now, his clone must solve the mystery.

In the near future when someone is murdered, a clone of the victim can be commissioned to help police solve the crime. This process is costly, tedious and not always successful. Memory lapses, mental implosions, and rouge clones are not uncommon. It's risky, but Jonathan has the money, the fans, and the means, and so his clone must navigate a treacherous labyrinth of secrets to reclaim the life stolen from him and put his murderer behind bars.

Before his untimely death, Jonathan was stuck in a rut. His marriage was failing, writer's block had his Jim Starlight series at a dead-end, and his affair with a college student was about to go public. When his charred remains are found inside his remote cabin it's clear that the murderer is someone in his inner circle.

His clone only has a matter of days to unravel the mystery before he loses the vast fortune he spent his entire life, the first one, building. As he uncovers his previous life's transgressions, the people he trusted most may have some unsavory opinions about clones. Jonathan must take his investigation into his own hands to have a chance at life.

The Second Life of Jonathan Sendel is a twist-filled murder mystery, that examines the life of a beloved celebrity tarnished by scandal and the painful process of coming to terms with one’s own demons.

I loved this book! It was not what I was expecting to be honest. When I saw it was set in the future I expected quite a lot of ‘futuristic’ lingo etc but this wasn’t the case. It was really simply laid out and I loved it.

Now what’s really difficult is me saying that I liked our main character - but as our main character is a clone of the main character, it starts to get a bit difficult lol. I did however like them and felt really sorry for them at times with the hostilities faced for being a clone.

The storyline was gripping and there were times when our character didn’t know who to trust and to be honest, neither did I! There were twists and turns some of which were completely unexpected as our character was trying to solve their own murder mystery!

Brilliantly written and loved the pacing of it, I seemed to just fly through it and it’s left me wanting more which is always a good thing!

Huge thanks to Jeffrey Ashkin and Love Books Tours for my place on the blog tour.