I was sent a copy of the book for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
Today I am on the blog tour for Prisoner by Ross Greenwood – please do check out the other bloggers participating in the blog tour as well. Thanks go to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for allowing me to be a part of this tour.
About The Book
Behind bars, the rules are different…
Prison Officer Jim Dalton is used to walking the landings on the male side of HMP Peterborough. It’s a dangerous place, fuelled by testosterone-driven violence, but he’s done the job for a long time. He understands the unwritten rules, and he has the prisoners’ respect.
When a relative is sent to the jail, Dalton is transferred to the female side of the prison. His next shift is so easy, he can’t believe that the officers over there get paid the same wages. He sleeps well for the first time in years.
But when he is assigned to the young offenders’ wing, dealing with female prisoners no longer seems so simple. As every day passes, and he gets to know the women better, he is slowly drawn in to new temptations, new traps and a new nightmare. One which could destroy everything.
Taking a break from his bestselling DI Barton series, Ross Greenwood returns with this shocking, page-turning and utterly compelling glimpse behind the bars of a women’s prison. From a man who walked the landings himself…
My Review
I have always been fascinated about the inner workings of a prison so when offered the chance to review Prisoner by Ross Greenwood, I was intrigued to see what his book was about. I am aware it is a fictional book but the author himself worked as a prisoner officer for four years.
I found the character of Jim very easily led by the females in his life – working in the male side of the prison, he was fine – but the woman’s side is where things started to unravel. I got really annoyed with his wife and how she acted with him – she seemed to moan that they didn’t have enough money – whilst not working herself- whilst also moaning that he was working all the time to make money! I found her quite irritating, if I am being perfectly honest. I preferred reading about the times he was at work than when he was at home.
His friendships with his fellow prison officers were lovely to see and I loved that he became good friends with some of his neighbours too. I also loved seeing how he interacted with the prisoners and how the men’s and the women’s prisons differ. Some of the female prisoners were really intriguing and I loved finding out more about them, especially Tara.
I had never read anything by this author before and I can’t wait to read more from him if they are all as good as this one.
About The Author
Ross Greenwood is the author of six crime thrillers. Before becoming a full-time writer he was most recently a prison officer and so worked everyday with murderers, rapists and thieves for four years. He lives in Peterborough and his first title for Boldwood – the beginning of a series – The Snow Killer was published in November 2019.
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It looks like a brilliant read, I love a good crime novel. Especially about prison!
This is an interesting book! My husband’s best friend worked in a maximum security prison and I am sure he can relate to the story. I will tell my husband to let his friend know about this book too.
Ohhh this sounds really interesting! There are always so many questions about the ins and outs of prison life and what it’s like. You never really consider it from a prison guard point of view! Sounds like a good book! Sim x
Sounds like a very interesting read and I like the fact that the author has worked in a prison before. I’m sure he has lots of stories to tell.
This sounds like such an interesting book and one which I know I would be drawn to read as I would like to find out more about JIm and the prison setting.
This sounds like a very interesting book, and the fact the author has worked in a prison the story will be more relatable
As the author worked in a prison I bet there are small snippets in there that you may not get from someone who hadn’t worked in a prison before x