The frog and the scorpion is also an Aesop fable, one that deals with the true nature of someone and their in ability to act only according to their nature. This gritty, edgy and vibrant thriller is an allegory of that fable. Dealing with the true nature of people, it looks at love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal and how these alter when money, greed and power influence them.
You think you know the characters, that you can read and predict their motives, but you are never sure what is real and what is a lie. The plot focuses on a bag of £100,000 and the woman that took it and her relationships with the other protagonists. She gets all of them, some innocent some not so, into an ever spiralling plot of theft, violence and murder.
This book has multi-narratives and characters you love and hate, but always believe in. There is alot to admire in the writing which is at times witty and yet never looses a sense of underlying menace. Apparently it is Glover’s debut novel, but it reads like something from an established and accomplished author.
If you like your thrillers character driven with plots that twist and turn, but that always entertain, then The frog and the scorpion is for you.
