Razor: Becoming a Hero

tags: fantasy, mystery, supernatural

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A mourning husband can’t live with his guilt… ... he decides to die, not by his own hand, but in heroically helping the vulnerable.

Since the peaceful Cotswold countryside offers limited opportunities for heroism, despite the presence of some weird and dangerous inhabitants, he ventures further afield.

To his annoyance, new and unlikely friends mysteriously appear everywhere he goes, foiling his plans and sending him back to square one.

Will he succeed or will he come to terms with his grief first? Was his wife as blame free and perfect as he thought or will lurking suspicions of infidelity be proved right?

'It was ironic that having nothing left to lose except his life, his life had become interesting again.'

The book is from the same author of Inspector Hobbes. Ray/Razor finds it is not easy to kill oneself specially when odd people start appearing to interrupt him while he is helping other people. He hopes to be murdered instead of the people he tries to rescue. 

The book is equally funny and sad. Ray's misadventures in committing suicide becomes a bit repetitive towards the middle but the story picks up and is still enjoyable.