Review ‘Nearly Always’ by Ken McCoy

Lucy refuses to believe that Billy has done anything wrong, and enlists her
cool-headed teenage brother Arnold to help. DI Daniel Earnshawe, who has his
own doubts about the police’s conclusions, turns out to be unexpectedly
helpful, and Billy has someone else on his side too: Helen Durkin, a beautiful,
damaged girl who has been seeking to make amends for her past.

With so many daring and resourceful people battling on his behalf, it looks as
though Billy’s freedom will soon be won – before an unexpected development sees
Arnold too fall foul of the law. Refusing to give up hope of winning freedom
for them, Lucy chases up the few remaining clues while Daniel and Helen resort
to an alternative form of justice . . .

Publication Date:	April 28th 2016
Series:	–
Genre:	Crime, Mystery
Pages:	432
Formats:	eBook, Paperback
Available at:	Amazon

  

Before I received this book, I hadn’t heard about Ken
McCoy before. But when I had the paperback of ‘Nearly Always’ in my hand, and
had read the book description, I knew I just had to read this book. ‘Nearly
Always’ is different than the books I usually read. But at times I really love getting
out of my comfort zone to read other kinds of books.

In ‘Nearly Always’ we read the story about Billy
Wellington and his friend Lucy. Billy has a mental problem due to his difficult
birth, he is what he calls himself a little potty, and he doesn’t hurt a fly.
But when a young woman is raped and murdered near the home Billy lives in,
Billy is the only suspect. Because Billy has a mental problem his case doesn’t
get to court, and he is taken to a mental facility. Lucy is determined to prove
Billy is innocent. So when Billy’s biological mother comes in the picture, Lucy
makes sure she is involved in saving Billy.

The beginning of ‘Nearly Always’ definitely grabbed my
attention. It was shocking and heartbreaking to read, and I was hooked to the
pages. I loved getting to know Lucy and Billy. Billy was such a kind and cheerful
boy, it was devastating to read how he became a victim of people who didn’t
want to do their job properly.

After the first view chapters, I felt like this book became
a little boring. There was still stuff happening that were important to the
story, but it couldn’t really keep my interest. I just wanted to read about
Billy, and how hard people were trying to get him home.. but instead we read
about Lucy and her journey to getting to visit Billy. For example the part
where Lucy needed a bicycle to get to Billy, that whole part took much to long
if you ask me. I do get why they needed to get a bicycle the way they did, but
it could have been a shorter part of the story.

But I kept reading and the story definitely got better
again. I especially loved the police officer Daniel Earnshawe and Billy’s mom
Helen Durking. It was fun to get a little insight in Daniel’s personal life,
and I loved the way he connected with Helen. This was definitely a nice
development I didn’t see coming.

‘Nearly Always’ was an interesting and touching story. Although
I found the middle of the book a little boring, I still think back at this book
as a very good read I would definitely recommend. 

For twenty-five years Ken McCoy ran his own engineering
company. During this time he also worked as a free-lance artist, greeting card
designer and after-dinner entertainer. He has appeared on TV, radio and as a
comedian. He is married and had 5 children and 6 grand-children.

For more information about Key McCoy please visit his
website. Or visit him on Twitter.