Exit: The brilliantly funny new crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of SNAP

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year old Felix Pink is an exiteer - someone who sits with the terminally ill who wish to exit their world of pain and suffering. Felix makes a clever getaway, and thinking the whole incident over later on, fears he and Amanda were set up.

Meanwhile, Detective Calvin Bridges, who had been the first responder at the scene, is proving himself to be a proficient investigator. I'm new to Belinda Bauer's world, but I hope she'll invite me to visit occasionally, as I have really enjoyed the time I've spent there so far. The patient fumbles the gas cylinder and Amanda instinctively retrieves it - thus committing a crime. They are always careful to do nothing that actually helps in the suicide, they simply sit and wait and then clean up the evidence.But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life. This is a brilliantly entertaining crime read, with a ordinary pensioner at its heart, a Felix who managed to capture my heart as he tries to untangle and get to the bottom of the horror that looks set to destroy his life. This sometimes happens because Felix is an 'Exiteer', a volunteer who supports terminally ill persons committing suicide with nitrous oxide - a process that can't be hurried.

Eventually, there are plenty of twists to keep the reader engaged, to the point where it becomes a little bananas, really. It is Calvin and PC Jackie Braddick who are first on the scene at the home of the Canns, and once again he demonstrates that he is a more than decent detective under Kirsty's leadership, mulling over the fact that this just might be where he belongs. Willing to take full responsibility for what has happened, Felix first needs to tie up some loose ends, such as make sure his neighbor will take care of Mabel. Just as he’s contemplating his future as an Exiteer, the latest one goes terribly wrong and soon Felix and his fellow Exiteer (a brand-new recruit) are on the run. Felix is shocked and despondent and assures the young lady with him, Amanda, that he will take the blame.And as the details emerge, we find that there might just be a whole lot more to the death that poor Felix finds himself embroiled in. For such a risk averse man, he unexpectedly found himself stumbling through a serious of catastrophes, and I did feel for him.

Thanks to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for the preview copy from which I’ve quoted, (so quotes may have changed, of course). Main character, Felix Pink is an elderly retired man living in Devon, who has lived an ordinary life, never taking risks or seeking adventure.He is passive and considers himself to be boring, but he is a kindly, compassionate, and practical man. He’s not just sweet, he’s ethical and determined to do what’s right, even if that actually deters the police from figuring out the actual criminal. While Felix and Calvin differ, both find themselves stuck in their pasts, unable to live in the present.