No Good Reason by Hannah Brennan

 

Detective Liz Field is called to the aftermath of a fatal incident. Why would a young woman plough her car into a group of people at a bus stand outside a hospital? Not only is the incident difficult to understand, but it also has shocking repercussions for the team.

No Good Reason by Hannah Brennan is the third book in the Detective Liz Field series. You can find my reviews for the previous two books here on my blog. No Good Reason can easily be read as a standalone novel, but the previous two novels will give you greater insight into the characters and the dynamics between them.

The shocking opening immediately made me think about recent terror attacks in which vehicles were used as weapons. No doubt these news stories were the germ of the idea for the plot of this novel, but Hannah Brennan proves how easy it is for us to make false assumptions, particularly when fuelled by the frenzy of social media. In this case, the driver is as far removed from our idea of a terrorist as it is possible to be.

Courtney Baker, the driver, has had a troubled past, something which has seriously affected her health, but she now seems to have everything to live for. As Field interrogates her friends and colleagues, she begins to uncover a web of secrets. The problem is that none of the secrets seem to be big enough to murder someone to prevent them being revealed. All the characters come across as personable, which adds to the mystery of a possible motive. The shocking conclusion left me reeling. Not only does the narrative make you think about how vulnerable we are as we go about our daily lives, but it is also impossible to know what other people are thinking or planning. 

No Good Reason by Hannah Brennan will be published on 19th November 2026 in paperback and ebook format. My thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for a review copy.

Author Details

Hannah Brennan lives in South East London, where she was born and raised.

She studied English Literature at Durham University – alongside British Sign Language, which she uses in her role as a trustee for the Royal Association for Deaf People. After returning from the North East, Hannah has turned her love of pubs into a career, working in marketing and technology for many fantastic British hospitality brands.

Hannah is a fanatic book-collector, with a passion for crime fiction and television. She is also one of the organisers of Greenwich Writers, a South-East London writing group.

Hannah developed OCD as a teenager, and hopes that her debut novel, No Safe Place, may give readers a fresh insight into a frequently misunderstood and misrepresented condition.