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Loading... From Inside The House (D.I. Graves, #2)by W. D. Jackson-Smart
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"This one deserves a thousand stars . . . THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ . . . blown me away . . . Amazing!!" --Amazon reviewer, five stars A police detective follows a trail of gruesome murders through London--while someone else follows him--in this dark thriller by the author of The Demons Beneath. Two victims. Brutally murdered in their own home. Body parts taken. DI Daniel Graves faces his toughest challenge yet when he is given a murder case with no motive and no suspect. Then the next victims are discovered. Again, in their own home. More body parts taken. Someone is breaking into houses across the city at night, leaving horror in their wake. It seems to Graves this could be two serial killers, working together. But how are they choosing their victims? Is any house in London a target? Is anyone safe? Meanwhile, a journalist's obsessive pursuit of the story to further her career threatens to do more harm than good--and someone is targeting Graves personally, seeking revenge . . . Praise for the DI Graves series "Panic inducing moments." --Scream magazine "[Jackson-Smart] lures readers in and holds them." --Online Book Club No library descriptions found. |
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You could read From Inside The House as a standalone but there is a continuation of a storyline from the first book, so I think it's better to read The Demons Beneath first to get the full story. There are definitely enough details included to make sure that new readers aren't disadvantaged though and you could always read The Demons Beneath afterwards to fill in any blanks.
Graves is such a great name for a homicide detective, especially one who almost vomits at the sight of a dead body. I love the dynamic he has with his partner, Charlie Palmer, which contrasts with the tenuous relationship he has with his sister. Graves and his sister were close once until a series of events changed Graves' life forever. His sister does make an appearance at the end which left me with baited breath for the next book!
Strangely enough, I really liked the annoying journalist character, Kelly Malone. It just shows what a competitive business journalism is and perhaps explains why reporters do what they do in order to get a story. Kelly even puts her life at risk to get a story just so she can get one over on her rival at the newspaper. Obviously, I don't imagine such things happen in real life but reporters are like sharks and once they smell blood they can't do anything else but go in for the kill.
With murder scenes described in amazing detail, From Inside The House is flesh crawling in a gory way as opposed to the supernatural element that spooked me in The Demons Beneath. As with many second novels in a series, it didn't quite manage to knock the first book off the top spot but I have a feeling that things are about to get really interesting for DI Graves. From Inside The House is gritty, dark and gruesome and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for book 3.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion. (