Luke Delaney
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It’s close to brilliant, and a compelling read. Mr. Delaney is a former London murder detective, and his experience shows in myriad ways, giving this read a serious edge over most mystery/detective fiction. There’s no flinching when it comes to the things cops may or may not do. The protagonist, Sean Corrigan, is a complex character. His abusive background can be a bit uneasy for those of us who had one of those, but it’s not terribly bad, nothing on the serious trigger front, at least show more for me. The antagonist is brilliantly baffling, and the book has one of the best double storyline twists I’ve read in a very long time. If you like a very good mystery/detective fiction book peopled with highly interesting characters, don’t miss this one. Mr. Delaney has the second Corrigan book out this July, and I’ll definitely be buying. show less
I raced through this fat book. My advanced reader's copy is 553 pages and I read it in a very short time because I couldn't stand not knowing what would happen next. I was so scared for the victims.
You know from the beginning that a man with a psychosis of some sort is keeping two women in cages in a cellar. He seems to be fixated on women who have a similar appearance and he keeps calling the current favorite Sam. When she tries to tell him that isn't her name, he gets enraged and takes it show more out on the other one. When he takes a woman he is armed with a stun gun and chloroform, so she's aware she is being kidnapped but unable to do anything about it. Can you imagine how terrifying that is?
The cop heading the investigation is D.I. Sean Corrigan from the Murder Investigation Unit in South London. His own past history gives him intuitive insight into the motives of psychotic murderers. He is quite a strange investigator as he tries to get into the mind of such people to solve the case and catch the killer. Thankfully he is married to a doctor who loves him enough to bear with him during his cases, keep up with her own job, and care for their three children. His family is what saves him from going off the deep end himself.
Ordinarily a story featuring a mentally ill villain is tough for me to read, but I was so caught up in this one that I just couldn't put it aside without finishing it. If you read this one, and I encourage you to do so, brace yourself for a tense time. You might also want to lock your doors.
Highly recommended
Source: HarperCollins show less
You know from the beginning that a man with a psychosis of some sort is keeping two women in cages in a cellar. He seems to be fixated on women who have a similar appearance and he keeps calling the current favorite Sam. When she tries to tell him that isn't her name, he gets enraged and takes it show more out on the other one. When he takes a woman he is armed with a stun gun and chloroform, so she's aware she is being kidnapped but unable to do anything about it. Can you imagine how terrifying that is?
The cop heading the investigation is D.I. Sean Corrigan from the Murder Investigation Unit in South London. His own past history gives him intuitive insight into the motives of psychotic murderers. He is quite a strange investigator as he tries to get into the mind of such people to solve the case and catch the killer. Thankfully he is married to a doctor who loves him enough to bear with him during his cases, keep up with her own job, and care for their three children. His family is what saves him from going off the deep end himself.
Ordinarily a story featuring a mentally ill villain is tough for me to read, but I was so caught up in this one that I just couldn't put it aside without finishing it. If you read this one, and I encourage you to do so, brace yourself for a tense time. You might also want to lock your doors.
Highly recommended
Source: HarperCollins show less
The Jackdaw – DI Sean Corrigan Back and Better Than Ever
The Jackdaw is the fourth instalment in the DI Sean Corrigan series created and written by former Metropolitan Police Detective Sergeant Luke Delaney. Yet again Luke Delaney has written a superb lesson in crime writing that gives us an authentic voice with a great psychological edge. Why this series has never been turned in to a TV Crime Drama is a crime in its own right! What Luke Delaney does in this and his previous novels is to show more put you in the centre of the story and that you are at the heart of the investigation, feeling what Corrigan feels hoping that he is not going to take any risks with his life. Delaney’s writing is crisp, authentic, and dramatic which leaves you on edge all the way to the end; you do not know who is culprit until Delaney is ready to reveal the criminal at the heart of the story.
Financial workers are being abducted from the streets of London and then later appear online later next to a hooded man in a white room and the man is disguising his voice, and is very tech savvy. He then preaches a sermon to those watching that the person tied to the chair should be punished for the greed and incompetence they showed and their part in the financial crisis and the collapse of some banking systems. That these people were to blame for the suffering of the ordinary working person around Britain. Once he has laid the charges of the banker he then invites people to vote on whether they are guilty and not guilty and he will pronounce judgement on behalf of the people.
DI Sean Corrigan is given this case to find and stop the person committing the crime that is sending chills down the back of every worker in the City of London’s financial district. The team work out that they are not dealing with a normal criminal but one that is clever and quite an elusive adversary and they are going to have to think differently to catch the man who started calling himself The Jackdaw. While pressure is coming from above to stop and catch The Jackdaw, who is gaining quite a following online even taunts the police and tells them when he is finished he will kill himself rather than rot in prison.
Corrigan and his team know they have to keep chasing the leads however small they maybe even though very little evidence is ever left behind for them. Corrigan knows there is some sort of link but just cannot see it, his detectives are being reactive rather than proactive, but he is sure once he finds what is missing then he will be able to bring the case to a successful closure for all involved.
This is an excellent crime thriller that keeps you on edge throughout the book with a great psychological edge that makes you admire Corrigan and all his faults. Luke Delaney is the kind of crime writer that draws you in and then grabs you by the nuts and leaves you wanting more. show less
The Jackdaw is the fourth instalment in the DI Sean Corrigan series created and written by former Metropolitan Police Detective Sergeant Luke Delaney. Yet again Luke Delaney has written a superb lesson in crime writing that gives us an authentic voice with a great psychological edge. Why this series has never been turned in to a TV Crime Drama is a crime in its own right! What Luke Delaney does in this and his previous novels is to show more put you in the centre of the story and that you are at the heart of the investigation, feeling what Corrigan feels hoping that he is not going to take any risks with his life. Delaney’s writing is crisp, authentic, and dramatic which leaves you on edge all the way to the end; you do not know who is culprit until Delaney is ready to reveal the criminal at the heart of the story.
Financial workers are being abducted from the streets of London and then later appear online later next to a hooded man in a white room and the man is disguising his voice, and is very tech savvy. He then preaches a sermon to those watching that the person tied to the chair should be punished for the greed and incompetence they showed and their part in the financial crisis and the collapse of some banking systems. That these people were to blame for the suffering of the ordinary working person around Britain. Once he has laid the charges of the banker he then invites people to vote on whether they are guilty and not guilty and he will pronounce judgement on behalf of the people.
DI Sean Corrigan is given this case to find and stop the person committing the crime that is sending chills down the back of every worker in the City of London’s financial district. The team work out that they are not dealing with a normal criminal but one that is clever and quite an elusive adversary and they are going to have to think differently to catch the man who started calling himself The Jackdaw. While pressure is coming from above to stop and catch The Jackdaw, who is gaining quite a following online even taunts the police and tells them when he is finished he will kill himself rather than rot in prison.
Corrigan and his team know they have to keep chasing the leads however small they maybe even though very little evidence is ever left behind for them. Corrigan knows there is some sort of link but just cannot see it, his detectives are being reactive rather than proactive, but he is sure once he finds what is missing then he will be able to bring the case to a successful closure for all involved.
This is an excellent crime thriller that keeps you on edge throughout the book with a great psychological edge that makes you admire Corrigan and all his faults. Luke Delaney is the kind of crime writer that draws you in and then grabs you by the nuts and leaves you wanting more. show less
I have trigger issues with violent books which are not set in the "fantastic" such as zombie books or paranormal books and always am worried an author will use gratuitous violence and not rely on his or her talent to show me the story and the emotions the violence without triggering my PTSD. It is a fine line between showing and telling what is happening to the victim and have it not cross the boundaries of realism. Very few stories can draw me into the middle making me a guest along the way show more without me having issues with the triggers and I can still feel the fright, the fear and Lane Delaney has done just this.
DI Sean Corrigan is our leading man and he takes his job very seriously. He is the head of the murder squad is not just a calling but a way to keep his own darkness at bay.
People may not know how he does it but most do not question his ability to not only get inside the head of a killer but get his man or woman each time. This time, the killer is stumping him and he just cannot seem to nail him. The killer does not leave any evidence, as if he is a cop himself with a scary forensic knowledge base. If you have ever seen Wire in the Blood on BBC you will really enjoy this.
I started reading this book and two hours later I looked at how far into it I was; breathing a sigh of relief when I saw I still had 380 pages to go! It was like a mad dash to catch this killer! Long detailed chapters from Sean's point of view switching to his suspects point of view whom it is obvious is the killer. How can this be a mystery? Oh my .. those short sweet and deadly chapters from a killers point of view.. his internal dialogue is disturbing and makes you hold your breath hoping this victim will escape. These short chapters not only took my breath away but made me confused and wondering if Sean really had the killer. So similar but there was something off.. oh my I cannot go on about that because I do not want to confuse or giveaway anything. This book really is one of those I could just put up a review of "wow...holy cow... just go buy it... OMG... gobsmacked... hell.. omg..." yes, one of those!
Finding out this was his first book means I now have more to look forward too, and believe me he is right on that list. I think I may have a huge group of books that will be among my favorite reads and many are mysteries and crime dramas. But this book is one of the best procedural thrillers I have read in a very long time. Having to write from so many different points of view and maintain a different voice is difficult for seasoned writers, Delaney has pulled this off without a hitch. It is so smooth to the point of making the confusion part of your reading experience.
Luke Delaney has found his calling following his career as a police detective. All of his experience shines through making this not just another crime drama author. His outstanding writing abilities easily lead him to the top and I am going to love watching him sour. I highly recommend this and if you have triggers? Just don't read it at night! Seriously I did not have one issue reading this which shows just how good he is!
So I bet you can guess just how many stars I am giving it huh? You are right! So how do you think serial killers happen? Man made or born that way?
Nature vs. Nurture.
I realize an argument can be made for both, but try giving me a good reason for either? (pssssssssst this is also a way to get points to win this book!) show less
DI Sean Corrigan is our leading man and he takes his job very seriously. He is the head of the murder squad is not just a calling but a way to keep his own darkness at bay.
"What better way for a failed disciple of true evil to hide than among the cops?"
"He didn't tell Donnelly about the animalistic odor he'd smelled leaking through Hellier's skin. A musky smell, almost chokingly strong. The same odor he'd smelled on others in the past. Other killers. "But why is he so pissed off at the world?"'
People may not know how he does it but most do not question his ability to not only get inside the head of a killer but get his man or woman each time. This time, the killer is stumping him and he just cannot seem to nail him. The killer does not leave any evidence, as if he is a cop himself with a scary forensic knowledge base. If you have ever seen Wire in the Blood on BBC you will really enjoy this.
I started reading this book and two hours later I looked at how far into it I was; breathing a sigh of relief when I saw I still had 380 pages to go! It was like a mad dash to catch this killer! Long detailed chapters from Sean's point of view switching to his suspects point of view whom it is obvious is the killer. How can this be a mystery? Oh my .. those short sweet and deadly chapters from a killers point of view.. his internal dialogue is disturbing and makes you hold your breath hoping this victim will escape. These short chapters not only took my breath away but made me confused and wondering if Sean really had the killer. So similar but there was something off.. oh my I cannot go on about that because I do not want to confuse or giveaway anything. This book really is one of those I could just put up a review of "wow...holy cow... just go buy it... OMG... gobsmacked... hell.. omg..." yes, one of those!
"I usually distract myself by picking a passenger at random and imagining what it would be like to cut their eyes out and then slit their throat. The stench of all these potential subjects is very stimulating to my imagination."
Finding out this was his first book means I now have more to look forward too, and believe me he is right on that list. I think I may have a huge group of books that will be among my favorite reads and many are mysteries and crime dramas. But this book is one of the best procedural thrillers I have read in a very long time. Having to write from so many different points of view and maintain a different voice is difficult for seasoned writers, Delaney has pulled this off without a hitch. It is so smooth to the point of making the confusion part of your reading experience.
Luke Delaney has found his calling following his career as a police detective. All of his experience shines through making this not just another crime drama author. His outstanding writing abilities easily lead him to the top and I am going to love watching him sour. I highly recommend this and if you have triggers? Just don't read it at night! Seriously I did not have one issue reading this which shows just how good he is!
Serial Killing Tip #5:
"I exercise a lot. Secretly"
So I bet you can guess just how many stars I am giving it huh? You are right! So how do you think serial killers happen? Man made or born that way?
Nature vs. Nurture.
I realize an argument can be made for both, but try giving me a good reason for either? (pssssssssst this is also a way to get points to win this book!) show less
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