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Detectives Harry Lennox and Jess Wilde have never seen anything like it. The dead woman is dressed up like a Victorian doll. She?s wearing a long white dress, a bloodstained blonde wig and a mask with red, cupid-bow lips. Beneath the mask, her face is beaten so badly, it?s unrecognisable. DNA identifies the victim as Lori Lansing, who was kidnapped three weeks ago. Her wealthy husband paid half a million pounds to secure her release - but he never saw his wife again. Then another young woman show more is reported missing. Could Harry and Jess be hunting a serial killer? Will Harry?s past finally catch up with him? And will Jess find happiness with her new man?. show lessTags
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Although this is the third book in this series, but the first one I had read, it stood up very well as a standalone and it was a very enjoyable read.
DI Lennox and DS Wilde discover a body bizarrely dressed up like a Victorian doll, a body that has been savagely beaten and had its kidneys and eyes removed. Everything is pointing to this being the body of a woman that was kidnapped three weeks earlier and the husband paid a half million pound ransom for. Lennox and Wilde set off investigating the murder which quickly takes them to a local nightspot that is owned by the local hoodlum.
I have to say I quickly took to the main characters in this series, and I enjoyed the interplay between them. Lennox it turns out is hiding away in England show more following threats from a particularly nasty criminal overlord in Scotland and is struggling to put down roots, or even have a place to live in because of this.
Overall I felt this was a good crime fiction book and turned out to be quite a complex case that unravelled like the layers of an onion, but also included quite a few red herrings and some good surprises along the way. It is quite a pacy and quick read but if you enjoy crime fiction I think you would enjoy this quick read.
The resolution left the series up in the air and I would like to think the author will find a way to write more in the series as overall I did enjoy this book and spending time with the central characters. The only thing that bothered me in this book was the title as I feel it gave away some of the plot well in advance.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. show less
DI Lennox and DS Wilde discover a body bizarrely dressed up like a Victorian doll, a body that has been savagely beaten and had its kidneys and eyes removed. Everything is pointing to this being the body of a woman that was kidnapped three weeks earlier and the husband paid a half million pound ransom for. Lennox and Wilde set off investigating the murder which quickly takes them to a local nightspot that is owned by the local hoodlum.
I have to say I quickly took to the main characters in this series, and I enjoyed the interplay between them. Lennox it turns out is hiding away in England show more following threats from a particularly nasty criminal overlord in Scotland and is struggling to put down roots, or even have a place to live in because of this.
Overall I felt this was a good crime fiction book and turned out to be quite a complex case that unravelled like the layers of an onion, but also included quite a few red herrings and some good surprises along the way. It is quite a pacy and quick read but if you enjoy crime fiction I think you would enjoy this quick read.
The resolution left the series up in the air and I would like to think the author will find a way to write more in the series as overall I did enjoy this book and spending time with the central characters. The only thing that bothered me in this book was the title as I feel it gave away some of the plot well in advance.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. show less
unputdownable, suspense, abduction, law-enforcement, procedural, due-diligence, grisly, grieving, series, organ-theft, thriller, real-horror, working-partners, relationships, murder, murder-investigation, mutilation, England, *****
Not an unbiased review because I love this author's work (but this is the first I've read in this series). The publisher's blurb is a good intro, but it's the writer's craft that is so riveting. The characters are so real, the mystery could be in any urban area with competent policing (love this pair), and some of the twists are beyond diabolical. Excellent read!
I requested and received an EARC from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
Not an unbiased review because I love this author's work (but this is the first I've read in this series). The publisher's blurb is a good intro, but it's the writer's craft that is so riveting. The characters are so real, the mystery could be in any urban area with competent policing (love this pair), and some of the twists are beyond diabolical. Excellent read!
I requested and received an EARC from Joffe Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
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