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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
Started after reading the novella introduction [b:Left For Dead: A Maeve Kerrigan Story|18073669|Left For Dead A Maeve Kerrigan Story (Maeve Kerrigan, #0.5)|Jane Casey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1375601596s/18073669.jpg|25375860].
Great opening chapter, with a nice twist, setting the stage for a great story.
Despite me giving 5 stars to the book, it looses steam somewhat at 80 to 90%.
And I guessed the whodunit rather early on, it was just too obvious.
But the how and why was written very good also the different pov's (the two female leads and later on Rob) make it interesting, where a lesser writer would have spoiled it, here it is written in an expert way to function in a thriller-suspense-way.
The setting is in the UK, mostly London and Oxford (!) at least a place visited for a day with my parents some 30 years ago on a sunny vacation day.
Very highly recommended, with a few nice twists, even though some where too obvious.
Also the by-the-book police procedures with a nearly totally botched undercover-bait operation where very good.
And you get an inside look in to the mind of a professional liar and killer.
There are some disturbing scenes, in some way even the starting chapter with the twist-ending.
The writer who reminds me most of her is [a:Val McDermid|5672|Val McDermid|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1241725522p2/5672.jpg], one of my favorite writers.
Hopefully the next books are just as good.
Even before getting to the end of the book, I bought the next on my Kindle PW1. OK, it had to be fast as I set my Wi-Fi on the router to turn off at 11 pm, and it was already after 10 pm, and then I decided to sleep before the last chapter (the minutes left-display on the Kindle helps with the decision, it was just too long a time), only reading the last chapter this morning at breakfast.
Great opening chapter, with a nice twist, setting the stage for a great story.
Despite me giving 5 stars to the book, it looses steam somewhat at 80 to 90%.
And I guessed the whodunit rather early on, it was just too obvious.
But the how and why was written very good also the different pov's (the two female leads and later on Rob) make it interesting, where a lesser writer would have spoiled it, here it is written in an expert way to function in a thriller-suspense-way.
The setting is in the UK, mostly London and Oxford (!) at least a place visited for a day with my parents some 30 years ago on a sunny vacation day.
Very highly recommended, with a few nice twists, even though some where too obvious.
Also the by-the-book police procedures with a nearly totally botched undercover-bait operation where very good.
And you get an inside look in to the mind of a professional liar and killer.
There are some disturbing scenes, in some way even the starting chapter with the twist-ending.
The writer who reminds me most of her is [a:Val McDermid|5672|Val McDermid|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1241725522p2/5672.jpg], one of my favorite writers.
Hopefully the next books are just as good.
Even before getting to the end of the book, I bought the next on my Kindle PW1. OK, it had to be fast as I set my Wi-Fi on the router to turn off at 11 pm, and it was already after 10 pm, and then I decided to sleep before the last chapter (the minutes left-display on the Kindle helps with the decision, it was just too long a time), only reading the last chapter this morning at breakfast.
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quite enjoyed this but picked the killer very early on. Will enjoy seeing how the main character develops in further books
I really like Jane Casey’s books. She’s a brilliant writer and very creative. This story was pretty good also. I do have a couple minor complaints: 1. Maeve seems to get seriously hurt a lot and still is magically able to work. I wish for less of this plot device. It’s not realistic and takes away from the story. 2. It seems like certain cops are in the middle of ALL the action. In reality, people have different roles. Some cops are beat cops, some detectives and some CSI. Stop putting detectives in areas they don’t need to be. Again it makes the stories not believable. Otherwise I really enjoyed this book.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No