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carolyn0613's review
5.0
I love a police procedural and I have read a lot of them. This was a great one. Loved it. Recommend it highly.
itsallaboutthebooksuk's review
4.0
This is the third book in the Antonia Hawkins series but the first one I have read and although it can easily be read as a standalone I do feel I would have benefited from reading the first two books. There are quite a few references to things that have happened in previous books but I didn’t let it spoil my enjoyment of the book and I hope I’ll be able to catch up with them soon.
DCI Antonia Hawkins is a great character, she’s a worker and lives for her job but due to a brutal attack that nearly cost her, her life she has been made to see a councillor and although it isn’t through choice and she feels it’s a waste of time you can see she is still troubled by the attack.
Antonia and her partner DI Mike Maguire have a tough case to solve when a body is found buried in the woods and then another turns up. This may sound like something any crime/thriller fan has read before but this wasn’t as straight forward as it sounds and I was intrigued to find out what was going to happen next and with twists along the way, I found this to be quite a unique story line and it was very cleverly written.
I’d definitely recommend this book and I’m looking forward to reading more by Alistair Gunn in the future.
DCI Antonia Hawkins is a great character, she’s a worker and lives for her job but due to a brutal attack that nearly cost her, her life she has been made to see a councillor and although it isn’t through choice and she feels it’s a waste of time you can see she is still troubled by the attack.
Antonia and her partner DI Mike Maguire have a tough case to solve when a body is found buried in the woods and then another turns up. This may sound like something any crime/thriller fan has read before but this wasn’t as straight forward as it sounds and I was intrigued to find out what was going to happen next and with twists along the way, I found this to be quite a unique story line and it was very cleverly written.
I’d definitely recommend this book and I’m looking forward to reading more by Alistair Gunn in the future.
sarahwithersblogs's review
4.0
Back with Antonia for the third novel in the series the book begins with the discovery of a body buried in a shallow grave. Antonia and her team work to identify the victim and the killer and try to understand just why the killer keeps the victim for 24 hours before killing them. The case becomes more urgent as more bodies are discovered, the killer is playing a game and the police are losing.
Another great crime novel from Alastair Gunn, the case kept me gripped but one of the things I think I enjoy most about this series is the realism – Antonia was brutally attacked at the end of the first novel and while some series would have seen their main character brush it off and move on by the next book this series shows Antonia still struggling and being forced to take her counselling sessions seriously.
Once again Alastair Gunn finishes the story with a bang, he really is fantastic at the final act twist!
Another great crime novel from Alastair Gunn, the case kept me gripped but one of the things I think I enjoy most about this series is the realism – Antonia was brutally attacked at the end of the first novel and while some series would have seen their main character brush it off and move on by the next book this series shows Antonia still struggling and being forced to take her counselling sessions seriously.
Once again Alastair Gunn finishes the story with a bang, he really is fantastic at the final act twist!
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