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A review by rinitealeaf
Angel Maker by Morgan Greene
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I will put Content warnings at the end of the review.
I'm big fan of detective books, especially well written and not your usual white male lead.
I liked Jamie as a protagonist a lot, she has a tragic past but it doesn't define her too much (in my opinion). Maybe I might be biased as I've been through the same as her.
Unrelated, well sort of, I moved from Finland to Sweden and reading things I can recognise and understand intrigued me a lot. I really like the Scandinavian feels.
I'm usually quite good at guessing "whodunnit" and I wasn't wrong on this, well I was wrong about the motive and that last doubletriple twist at the end but that what makes me want more and appreciate the writing. :) I will definitely meet with DI Johansson in the future.
Two decades ago infamous serial killer Angel Maker was caught and put behind bars by Jamie Johansson's fathe. Now he seems to be back as a teenage girl is found in the forest killed exactly like the previous victims. Jamie is a detective in London and is called back as a consultant because of her unique ties for the old case.
She is paired with and "old schoold" detective Anders Wiik and his current partner Julia Hallberg.
Wiik is grumpy, rude almost and Hallberg is young, still little green and reminds Jamie when she was starting as a detective.
The start felt a little slow, but I think it was just me not having read in a while and was too eager to get to the action. The suspense and the hold the book had for me was amazing, the plot was written so well that it gave you enough hints but then also took them away leaving you second guessing yourself :) As a fan of crime/detective/mystery genre I appreciated the detail on the crime scenes, there was enough grit but it wasn't off putting.
I highly recommend this book!
Content warnings(biggest ones I can remember): gritty murders, suicide, sexual abuse of minors, abuse, stalking, death of a parent
I'm big fan of detective books, especially well written and not your usual white male lead.
I liked Jamie as a protagonist a lot, she has a tragic past but it doesn't define her too much (in my opinion). Maybe I might be biased as I've been through the same as her.
Unrelated, well sort of, I moved from Finland to Sweden and reading things I can recognise and understand intrigued me a lot. I really like the Scandinavian feels.
I'm usually quite good at guessing "whodunnit" and I wasn't wrong on this, well I was wrong about the motive and that last doubletriple twist at the end but that what makes me want more and appreciate the writing. :) I will definitely meet with DI Johansson in the future.
Two decades ago infamous serial killer Angel Maker was caught and put behind bars by Jamie Johansson's fathe. Now he seems to be back as a teenage girl is found in the forest killed exactly like the previous victims. Jamie is a detective in London and is called back as a consultant because of her unique ties for the old case.
She is paired with and "old schoold" detective Anders Wiik and his current partner Julia Hallberg.
Wiik is grumpy, rude almost and Hallberg is young, still little green and reminds Jamie when she was starting as a detective.
The start felt a little slow, but I think it was just me not having read in a while and was too eager to get to the action. The suspense and the hold the book had for me was amazing, the plot was written so well that it gave you enough hints but then also took them away leaving you second guessing yourself :) As a fan of crime/detective/mystery genre I appreciated the detail on the crime scenes, there was enough grit but it wasn't off putting.
I highly recommend this book!
Content warnings(biggest ones I can remember): gritty murders, suicide, sexual abuse of minors, abuse, stalking, death of a parent
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Gaslighting
Minor: Stalking