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A review by ljwrites85
Keeper by Maxim Jakubowski, Johana Gustawsson
4.0
This is the second in the Roy and Castells series, which I didn’t realise when I started reading this and it works fine as a stand-alone but I would probably recommend reading the first book Block 46 just to get a better understanding of the characters.
It’s quite a complicated storyline with two narratives running throughout. One is set in 2015 which is all about the discovery of a body in Sweden which links back to murders in Tower Hamlets, London, ten years previously and the kidnap of actress Julianne Bell. The second goes back to Jack The Rippers rein of terror back in the 19th century which to me seems well researched and doesn’t hold back when describing the poverty people lived in back then.
I enjoyed the sort of opposites of Emily Roy and Alexis Castells. Roy comes across as blunt and rude and Alexis is more emotional, the more ‘human’ of the two. I loved the Swedish trainee Aliénor who is on the autistic spectrum, who injects a little humour (intentional of course) into the story.
The story has plenty of twists and turns with an ending that truly surprised me, which I can I tell you is quite difficult!
This is not a book for the faint of heart, it’s graphic, intense and quite disturbing at times. There is also a large cast of characters which occasionally I found hard to keep track of.
Overall a great mix of historical and mystery which will keep you on your toes. I can’t wait to see what is next for this series.
It’s quite a complicated storyline with two narratives running throughout. One is set in 2015 which is all about the discovery of a body in Sweden which links back to murders in Tower Hamlets, London, ten years previously and the kidnap of actress Julianne Bell. The second goes back to Jack The Rippers rein of terror back in the 19th century which to me seems well researched and doesn’t hold back when describing the poverty people lived in back then.
I enjoyed the sort of opposites of Emily Roy and Alexis Castells. Roy comes across as blunt and rude and Alexis is more emotional, the more ‘human’ of the two. I loved the Swedish trainee Aliénor who is on the autistic spectrum, who injects a little humour (intentional of course) into the story.
The story has plenty of twists and turns with an ending that truly surprised me, which I can I tell you is quite difficult!
This is not a book for the faint of heart, it’s graphic, intense and quite disturbing at times. There is also a large cast of characters which occasionally I found hard to keep track of.
Overall a great mix of historical and mystery which will keep you on your toes. I can’t wait to see what is next for this series.