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Kill
by Jane Casey
I didn’t think I liked this one more than The Stranger You Know but then the last third kicked in and I thought, you know what, I still don’t, but it does come close. Basically, I thought this was going to be a 3.5 and then after finishing it, I liked it too damn much to round down. I’m having the best time with these books!! Seriously so incredibly underrated, this is the most spot on “if you like Tana French you must read these” recommendation I’ve ever seen.
This one in particular dealt with a cop-killer, and touched on some themes of civil unrest due to public opinion on the police. I do want to flag that if that’s not something you’d like to be reading about at the moment, because it did make me a bit wary at first (reconciling my own enjoyment and comfort in police procedural media alongside my abolitionist goals/mindset has been a whole thing itself), but eventually I was able to set my concerns aside due to the focus on the characters.
Overall, though, these are just really great standalone thriller/mysteries while also doing some really great character work across novels. I think you’d get more out of this one knowing the characters previously, but I also think it could work as a complete standalone as well. Basically what I’m saying is if you like police procedural novels at all, you must pick up a Jane Casey.
Final note, if you see me, a lesbian, simping for Derwent, who is the absolute worst, no you didn’t <3
This one in particular dealt with a cop-killer, and touched on some themes of civil unrest due to public opinion on the police. I do want to flag that if that’s not something you’d like to be reading about at the moment, because it did make me a bit wary at first (reconciling my own enjoyment and comfort in police procedural media alongside my abolitionist goals/mindset has been a whole thing itself), but eventually I was able to set my concerns aside due to the focus on the characters.
Overall, though, these are just really great standalone thriller/mysteries while also doing some really great character work across novels. I think you’d get more out of this one knowing the characters previously, but I also think it could work as a complete standalone as well. Basically what I’m saying is if you like police procedural novels at all, you must pick up a Jane Casey.
Final note, if you see me, a lesbian, simping for Derwent, who is the absolute worst, no you didn’t <3