A review by scknitter
Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer

5.0

Splinter in the Blood is a combination of all I love in the mystery/thriller genre. It is a true whodunit with red herrings galore, a classic police procedural with the normal in fighting and competition for credit, and lots of psychological elements all melded into a terrific read. How could you not want to continue when the book opens with DS Ruth Lake holding a gun and standing in front of her dead partner DSI Greg Carver, in his apartment. She removes the gun and a box of files and puts them in her car and then sees Greg move. She then calls for help. She now has to lie to her superiors, hope her partner doesn’t remember what she did, and at the same time try to find out who the sadistic thorn killer is.