A review by lou_r85
From The Ashes by Damien Boyd

4.0

Book 14 in the DI Nick Dixon series, and whilst still a good read, it lacked a little in comparison to the previous books. 

 

This book follows three different threads really, though the main focus is on elderly people being killed in their own homes apparently at random, but the other two threads follow a fire at the hotel years before, and the potential abduction of a baby. The threads do start to intertwine but if I’m honest, I found it a little messy and I became confused as to motives and outcomes. The ending attempts to tie everything together but I was still left with a couple of questions which I won’t reveal here as they would be a spoiler! 

 

Saying that, I still enjoyed the book and the cast of characters is always likeable, I just didn’t find it up to the usual 5* standard of previous books. I’ll definitely still read the next in the series though.