BOOK BLURB
How do you catch a killer who thinks murder is art?
Michael Fisher sees himself as an artist rather than a killer and poses his victims to resemble famous paintings.
Detective Nick Kelly is called to attend the latest crime scene and finds himself at the centre of a media storm. But while the rest of the police department feels under pressure, Nick relishes the attention.
Karen Kelly, Nick’s soon to be ex-wife, watches in horror as this brutal game of cat and mouse plays out. But Karen has secrets of her own.
And when another body is found, Nick is disturbed to discover he knows the victim and things start to get a little too close to home.
BOOK REVIEW
Its not very often you read a novel and you don’t really like the main character but this guy is one such character for me. That does not make it a bad book in fact, that is how he is supposed to come across, that’s just my opinion though. This guy Nick just loves to be in the limelight at the expense of others and above the job of catching a killer. A killer who uses pieces of art work as a backdrop to his crime. An artist shunned for his twisted mind who sets out to prove to the world that what he creates is worthy of their attention. As Nick sets about trying to solve the crimes his own narcissism cannot be held in check and he allows it to sour and muddy the investigation. Its all me, me, me to him regardless of who is lost beneath his ascent to the top of the tree. The plot follows his journey through the mires of multiple murders amid the backdrop of his own crumbled marriage. With a neglected wife he no longer loves living out her own life he just gets more and more lost in his own world. As we get further into the book a plot flip occurs that just twists things up even more. This subplot twist reveals an even darker facet to Nick that we didn’t know he possessed but one you think wow that’s just brilliant. The story keeps you guessing right to the final reveal how this plot in the book plays out. An unexpected denouncement at the end of this darkly thrilling story leaves you a very satisfied reader. So if its thrills, twists, subplots and a good psychological serial killer mystery you want this book delivers all that.
Thanks to Heather Fitt and Bloodhound Books for my copy of the book, as always these are my own thoughts and opinions.
STAR RATING 4
Rebecca Muddiman was born and raised in the North East and worked in the NHS for many years. She has published six crime novels – Stolen, Gone, Tell Me Lies, Murder in Slow Motion, No Place Like Home, and The Art of Murder. Stolen won a Northern Writers Award in 2010 and the Northern Crime Competition in 2012. She is also a screenwriter and was selected for the London Screenwriters Festival Talent Campus in 2016.
Most of her spare time is spent re-watching Game of Thrones, trying to learn Danish, and dealing with two unruly dogs. Sometimes all at the same time.
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