The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
10.0
Rate It
Book
'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence,...
99 Coffins
9.0
Rate It
Book
Laura Caxton vowed never to face them again. The horror of what the vampires did is too close, the...
The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway, #9)
6.0
Rate It
Book
Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway...
1944: A Year Without Goodbyes
Book
The recognized cultural historian and researcher of the Middle Ages relates about the gruesome year...
A Horse Walks into a Bar
David Grossman and Jessica Cohen
5.0
Rate It
Book
The setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town. An audience that has come expecting an evening...
Sleeping Beauties: The Gripping New Serial-Killer Thriller
Book
The Irish Bestselling author of With Our Blessing and Beneath the Surface The inspector frowned and...
The Blade Artist
10.0
Rate It
Book
Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A...
The Well of Ice
Book
Mid-December in Glendara and solicitor Benedicta 'Ben' O'Keeffe is working flat-out on the usual...
Curiosities of London: Historical Walks Around the Capital
Book
Curiosities of London contains an informative and entertaining selection of walks around well-known...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Jigsaw Man in Books
Feb 21, 2021
I must say though that if you're a bit squeamish and don't like graphic descriptions of murder, then don't read this. If you do or don't mind a bit of gore, then crack on.
The characters are great, the plot is absorbing and complex and the ability of the author to capture the feelings of the various protagonists is excellent.
I absolutely love a good "baddie" and Nadine Matheson has created one such character in Peter Olivier; he is deliciously evil, extremely charming, highly intelligent, an excellent manipulator and everything you would want in a (fictitious) serial killer ... think Ted Bundy crossed with Jeffrey Dahmer and you have a pretty good picture.
This is a gripping read which although starts a little slow, it builds in tension and action as you turn the pages culminating in an exciting finale which definitely leaves the door open for a sequel and the intriguing backstory lends itself to a prequel ... well I would certainly read either or both!
Thank you to HQ (an imprint of HarperCollins UK) and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest and unbiased review.