Series: Detective Jane Phillips #7
Published by Inkubator Books on April 17, 2022
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
Pages: 321
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Two identical murders, thirty years apart.
Thirty years ago, gangland enforcer Archie Boothroyd was brutally slain in an apparent ritual killing. The case was never a high priority for the police - after all, it meant one less gangster on the streets – and his murderer was never caught.
Now, almost three decades later, when Paul Bradley – a close friend of Boothroyd’s – is murdered in exactly the same way, DCI Jane Phillips and the Major Crimes Unit are called in to investigate. Is Bradley’s death the work of a copycat? Or has the original killer finally returned?
As the team delve deeper, they find themselves immersed in the dark underworld of gangland Manchester, where kidnapping, torture and murder are an everyday hazard.
When a third body is found mutilated in exactly the same way, Phillips and the team realise they are in a race against time to catch the killer. But what they don’t understand is the next victim could be one of their own.
Can Phillips find the murderer before they strike again? Or is she about to lose everything she holds dear to the Deadly Night?
I am slowly catching up on my reviews that I need to post, I read this book in April, so it shows you how neglectful I have been!! Sorry to the author for the delay!
So, this is apparently the seventh book in the Jane Phillips series. I had no idea when I started reading it that it was the seventh book or that it was a series, clueless over here. But I did know it was fantastic!
The book was seamless in the respect that it didn’t feel like it was the seventh book and that I was missing out on things. I felt that there was enough information to read the book as if it was the first book in the series. I never felt my enjoyment was lost. I met Jane, her team Jones, Bovalino, and Entwistle, and I just loved them and even though they are a ready-made team and they have done six other books together, it seriously didn’t feel like I was missing anything. I mean, I do want to go back and read more as I have garnered that Fox is not a nice character. When something happens to one of the team, my heart sank. I was right there with the character, suffering with them, even after just meeting them! It seemed that a couple of our characters in this book appeared and in the others, but again, you can easily read this book without having read the others. Because I did. (I will stop repeating myself now ;))
I still felt the disdain for characters I feel like I should have done. I felt the love for the characters. I adored Adam, which I think you’re meant to and anytime he was on the page, he just made me smile even though you could see him struggling with Jane and the way she was. And from what I can gather, Carter was a new member of the leadership team and he was just fantastic and he had Jane’s back completely.
I love the team, they were fantastic, they had Phillips is back even when she was going completely off-piste. And when she did hurt someone, which she probably shouldn’t have done but totally deserved it, it was fascinating to see how this team worked with. I just sat back and enjoyed the show, the story, and the way the author wrote it!
I loved that the author answered all the questions I had about the murders, about how they linked back to something that happened 30 years ago. It wasn’t an answer I was expecting, but it just goes to show you the skill of OMJ Ryan. He created this case, which starts in such a shocking way, and has you hooked, craving for the answers and the book doesn’t let go even after you have them!
I really hope that this isn’t the last book of the series, because I’ve only just discovered this series and although yes, I have six books to go back and catch up on I want there to be the hope that I have more to read in the future. (I wrote this in April and just found there is another book woohoo!!)
I just found this book thrilling! I devoured it in a couple of sittings and the story never waned. I’ve never felt bored. I was constantly thinking along with the characters. What would happen? Would this happen? Is it this person? is it that person? – all the way through the investigation. I was right there with them. It was entertaining, which is what you want from a book.
Yeah, I think you can guess overall I just really enjoyed the fantastic book. And as I say, I do hope it continues I’m definitely not ready to let Jane disappear from my life.
Until the next adventure xxx
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