Uliana Piontek discovers Pastor Caleb Annan, a Pentecostal Christian, dead at his church in Deptford. Thank you to the publisher for my digital review copy! Thank you to my lovely local library for the physical copy!ĭetective Inspector Anjelica Henley #2 of the Serial Crime Unit, London Met. Overall, an excellent addition to this series that I highly recommend! I enjoyed the way the author brought these important topics forward giving the reader much to consider. There are several heavy topics presented in thought provoking ways - racism, sexism, mental health stigma. The writing is smooth, chapters are short and the tension is palpable. Though I read Book 1 over a year ago, I was able to jump right back in to their backstories without missing a beat. The fantastic part of this series is the characters personal lives are equally intriguing. I was immediately invested in these cases, my curiosity piqued from start to the very end.
The crimes themselves are gory, dark, unique and disturbingly engrossing. Bodies begin piling up as tortured and mutilated victims are discovered.
A well known pastor found murdered in his church. *Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.Ĭan’t get enough of this amazing cast of characters!ĭI Anjelica Henley and her parter Ramouter are on a new serial killer case. I'm still thinking about this book days after finishing and know it will be in my top ten reads for 2022! While this can be read as a standalone, I think it was more meaningful knowing the characters ahead of time to feel connected to their personal life plot threads. Also? I didn't guess a single one of the twists, not one. I'm not one to get squeamish while reading these types of books, but I definitely felt like the author did a fine job of including just the right amount of gore to hook the reader into feeling both sorrow for the victims and anger toward the monsters responsible. The book picks up in the weeks following the conclusion of Jigsaw Man, and Anj and her team are feeling the remnants of trauma caused by Olivier, while also needing to dive headfirst into a new case that is both gruesome and disturbing. If that doesn't scream 5 stars, then I don't know what does. Now THIS is how you write an engaging police procedural! I'll admit that I was nervous glancing at the 500+ page count before diving in, but I enjoyed The Jigsaw Man enough to give the sequel a try, and by the end of the book I felt like I wasn't ready for it to be over.
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