Book Synopsis:
Psycho meets The Silence of the Lambs
One killer on the loose. Another setting the rules. A profiler caught in the middle.
A serial killer is terrorising London, removing a body part from each victim and leaving in its place a single pink rose.
Dr Vernon Sange, a multiple murderer awaiting extradition, seems to know the culprit’s identity—but he’ll only talk to profiler Ziba MacKenzie, the woman responsible for putting him away. Though there’s something he wants in return from her. And time is running out.
With one killer whispering in her ear and another running rings around the police, Ziba must play a game in which only her opponent knows the rules, and the forfeit is death.
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My Review:
This was a dark, chilling and very twisty read which will be hard to review as I don’t want to give anything away.
I loved the two main characters of Ziba and Sange with the fantastic contrast they provide between good and evil. Ziba was a very interesting character who manages to be both tough and quite vulnerable at the same time, which made me warm to him as I just wanted to help him. Sange is a stereotypical Hollywood serial killer as he’s charming, attractive and very intelligent which makes him an interesting bad guy. The author’s has done a lot of research into famous serial killers and there are characteristics of them included in all her books which I found fascinating.
Overall I thought this was a gripping, fast paced thriller which had lots of twists in it which kept me guessing. Just when I thought I had figured everything out, something would happen and I’d have to start all over again. It’s a very intense race against time which I found hard to put down as I just had to know what was going to happen next.
This is the third book in the series but I think it can easily be read as a standalone, like I did, though I’ll definitely be going back and reading the other books in the series.
Huge thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Amazon publishing for my copy of this book via Netgalley.
About The Author:
Victoria Selman studied History at Oxford University and Creative Writing at the City Lit in London. She also holds certificates in Criminal Psychology and Criminal Profiling. She has written for the Independent, Daily Express and Ham & High newspapers and co-hosts a true crime podcast called, Crime Girl Gang with two other authors. Her first novel, Blood For Blood, was shortlisted for the Debut Dagger award and is a Kindle number 1 bestseller.
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I love this series! I’m glad you’re on team Ziba too! xx
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