Book Synopsis:
Detective Sergeant Khenan Malice is a rubbish ex-husband, a crap father but a damned good detective. It’s a shame he spoils his only redeeming quality by being a bent copper.
Detective Kelly Pietersen joins the team to help find a missing woman. But Kelly has a secret…
Damien Kaplan is a leading criminal barrister and a keen amateur potter. He also happens to be a serial killer with a chilling approach to creating his art. He’s married to Elsa, though she considers him more of a possession than a husband. She controls those around her using sex and procures men and women for her husband to play with but only after she’s finished with them first.
Killing Pretties is his passion, having sex with them is hers. It is difficult to say which one is worse.
The missing woman brings all four crashing together – an incendiary mix that doesn’t end well.
Killing Pretties is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.
My Review:
I’m such a huge fan of this author so was very excited to learn he had a new book out.
As with most of the world I am in need of distraction at the moment and this book was exactly what I needed. The author has a fantastic way of just drawing the reader into the story and getting them quickly hooked. This was no exception and I enjoyed following the deliciously twisted Damien and Elsa who have to be one of the most despicable couple I’ve ever read about. I loved to hate them and it was great fun ( seems wrong to say that somehow) to learn more about them and follow them throughout the story.
DS Malice was a fabulous main character who quickly became one of my favourite fictional police officers. He was quite a complex character with a bit of a murky personal life, especially one little side business which doesn’t really go with his professional job. I found it interesting to get to know him and to see how he manages to juggle everything.
This was a fast paced, dark thriller which was absolutely impossible to put down. I had to keep reading in order to find out how it all ended up. Some of the scenes are a little disturbing so might not be to everyone’s taste but if you’re looking for a dark, addictive read then I don’t think you can go wrong with Rob’s books.
Huge thanks to Sarah from BOTB publicity for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Rob is married to Karen with two grown up daughters. He is originally from South Wales and after moving around with work settled in North Lincolnshire. Like all good welsh valley boys Rob worked for the National Coal Board after leaving school at sixteen and went to University at the tender age of twenty-three when the pit closures began to bite. Since then he’s worked in a variety of manufacturing and consulting roles both in the UK and abroad. It took Rob twenty-four years to write his first book. He only became serious about writing it when his dad got cancer. It was an aggressive illness and Rob gave up work for three months to look after him and his mum. Writing Those That Remain became his coping mechanism. After he wrote the book his family encouraged him to continue, so not being one for half measures, Rob got himself made redundant, went self-employed so he could devote more time to writing and four years later the Mechanic Trilogy was the result. Rob published Those That Remain, In Your Name and Pay the Penance with Bloodhound Books and has since written the DI Rosalind Kray series. These are Faceless, This Little Piggy, Suspended Retribution and Jaded which are also published by Bloodhound. His latest work sees the introduction of a new set of characters – DS Khenan Malice and DC Kelly Pietersen. The first book in the series is titled Killing Pretties and the second is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Lies. Both books will be published this year. When he is not writing, Rob is a frustrated chef with a liking for beer and prosecco, and is known for occasional outbreaks of dancing.
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