I'm gonna stop you right here and say that if you haven't read Murder Notes, the first book in this series, go back and read that one first. Otherwise, you'll find yourself stepping into the middle of a well established narrative with no idea what's going on or who the players are. I've recently been reading quite a bit of crime fiction centred around female protagonists (Kendra Elliott’s Mercy Kilpatrick and Loreth Anne White’s Angie Pallorino being notable examples) and pic

Having reviewed Serial K in my capacity as a professional reviewer for Online Book Club (see that review here), I was interested enough in tearing the sequel to pick this up during a free promotion. Serial K was a book ripe with potential; a serial killer whose ‘signature’ is killings in homage to other famous serials was a fascinating premise for a villain and the ex-husband and wife FBI team in pursuit had a great dynamic. However, I also stated that Serial K was in serious

This book starts with the seriously great opening line "Evelyn's first murder was an accident." From that moment on, you are drawn ever deeper into the story, into the world of Evelyn, the kind of woman who you might well know - in her late forties, charming, well-liked by everyone. The kind of woman about whom you might say "She wouldn't hurt a fly!" Except, of course, the reader knows that Evelyn is very capable of hurting. It's how she gets to that point which is an intrig

This was a really well-written, cleverly done piece of fiction. The book is narrated in the first person by James, a ne'er-do-well from a wealthy family, and we feel sympathy from him right from the beginning as we learn that a simple change in government regulations put him out of a career as an online poker player overnight. Purposeless, he drifts down to Florida on an errand for his important, wealthy father and winds up in the orbit of a ex-televangelist preacher named Jo