4 Stars from me
I think this is the first John Nicholl book that I’ve read and I greatly enjoyed receiving the story via short chapters of differing POVs throughout this book that delivered the story in satisfying chunks.
Professor Alexander Aitken was a great character. Horrible, but great. Attaching a word like ‘innocent’ to him is almost comedic and the author handles that arc beautifully.
His cruelty is akin to a wicked schoolboy watching on with a bored interest in an insect as he idly removes it’s legs. He is cruel for the sake of cruel and bears no shred of the humanity that his victims desperately hope is within him.
DI Laura Kesey is a great character too, troubled by the trope of whether or not to remain in the force and if by doing so she is endangering those she loves.
I found this to be a fast and engaging read and will look out for more by this author. My thanks to the author, Netgalley and Boldwood Books for an ARC in return for an honest review.
Blurb: Your life is in his hands… Exactly where he wants it 👀
When an eminent surgeon is arrested for murder, he knows he didn’t do it. He knows what it’s like to feel a person die on his operating table, but he didn’t inflict the wounds that ended the life of the girl they say he killed.
So, when the real perpetrator comes forward, and he is released, he feels vindicated.
What nobody knows – not the officer who arrested him, nor the influencer who petitioned for his freedom, nor the girl who escaped a killer years before – is that while he was incarcerated, he was making a plan.
Because revenge is sweet. But murder is sweeter…
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