WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T MAKE A SOUND . . .
The stunning new crime thriller from one of British crime writing’s brightest talents, and one of the twistiest, most gripping and emotional reads of the year.
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A father is murdered in the dead of night in his London home, his head wrapped tightly in tape, a crude sad face penned over his facial features. But the victim’s only child is left alive and unharmed at the scene.
Met Police detectives Grace Archer and Harry Quinn have more immediate concerns. Notorious gangster Frankie White has placed a target on Archer’s back, and there’s no one he won’t harm to get to her.
Then a second family is murdered, leaving young Uma Whitmore as the only survivor.
With a serial killer at large, DI Archer and DS Quinn must stay alive long enough to find the connection between these seemingly random victims. Can they do it before another child is orphaned?
My thoughts: David Fennell’s books always seem to explore the darkest parts of the psyche, and here is no different. When a father is murdered, home alone with his young son, and his head wrapped in tape, a sad face drawn on it, the police are scratching their heads. What is the killer trying to say?
Archer and Quinn are a little distracted by the threat of gangster Frankie White, who has promised to kill Archer and her Grandad, as part of his retaliation for the death of his grandson in police custody.
Archer’s Grandad, Jake, then has a stroke, possibly from all the stress and worry, so now she’s back and forth to the hospital, living under fear of being murdered and trying to solve the riddles of this strange new killer. As more parents are found by their children dead in bed, fear mounts.
Can they get out from under White’s threats and solve the case or will a bullet stop Archer for good?
Another dark, twisted thriller from Fennell with a brilliant unveiling of the murderer, a tragic and grim back story and the resolution of the Archer/White story arc too. Highly enjoyable and just creepy enough.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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