I’ve come to actually get pleasure from this police procedural collection set primarily within the Stoke-On-Trent space of Staffordshire. The protagonist, Kate Younger is a really complicated character. Not too long ago widowed, she nonetheless tries valiantly to speak along with her useless husband, Chris. She feels sure that her superior, Superintendent John Dickson is corrupt and is basically liable for Chris’s homicide. So, whereas she has a really severe and complex case to unravel, she all the time has that on her thoughts. She is set to convey Superintendent John Dickson to justice and avenge her husband’s homicide.

The current case is a really perplexing one certainly. There have been a number of murders which have not too long ago taken place utilizing a captive bolt pistol. A weapon used to humanely put animals down. The victims have been killed immediately. They have been unknown to 1 one other and the instances appear to have little or no to hyperlink them, apart from the weapon that killed them. Kate is main a really small group, and they’re pushed to their utmost limits on this explicit homicide investigation. Additionally, Kate is cautious that one among her group may be reporting again to Dickson, which makes her group communication an actual problem. The group, for probably the most half, appear to get alongside effectively and I loved the camaraderie and teamwork. The addition of a legal profiler, Samuel, places an additional spin on the group’s framework.

Although the subplot of Kate’s obsession with bringing Dickson to justice is integral to the plot, I’ll admit that I discovered it each irritating and a tad annoying. I needed that he could be discovered responsible in order that Kate might commit her complete concentrated efforts on the case in hand.

With an intense and climatic ending, this instalment within the collection makes for riveting studying. The story ends with a cliffhanger, in order that I’m actually wanting ahead to studying the subsequent guide within the Kate Younger collection. I really feel it’s a collection that very a lot must be learn so as, in order that Kate’s character is extra simply understood.

“A Life For A Life” was a twisty serial killer thriller that comes with themes of retribution, police corruption, and devastating loss.  A police procedural collection that I heartily advocate.

This evaluation was written voluntarily and my score was by no means influenced by the truth that I acquired a complimentary digital copy of this novel from Thomas & Mercer through NetGalley.

Publication date: March 15, 2022
Writer: Thomas and Mercer/Amazon Publishing UK

ISBN: 9781542021074  ASIN: ‎ ‎ B09BCPR894 – 364 pages

This title is from my in depth NetGalley backlist.

A former instructor and linguist, Carol Wyer is now a USA Immediately bestselling creator and winner of The Individuals’s Guide Prize Award. Her crime novels have bought over 1 million copies and have been translated into 9 languages.

January 2017, noticed her transfer from humour to police procedurals with Little Woman Misplaced, the primary within the DI Robyn Carter collection. The books, set in Staffordshire the place Carol has lived for over 30 years, earned her acclaim as against the law author and in 2018, a brand new group lead by DI Natalie Ward was launched to her readers.

February 2021, noticed the discharge of the primary within the much-anticipated new collection, that includes DI Kate Younger. An Eye For An Eye was chosen as a Kindle First Reads and have become the #1 bestselling guide on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia.

In addition to writing crime, Carol additionally nonetheless writes comedies as a result of because the ex-stand-up comic claims, “Laughter is the most effective medication”.

She at the moment lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire along with her husband Mr. Grumpy… who may be very, very grumpy.

Comply with Carol Wyer on Twitter @carolewyer and/or on Instagram.