Book Review

Welcome my fellow bibliophiles!! I am here today to rave and rant about this beauty above!! First, can we appreciate that book cover??? Amazing!!

First and foremost, I want to thank the great people over at WILLIAM MORROW, and imprint of Harper Collins. They have the best people there!!!!

This is the second installment by author Ashley Dyer, I absolutley loved the first book, which I read and reviewed last year.

Here is a blurb:

Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver, introduced in the electrifying Splinter in the Blood, must stop a serial killer whose victims are the centerpiece of his macabre works of art.

While Britain is obsessed with the newest hit true-crime television show, Fact, or Fable? detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver are tormented by a fiendish flesh-and-blood killer on the loose.

Lured to a “crime scene” by a mysterious digital invitation, Ruth Lake is horrified by what she finds: a bizarre and gruesome tableau surrounded by a crowd of gawkers. The deadly work is the latest “art installation” designed by a diabolical criminal dubbed the Ferryman. Not only is this criminal cold-blooded; he’s a narcissistic exhibitionist desperate for an audience. He’s also clever at promoting his deadly handiwork. Exploiting England’s current true-crime craze, he uses social media to titillate and terrorize the public.

Ruth is joined in the investigation by her partner Greg Carver, who is slowly regaining his strength after a run-in with another sadistic criminal. But Greg can’t seem to shake the bewildering effects of the head wound that nearly ended him. Are the strange auras blurring his vision an annoying side effect of his injury, or could they be something more . . . a tool to help him see a person’s true nature?

In this utterly engrossing and thrilling tale of suspense, a pair of seasoned detectives face off against a wickedly smart and inventive psychopath in a tense, bloody game that leads to a shocking end. 

Tell me that alone did not draw you in?

I enjoyed this book so much,  read it in just a couple of days.  DI Carver and Lake, are quite a team, and I cannot wait for the next installment.  I love the investment the author made into the characters and atmosphere.  This is for sure a 5 star read for me. Haunting, touching, and immensley entertaining.
meIt is out in the world tomorrow, June 18th 2019. Pick up a copy, you will thank me!