Great thrilling novel which kept me turning the pages, would highly recommend to others. Brilliant writing, plot and characters. Absolutely fabulous!!

Dead Girls
by Graeme Cameron

Here is a book that sucks you in.

Written cleverly to engage the readers attention, “Dead Girls”, follows the story of a police detective Alisha Green on her search for a serial killer.

With a foggy mind after being brutally attacked, Green is unsure about most things, but is seeing more dead girls appear, as well as her colleagues being picked off one by one.

While the character of Green comes to life through the pages, some of the other characters lack the depth one could expect.

However, that being said, the storyline is gripping and carries the reader through.

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Book blurb...
I may not remember everything, but I know he won’t hurt anyone else.
I won’t let him.
It’s been two months since a serial killer brutally attacked police detective Alisha Green and left her for dead. Two months since she could effortlessly recall simple things, since her mind felt remotely sound. The nameless killer thinks he knows her, thinks she’s just another dead girl among many. Ali Green plans to show him he’s dead wrong about that.
Ali has two enemies now: the dangerous man she’s hunting, and her own failing memory. As explosive new evidence comes to light, and conflicting accounts from a witness and a surviving victim threaten both her investigation and her credibility, she begins to question what is and isn’t real. And now Ali has no choice but to remember the past…before it buries her.
A hypnotically gripping thriller that proves internationally bestselling author Graeme Cameron is one of the most unique voices in contemporary fiction today.

My thoughts…
I enjoyed this thriller and loved being involved in hunting down the killer.
The main character, Ali, is a detective struggling to do her job and she certainly has some challenges to overcome in this story. Ali is a strong female character who hunts down the bad guy.
Dead Girls follows the characters over a two month period and builds to a gripping climax.

Graeme Cameron’s Normal was one of my favourite reads of 2015. A dark, original thriller it grabbed your interest from the opening pages and held it all the way to the blood soaked finale.
Now in Dead Girls, Cameron continues the story of charismatic serial killer known as Thomas Reed, although this time it is mainly narrated from the view point of Detective Ali Green who was injured in the aftermath of the events at the end of Normal. Dead Girls opens immediately after the conclusion of the earlier book before moving to two months later and the discovery of more bodies related to Thomas Reed. Green, suffering from trauma induced amnesia, is determined to track down the serial killer, even though her colleagues doubt her recollection of what happened.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable crime novel that moves at a brisk pace through a series of neatly plotted twists and turns. Green is an interesting and engaging character, as are the other main protagonists. Although Reed is mainly absent for most of the book, his presence is keenly felt and when he re-enters the story it is in dramatic fashion.
Although some of the dark humour which made Normal so memorable is missing, Dead Girls is still a very good book, although it is necessary to have read the earlier book to fully enjoy it. Highly recommended.

Dead Girls by Graeme Cameron sounded like the kind of thriller that keeps me up all night turning pages. Sadly for me it just wasn't. I have read mixed reviews on this book, so maybe it is just not the right book for me at the moment.

I found the story to be very confusing, so many characters and storylines happening all at the same time. It seems to jump around a lot and I found myself going back to re read as I wasn't sure where we were up to.

Thanks to Harlequin Australia and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book to read in exchange for my honest opinions

I’d like to thank Harlequin Australia for providing me with an e-ARC of this book, through NetGalley.

Detective Ali Green has seen the face of a serial killer.  He tried to kill her too.  The problem is, he left her with a head injury that has made it impossible for her to remember his face.  Her memory is also failing her in every day life and affecting her job.  That's not going to stop her from hunting him down and solving the case though.  While trying to piece together the case, and her memory, she starts to wonder who she can trust, who is keeping secrets and whether she'll be able to hold onto her sanity and her job.  Conflicting evidence has her questioning what she believes to be true, but does she have all the pieces of the puzzle, or are some still locked inside her scattered memory?

Dead girls was a gripping detective murder mystery that was right out of C.S.I.  It was suspenseful in a physical and psychological way but interjected with sarcastic and dark humour, which kept me engaged with the characters.  The different characters were a little hard to keep track of in the beginning, but as the book moved along, they intertwined and I enjoyed figuring out where everyone fit and what part they played. I would have liked a few more twists or a really shocking reveal in there somewhere, but all in all it was an interesting and intense thriller that I really enjoyed reading.

What a bloody good read, enjoyed every page. It was fast paced and had me on the edge of my seat hanging on to every word. Really enjoyed this book it was great!