This is DI Rosalind Kray's second outing and it was as excellent and enjoyable as Faceless. Kevin Palmer is a regular sort of guy, with a wife, two children and a partner in his own business. On the glittering night of the black tie Chamber of Commerce dinner his world starts to fall apart. First he loses his wife, then his children and finally his job and if that weren't enough he lands himself in jail on an assault charge. Throughout his incarceration he plots and plans and ensures his revenge is meticulous and foolproof. When we meet Roz again she is now acting head of serious crimes and is once again side lined by her superior. But as we've seen before, Roz will not let anything go and she is determined to catch the killer,especially as she has made the connection, sees the links between the murders and is determined that no more 'little piggies' are being removed.
Rob Ashman's style of writing is so easy and graceful that you cannot help but be drawn in the moment you open the fist chapter. This novel gives you all you expect from a psychological thriller: excitement, terror, suspense and a whole heap of gruesomeness, all bound together by incredible characters. I cannot wait to see what this author writes next.

Wow I loved this book. The second in the Roz Kray series and it had me on the edge of my seat. Not for the faint hearted, it’s full or gore, very sadistic and some of the descriptions were far too visual!! A 5* read, can’t wait for another installment

Fantastic read and as I keep saying the best thing I ever did was to Join TBC as I have discovered tons of new authors. I know it's the second book in the series but it gave hints of what happened in the first one without rehashing the story completely and now I am going to download it. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for approving me to read it. #thislittlepiggy

This is such a wonderful series! Absolutely amazing, so fast paced and gripping you can't ask for any more than that from a book . I am already looking forward to the next one in this series!
Thanks to Bloodhound Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book - brilliant!

Perfectly executed story that twists and turns and keeps its readers at the edge of their seat. Refreshingly original storyline. However, if you don't like gory and sadistic, then this one isn't for you. The reason for the four rather than five stars, is that I found it a little slow to get going. Otherwise, another stonking read from the new master of mystery and thriller.

Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

I very much enjoyed the Mechanic trilogy but this series promises to be even better. Faceless got the series off to a terrific start and the follow-off surpasses it! DI Ros Kray, the wine and chocolate consuming heroine, is one feisty and fearless cop who gets results in spite of the obstacles placed in her way. This is a very clever story of a string of killings which Roz must somehow connect and solve. Violent, yes, but gripping.

First of all thank you to Bloodhound Books and Net Galley for this copy of the latest Rob Ashman book. Wow... what can I say. He has only bloody gone and done it again. An absolute screamer of a book. Crime, gory bits and humour all rolled up into an amazing bundle of joy that is called "This Little Piggy". DI Roz Kray is back with her "take no prisoners nor sh** off anyone" attitude. This gal is quickly becoming one of my favourite literary characters.. Her relationship with Taverner is great. A brill double act. Roll on the next one. Thank you Rob Ashman.. Wish it was possible to give more than 5 stars because believe me I certainly deserves it.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Roz Kray is back to work after her last grizzly case and is now acting DCI after her boss’s removal. This new case is following the nursery rhyme ‘this little piggy’ and each person is linked somehow but can Roz work it out?

The characters were well established from Faceless and I can see this series continuing as it ticks all the boxes for gritty police drama! Absolutely loved it! Please hurry with book 3!

This book is definitely not for the squeamish. It’s packed with gore and guts – even I had to stop for breath and I thought I was inured to horrendous (fictional) murders by now. This Little Piggy was just how I like my thrillers: racing along, each chapter leaving me desperate for more. Rob Ashman plunges us straight into a particularly gruesome scene as a man is tortured and killed in the hallway of his beautiful home. The story is cleverly constructed as we know who the killer is quite early on. It’s fascinating to watch the cat and mouse game between the killer and the police as we’re able to watch both sides as the story unfolds. We know more than Acting DCI Roz Kray as she tries to track the murderer down, which added enormously to the suspense and my enjoyment of This Little Piggy. I also really loved how the nursery rhyme was woven into the story (or was the story dictated by the nursery rhyme?). There are some wonderful, vivid characters. DCI Roz Kray herself is totally wonderful – tough, clever and flawed – and I loved her relationship with her favourite team member, Tavener, and her totally awful boss, ACC Quade. Highly recommended! This was the second in the DI Rosalind Kray series. I’m definitely going to buy the first and cannot wait for the next one!

i choose this as my next read as i was at a bit of a loss on what to read next. having read the 1st one and enjoyed it, this seemed to be the best choice. every chapter ends on a cliff hanger and you just cant wait to read more. you have a fight with yourself over if you should continue or not.
i cannot wait to see what Rob comes up with next.

This little piggy went to market.
This little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
But this little piggy had none.
And this little piggy went
“Wee, wee, wee”
All the way home!

I used to sing this nursery rhyme for my baby, but not anymore! Guess why?

A twisted, cunning and sadistic serial murderer is in town, killing in a most horrendous way. The victims who are all connected to Kevin Palmer have been the cause of his undoing in one way or another. So it is natural for the police to suspect him. But there is a problem. He has rock solid alibis for each and every murder. Is he guilty? Or is he being framed by an ingenious psychopath?

Reading This Little Piggy was like having a ride on an unstoppable roller coaster. It was creepy, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Thanks to Rob Ashman, Bloodhound books and the NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy.

Told from almost alternate perspectives of Roz and Kevin, this story zooms along with twists and revelations aplenty. Although we know that Kevin is the killer almost from very early on, the full details are held back and we find out as and when Roz does.
Another brilliantly done tale from Rob. The murdery side is as grisly and graphic as ever and Roz is as intuitive and ballsy as before. Can’t wait for no.3!

🐷 🐷 🐷 🐷 4 pig stars

Brilliant. A book with a main character you love to hate. You are almost willing the baddie to do the horrible deeds because of how badly they have been treated.

A tad slow to start but once it gets going you can’t put it down. Loved how it all came together at the end and loved the chapters from the baddie’s point of view (less so those from Kray’s point of view)

Recommended

(PS. Note to author for next book - less of the burning/itching/tingling scars!?!)

What a crackling book This Little Piggy by Rob Ashman was. This is the Second instalment of DI Rosalind Kray.
I was very lucky to read Faceless and then this book and I was not disappointed.

DI Rosalind Kray is now acting DCI and is called to a particularly gruesome murder scene. and soon becomes apparent that this is not the first body nor likely to be the last.
DCI Kray and her team set out to solve these murders before they kill again.........
Rob Ashman's book are gritty, dark and fast paced story, parts of this book is gruesome, especially reading about the slaughter scenes, it will give you an insight of the motive on why they killed the victims.

The last few chapters were the best ending I have read in a book in long time. It left me saying OMG! Excellent.......
This book was just Brilliant. If I could gibe it 10/10 I would.
Excellent read.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bloodhound Books for an advance copy of This Little Piggy,

Now seriously if you think Rob Ashman’s newest book from his trilogy is about lovely pink piggy’s with curly tails, you are so going to be disappointed, on the other hand if your looking for the ultimate make you squeal plotline then this it, Rob Ashman certainly made me squeal over and over again.

This Little Piggy is the second book in a trilogy that Rob Ashman has written surrounding DI Rosalind Kray. The first book Faceless was a major hit with myself and many other readers. This Little Piggy has quadrupled my intense satisfaction for a high octane story which delves deep inside my very imagination, routing around snorting, squealing with fierce determination that This Little Piggy isn’t going to make me squeal all the way home…….

A family man who has lost everything, seeking vengeance upon persons who have wronged him, Kevin Palmer, a man with a dark disturbing side with high intellect, conspires to lead DI Roz Kray a merry dance, the answers in plain sight but forever reaching beyond her grasp.

A body is found, its the beginning, the start of a gruesome ride, a toe is missing, a nursery rhyme…………..would you ever want to play the game again.

This Little Piggy is narrated from the view points of DI Roz Kray and the killer, Kevin Palmer, running alongside each other in equal measures, a game of tug of war, an absolutely spell binding, heart crunching, adrenaline filled plot which with every scenario falls deeper and deeper into the darkness.

I loved the way Rob seemed to pit the wits of Roz and Kevin against each other it was a game of cat and mouse, ever changing, flitting between each other with Kevin taunting Roz, trying to fool Roz into believing he wasn’t complicit with any of the murders he was a victim, he is being set up… What Kevin doesn’t seem to realise is that Roz is like a dog with a bone, gnawing away at the evidence, looking, examining, finding……..

This Little Piggy Cried Wee, Wee, Wee ….All The Way Home

For an exhilarating, fast paced, insatiable desire that This Little Piggy creates with a rapid succession of page turning, no pause for breath, times ticking, brakes on……….This Little Piggy finished, sigh, breathe and OMG my brain is defunked.

Many thanks go to Bloodhound Books, Rob Ashman and Sarah Hardy for the opportunity to read and review This Little Piggy for my spot on the Blog Blitz, all points of view are my own and are completely unbiased. Thanks Sarah sign me up for the next…

Wow, what a fantastic read!! Just loved this book, it was a fantastic second book to read from this author.

DI Roz Kray has another case that lands in her lap but this is something that her and her team have never seen before,

Kevin Palmer lost everything, ended up in prison and is then sent to work in an abattoir, Whilst there he concocts elaborate fantasies to wreak vengeance then the final piece falls into place.

This book is written in parallel so you get to read Kevin's actions alongside the investigation. Its well written and well thought out, a great plot.

rob Ashman has a great new sreie with this character this book was suspense and was great read would read more by this author

4.5 This Little Piggy Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5

... and this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home!

A serial killer obsessed with vengeance and a nursery rhyme... a damaged detective consumed with justice... a perfect recipe for a wonderfully dark crime thriller....

This was one dark and twisted book! Told from the point of view of both Rosalind the detective and Kevin the killer.... Rosalind is damaged having just survived a brutal stabbing and the loss of her husband... Kevin has lost everything his wife, his business, his pride, and now he is set on revenge.... oh what a crazy twisted ride he took us on! Murders mimicking the popular nursery rhyme.... down to the eating of the roastbeef, and the collecting of the toes.... this book is definitely not for the faint of heart, there is a splash of gore throughout.... The way the victims are murdered emulates the slaughtering of a pig... not a pretty sight....

Really loved the investigation in this book, and the twists and turns it took.... I really thought for a hot minute were heading in an entirely different direction.... I also always love being in the mind of the killer... and Kevin was exceptionally twisted, and yet sympathetic.... The only very minor complaint I have about the book is I would have liked to have established a better connection with Rosalind... but perhaps in a future book? Can’t wait to see what this author has in store for us next....

Strongly recommend to fans of a dark crime thriller with an exceptionally manipulative serial killer...

*** many thanks to Bloodhound Books for my copy of this book ***

Number 2 in the DI Rosalind Kray series and once again Rob Ashman has written a book I couldn`t put down.
We find Roz is currently acting DCI and though still coming to terms with the death of her husband in an attack that left her with multiple injuries she is functioning well in the roll.
Along with her team she is called out to the discovery of a man killed in the most horrific way.
As the bodies start to mount up they realise they are dealing with a diabolical serial killer with a predilection for nursery rhymes.
Told both from Roz`s side and that of the killer, one Kevin Palmer. A man who following his wife`s affair loses not only his marriage, family, business and friends but ultimately his liberty when he is sentenced to prison.
Once incarcerated he fills his time making elaborate plans to have his revenge on the people he blames for his being there.
This mans imagination is astounding and following his release he carries his plans out so successfully Roz and her team seem unable to find the final clue in order to charge him.
Roz isn`t someone to give in easily and even when another is in the frame she continues her quest for the truth.
I dont want to give anything away but suffice it to say this is an intriguing plot which kept me turning the pages long into the night.
A sinister tale with graphic descriptions of the crimes, a host of excellent characters too. A killer twist at the end.
What more could anyone want!
Thanks to Netgalley and Bloodhound books for the chance to read this as an ARC.

Excellent story line which was gripping from start to finish. Great characters. I would highly recommend this book.