This is a fantastic series that I highly recommend.
In this book Jessica is on her own in Blackpool, looking for Bex.
Book 12 ends with Jessica receiving a phone call from Bex and she traces it to a phone box in Blackpool. She takes some leave from work and starts her own investigation which lands her in deep trouble.
Before she knows it, she’s ‘helping the Police with their enquiries’ as a person she spoke to ends up murdered.
Jessica is in a strange place and has no-one to turn to until she meets Fran who has a close group of friends that Jessica immediately warms to.
Things go from bad to worse for her and soon she has to ask her new group of friends to help her.
I won’t say any more as I don’t want to spoil it for you but I can say this is a fantastic story and one which will have you on the edge of your seat.
This is a gripping crime book and I’d like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I love the Jessica Daniels series but the premise here initially made no sense to me. It starts right after the ending of book 12, in which Jessica gets a phone call from Bex, who had disappeared from Jessica’s house months before without any of her belongings, including her phone or purse. When Jessica goes to check out the location of the phone call, a phone box in Blackpool, she sees a missing person poster on the phone box and calls the number. And I’m thinking really? But I should have trusted Wilkerson to bring it all together in the end.

Because this takes place in Blackpool, Jessica is on her own. And I missed the team. A big part of my love of this series is the interaction and banter between the team members. But it was fun to see Wilkerson bring Andrew Hunter into the mix here.

Setting aside that I was initially suspect of the premise that started the story, the book moved along at a good clip and kept me engaged. It is interesting to watch Jessica on the other side, as suspect rather than police.

So, once again Wilkerson does it. Another strong entry in the series.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of Silent Suspect, the thirteenth novel to feature DI Jessica Daniel of Greater Manchester Police.

When Jessica traces a call from her missing friend Bex to a call box in Blackpool she heads over there to try and find her but things start to go wrong when Peter Salisbury who offers to help her is found stabbed to death hours after meeting her. She doesn’t have long to find out what’s happening before she’s arrested for murder.

I thoroughly enjoyed Silent Suspect which is an elaborately plotted thrill of a read with some really tense moments. I found myself hooked and actually had to put the book down at certain tense moments for some breathing space. It’s a sign of good writing when the reader identifies so closely with the characters and their predicament. The plot has some good twists and turns but overall I found it failed the credibility test and seems like a sequence of very good scenes cobbled together into a less than convincing whole. I struggled with the characters’ motivations and actions, none of which except Jessica seem realistic. I could give some concrete examples but don’t want to issue spoilers.

Jessica is Jessica, highly motivated to get a result, in this case finding Bex. It is interesting to see her on her own rather than as part of a team but despite her lone wolf status she still manages magnificently.

Silent Suspect is a good read which I have no hesitation in recommending.

Three cheers for the author because he has done it again. I opened this book (I had been wanting to read it so badly since I last the previous part) and I was lost straight away. It felt like I had been given a slap on the back and I fell, head first into this brilliant story.

Events are piling up in this fast-paced book. You seem to be in a small canoe being dragged away with the current of this raging river. At the moment you think that last whirlpool will be the end of it, there is the rescue team to lead you to a peaceful pond. All’s well that ends well, right …

I just love this author. He has different series and each one seems to be written by someone else. This is a truely and utterly sign of a genious mind.

I am already looking forward to your next book. It does not matter of which series. I devoure them all with the same gusto. 5 stars, of course.

Thank you, Kerry Wilkinson, Bookouture and Netgalley.

Another Jessica Daniel thriller. I've come to love Jessica Daniel, and am forever looking out for the next book in the series.

In this book, Jessica is on the wrong side of the law. When Bex, her friend mysteriously disappeared from Jessica's home, she was distraught and helpless. There were no clues to her whereabouts and no sensible explanation of why or where she had disappeared.

So when Jessica receives a phone call from Bex which is traced back to Liverpool, she rushea there, only to find herself a murder suspect.

An absolute page turner. I love Kerry Wilkinson's characters and she does not disappoint this time either. A great book one I'd easily recommend.

Thank you netgalley and the publishers for the review copy of this book.

I've said before that while I truly enjoy this series, I never totally warmed up to the main character, detective inspector Jessica Daniel, until Book 12 (this is the 13th). In that one she won me over, and after reading this one I remain a fan. She's a tough-as-nails, no-nonsense woman whose background issues don't get in her way - well, most of the time, anyway.

As this one begins (thanks to the publisher for an advance review copy), Jessica has received an ominous phone call from her wayward young friend Rebecca ("Bex"), who had been living with Jessica but recently disappeared with no warning. Jessica leaves Manchester, where she works and lives, to try and find her on a beach some 50 miles away. There, she notices a "missing" poster showing a young girl named Katy, who bears a strong resemblance to Bex. When Jessica calls the number on the poster, the man who answers claims to be Peter, Katy's brother.

They meet in person, but Peter has no knowledge of Bex. Disappointed, Jessica returns to her rather seedy motel room and single-handedly empties the mini-bar's contents (well okay, maybe she used both hands). When she crawls out of bed - pretty thoroughly hung over - she gets a sobering wake-up call; the man she met has been murdered. Not only was she the last known person to have seen him alive, there's blood on her car that wasn't there the day before. The local police detective is willing to cut her some slack because she's "one of them," but at the same time, she's considered a prime suspect. From that point on, it's mostly Jessica trying to stay in the shaky good graces of the law despite mounting evidence of her guilt while continuing to look for Bex on her own. The journey takes her to the bowels of the city she's in - almost literally - and reveals some nasty goings-on involving drug and human trafficking.

Needless to say, Jessica lives to see another day (or more to the point, another book), although she doesn't emerge totally unscathed. Interesting to me is the author's explanation that the series has been developed to showcase "seasons" of Jessica's life; books 8-13 are Season 2, which means the next one will mark the start of Season 3. What do I say to that? Bring it on!

Jessica Daniels is one of my favourite detectives and I prepare myself for a one sitting read.
I loved the storyline, Jessica going to Blackpool, and being taken out of her comfort zone. while trying to find Bex.
This series just keeps getting better and better, it is gripping, tense and makes you feel that you are on one of the rollercoaster rides at Blackpool.

Thank you netgalley, Kerry Wilkinson and Bookouture for allowing me to read and review this book.

As is becoming the norm when Kerry Wilkinson releases a new instalment of the Jessica Daniels series it kept me up all night to finish it in one sitting, I am never able to put these books down and this one was no different, with the last book leaving us on a cliff hangar with the phone call from Bex, this book follows up on that lead with Jessica having traced the call to Blackpool. This was a more personal book than usual, with Jessica trying to track down and ensure Bex is safe, they have an unusual relationship, not mother/daughter, not friends but an understanding and then she upped and just left one day, no note, no clothes taken, hardly surprising Jessica was at her wits end as to what happened to Bex, was she ok, did her past catch up with her? The tracking of Bex to Blackpool puts Jessica under suspiscion of murder with her being the main suspect, Jessica has to go under the radar to clear her name and discover what and who did murder the man she met, can she do this and will it lead her to Bex?

Loved this book although to be fair I am quite biased when it comes to this series, I devour them, with plenty of twists and turns, a gripping mystery to get your teeth into, if you're a fan of the Jessica Daniels series, you will not want to miss this!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Jessica's teenage friend and housemate Bex is missing. A phone call leads Jessica to Blackpool, where she is under suspicion of murder when, after two dead bodies are separately discovered, she is found to have been the last person to have called both victims.

Not the most riveting addition to the Jessica Daniels series, sadly :(

DI Jessica Daniel's search for her missing housemate leads to her becoming a person of interest in a murder investigation. Can she find her friend and clear her name?

This really is a gripping thriller with plenty of "no, don't do that's"!

Will be appreciated by fans of the author and series, yet could also be greatly enjoyed as a standalone crime novel.

(To be posted on Amazon).

Inspector Jessica Daniels is in Blackpool looking for her housemate Bex who suddenly disappeared a few months ago. She received a phone call from Bex saying just "Jessica" and it was traced to Blackpool.. She has booked into a cheap hotel opposite from where the call was made and that's where things start to go wrong.

This book is another in the Jessica Daniels Series and again is a great read by Kerry Wilkinson. I found this book hard to put down.

Silent Suspect by Kerry Wilkinson is the 13th installment in Wilkinson's Jessica Daniel series. Jessica's friend Bex has been missing for three months when she gets a phone call and the only word spoken is "Jessica" before the call ends. But it is Bex's voice.

The call is from a public phone booth in Blackpool, and as soon as Jessica traces the call, she is off to the seaside town in search of Bex. Things get strange as soon as Jessica locates the phone booth and sees a poster of a missing young woman who is similar in appearance to Bex.

She calls the number on the poster and agrees to meet a man who says the missing girl is his sister. On meeting the man, Jessica feels a little uncomfortable and no further in her attempt to locate her friend. The next morning, she is awakened by police. The man she met with has been found dead on the beach.

Now Jessica is not only still searching for Bex, but is a suspect in the man's death.

An interesting side story includes Jessica seeking help from Andrew Hunter, the PI in another series by Wilkinson. Other than the help from Hunter, Jessica is cut off from her home base of Manchester and her friends on the force. Her search for Bex has led her into complex criminal activity and an attempt to frame her for murder.

Another winner from Kerry Wilkinson. :)

NetGalley/Bookouture
Detective fiction/Suspense. Jan. 14, 2019. Print length: 316 pages.

The 13th Jessica Daniel book and boy is it different. The sub plot becomes the main plot as we meet Jessica searching for Bex in Blackpool. No Izzy or Archie to lighten the mood as the hunter becomes the hunted. A great read for all Jessica fans and a nice surprise in an old acquaintance popping in to help too

i absolutely love this series of books and this latest instalment just keeps getting better.

DI Jessica Daniels receives a phone call only saying “jessica”. she believes it to be her friend Bex who disappeared suddenly and without explanation. jessica tracks the phone call to a phone box in Blackpool. upon arriving in Blackpool to search for her friend things take a downward spiral with Jessica seemingly being set up for many crimes.

i thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to more in this series.

many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This latest offering in the Jessica Daniel’s series had me engrossed from the outset.

Plenty of twists & turns to keep you intrigued.

I finished this in 24 hours. Loved it & already looking forward to the next instalment.

4.5 stars

Another fabulous Jessica Daniel book. Jessica receives a call from Bex and traces it to a phone box in Blackpool. Jessica is then framed for a murder and is on the run from the police. Lots of things happening and with some help from Andrew Hunter, P.I., the questions are answered. I would have liked a different ending. Maybe in the next book which I cannot wait to read. Thanks to NetGalley, Bookoutre and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

Thank you to #NetGalley for this ARC of #SilentSuspect

This is thirteenth book in the Jessica Daniel series and can be read as a stand-alone. Kerry Wilkinson, a veteran author, provides astute characterization while executing a fast-paced storyline. The main character is relatable with qualities of satire and emotional conflict. In addition, Wilkinson tilts the narrative and entices the reader to follow DI Daniel as she, not only tries to solve a murder, but desperately attempts to prove her own innocence. This was an excellent read, highly recommended. 5 stars.

I would like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Silent Suspect’, thirteenth in the DI Jessica Daniels series written by Kerry Wilkinson, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Jessica’s friend Bex is missing from the home they share in Manchester and makes no contact until three months’ later when she receives a phone call from Bex saying the one word ’Jessi-ca’. The call is traced to a dilapidated phone box on Blackpool’s sea front where she meets a man, Peter Salisbury, who says his sister has disappeared in similar circumstances. The next day a body is found on the beach which is identified as Peter Salisbury. When Bex’s blood is found on the rear bumper of Jessica’s car DCI Fordham from the Blackpool police gives her the benefit of the doubt as she, too, is a police officer but when yet another body turns up Jessica knows she’s top of the police’s list of suspects and needs to disappear while she works out why she’s being framed.
Kerry Wilkinson has written a number of novels and ‘Silent Suspect’ has to be one of his best. It’s a gripping thriller with convincing characters, a well-thought-out plot touching on people-trafficking and slavery, some amazing twists and turns which kept me glued to my kindle, and an exciting conclusion that had me praying Jessica and her friends from ‘The Shanty’ would come out unscathed. This is a great read that I can wholeheartedly recommend.

It was great to catch up with Jessica again after having read all Kerry's previous books, including his standalone ones and the Andrew Hunter series.

I found this book hard to put down but if I am honest I prefer it when Jessica is on her 'own ground' with her team but it was nice to have a change and also a mention for Andrew.

I can recommend this book, you will not be disappointed and I look forward, as always, to Kerry's next masterpiece.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.


Jessica Daniels has been searching for her friend Rebecca aka Bex for months when she finally receives a phone call from Bex, the only word spoken is Jessica.

When she trace the call to pay phone in Blackpool when she arrives she notices a missing person of girl name Katy so she decide call the number because the girl resemble Bex. When she meets a man named Peter who claim his sister went missing and when she can't get any information that again help her she gives him her card and decide to stay a night in a hotel.

The next day the police comes to her hotel to inform her that Peter has been murder and she was the last one to see him alive and she only suspect in the case as she investigate it leads her into a huge network of criminal activity and puts her career and her life in serious danger.

This was a well written book even though I didn't read the previous books I really love the character of Jessica she is flaw but a good cop.