I’ve only read a couple in the series and I really have to seek out the others as I’m really into these two detectives now. Both are investigating separate crimes that involve, murder, kidnapping, organ snatching and trafficking. What would be a difficult read in another authors voice, this one flows smoothly, quickly and interestingly with just enough of the trafficking explanation for readers not too familiar with the concept. This is a really character driven book, a stand alone, that would give you a more enriching reading if you have some more understanding of their personal relationship from previous books. Jumping onto Kindle now to catch up! What a great writer.

I wasn't sure about this book in the beginning. The tension between Luc & Ava plays a big part in the books and I thought that Luc being back in France working as Scotland's liason with Interpol that tension might not be there. How wrong I was. This book is every bit as enthralling as the previous ones in the series.

Loved it.

I read an advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

What a fantastic book. Truly gripping, action packed and easy to follow. There's so much information given, many different stories told and yet you're still able to keep hold of the full picture. This is made possible by the way the chapters have split narrative between the main characters/storylines.

After I read the last book (5) I said I would try to read the books that came before it, and as of yet that hasn't happened. But I'm so glad I didn't wait to read this book. It was so captivating throughout and really difficult to put down. If I could have read it in one sitting I would have. I'd highly recommend and am looking forward to any books that may follow.

‘Perfect Kill’ by Helen Fields is the latest in the DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach series, set mostly in Edinburgh with occasional forays into France. Devoted readers will know that Luc recognises that these two ‘had been dancing around the edges of a relationship for a couple of years. Just when it had finally seemed about to start, he’d screwed up and Ava had lost faith in him.’ Nowhere is this more obvious than at the beginning of this novel as Ava rushes away from an ill-judged night with one of her colleagues. Naturally the Ava/Luc dynamic is still of interest to readers but it does take a back sear for much of the narrative as the two are caught up in some extraordinary people trafficking events on both sides of the Channel.
Fields never pulls her punches when describing difficult scenes within her stories. The abject misery in which the sex slaves live, the brutality and callousness of the men who ‘mind’ them and the appalling ways in which they are bought and sold are depicted vividly. However, the writing is not gratuitous. The author is merely reminding he readers that such atrocities happen and that good people are working hard to put a stop to them.
The ‘body parts’ element of the narrative feels a little more far-fetched. Are there really people out there who are prepared to deal in such a complicated trade, bearing in mind that so much could go wrong at each step of the way? However, whilst this slightly tenuous thread is central to the plot’s warp and weave, it does not detract from the overall effect. Above all, in the final chapters of the story, Fields reminds us that most people are brave, kind, thoughtful and caring. She leaves us hoping that we’ll see more of these attributes in her next Turner/Callanach novel.
My thanks to NetGalley and Avon for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.

A dark and tad bit gruesome and it is somewhat over the top in that aspect but did cover fairly decent police investigation procedures. Very character driven and thorough plot but it doesn’t really stand apart from other thrillers. Don’t get me wrong the book is good but not gripping in the kind of way that really keeps you pulled into the storytelling. I think it just starts a bit to slow and is bogged down with just a touch to much of the mundane side of police-work but still remained compelling. I would continue to read the series although I would like to see a better balance of not just cunning brutal violence but cunning and driven detective work. I feel a great deal of detail is focused on the killer. Don’t get me wrong that’s awesome but I want to see the evolution of the detective becoming as cunning and stealthy as the killers with much less tedious day to day job dilemma. The constant procedures makes the book a bit tedious and sadly detracted from what has all the meaty bones of a top notch thriller.

Luc Callanach & Ava Turner are further apart than ever. Luc is working with Interpol in France after a Scottish citizen was found dead there having had all of his organs removed. Ava is in Scotland working on the case of Bart Campbell, a young man who disappeared after finishing his shift at a restaurant. There appear to be remarkable similarities between Bart’s disappearance and the body in the case Luc is working on.
Ava’s case leads her into the world of people trafficking and Luc’s takes him into the world of Organ theft. The cases seem to be becoming intertwined and Luc and Ava have to work together even with all the miles between them in order to save more lives being lost.
I enjoyed this but not quite as much as the previous one. I prefer it when Luc and Ava work cases together as I think their relationship dynamic is outstanding and when they are working different cases especially in different countries some of that is lost.
Will still recommend it as a very good read though.

Helen Fields never disappoints. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Surprises and mysteries at every turn. Young people both male and female going missing. Girls being kept prisoners for prostitution, and being hunted down like animals. There is so much more going on. I don't want to say anymore, you'll just have to read and find out.

I love this series of detective books by Helen Fields and the newest addition Perfect Kill did not disappoint. Detectives Ava and Luc return for the newest story, which involves two crimes based on sex workers and illegal organ harvesting. I really enjoyed this book and can't more from the series in the future.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC

Oh dear!! You know it’s going to be bad when you discover your new best duo and it’s already 6 in! This means I will be up a lot reading the previous ones!
I may be late to this party - but it didn’t make it any less enjoyable!
Awful topic and tough to read in places, but what a rollercoaster! I am still reeling! Outstanding and cannot wait to read the first ones!

Helen Fields never disappoints! I actually never want this series to end. This particular plot with the sex workers and “the race” actually turned my stomach and was quite difficult to read at times and the subplot with Callanach in Paris also kept me guessing. I really enjoyed the more human side of Ava with Natashas illness and I am obviously still just praying for Ava and Luc to get together. I know I’m going to have to wait a long time but I CANT WAIT for the next instalment. Thanks to the author, Netgalley and Avon for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This is a must read!!!

Ah yes, the Frenchman and the Scotswoman and their on again off again romance.
Luc is back in France helping Interpol with some PT distress about his sex life. His case involves a Scottish lad who turns up dead after all his organs have been removed! And Ava gets a shot victim after a trafficked Romanian girl attempts to escape from her captors. And this case winds up and up and up.. Two disparate cases you think but a twist of course.
Now a word to the author please. Helen, you either have a very sick imagination of you have been researching some very sick criminals. I hope it is the latter!
The twists and turns of these cases and crimes make for nail biting reading. Well plotted, well planned and well written.

I love this series! Ava and Luc are in different countries this time investigating different cases... or are they? As usual it’s well written and has our favourite characters. I read it quickly because I have to know more! Can’t wait for the next one.

Well written thriller with a difficult storyline which is sensitively handled.

The book is thrilling and draws you in because you care about the characters.

Excellent series of books and I look forward to reading more.

I hadn't read any Helen Fields coming into this book, and am sorry that I am late to the game with her. The pace was exciting and the storyline interesting, and works equally well for people familiar with the characters and those, like me, going in having not read any other books in the series.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher- this is the 6th book in the D I Callanch series and was just as good as the previous 5. I would give with a worth 4 1/2 stars.

This is a wonderfully crafted action-packed story with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat right to the last page. The author’s insightful look into both the international sex slave traffic and illegal organ theft crisis is timely and on point. The end had a satisfying, realistic conclusion; there is no magic bullet to rid the world of these people who will profit from the desperate and delusional, but enough justice for everyone.

This is my first exposure to this author and it definitely will not be my last! I definitely plan to read the other books in this series.

Thank you to NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This series must be the best around at present. They are PERFECT.......

This is the sixth in the series and as usual the story revolves around Ava and Luc and the Edinburgh Major investigation team.

This book will certainly not disappoint and will keep you on edge right till the end.

I couldn't put it down.

Looking forward to the next in the series

Helen Fields has written a superb series! This the sixth book is as good as any before it, and I date say any of the continuing books will be as good. Rarely have I read as consistent a series, the strong characters as well as the up to date criminal realism make her a favourite that I shall continue to return to.

Since I read all of the other books in the series, I was eager to pick up where I left off. And much like the prior books, this one didn't disappoint. Ava is working in Scotland, and Luc is working as Police Scotland's liaison to Interpol.

The tension between Ava and Luc still manages to persist long-distance, while Ava is struggling with her own issues at home in Scotland. Luc has his hands full in France, dealing with his old friend Jean-Paul, along with the body of a Scottish man who has turned up in Paris with most of his transplantable organs missing. As always, there are many sub-plots running throughout the book, making for an action packed story with many plot twists that kept me at the edge of my seat, unable to put down this book until I had finished reading the entire thing.

The characters that I know and love made their appearance, with all of their flaws, quirks, and of course, plenty of witty banter. A couple of new characters showed up as well, notably DC Swift and Jean-Paul, who has only been mentioned in previous books. I love how the author weaves her storylines, keeping readers hooked from start to finish, with engaging plots, endearingly realistic characters, and the gritty settings that exist in the underworld of cities around the world that most people avoid like the plague. I'll definitely be looking to reading more of this series.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.

Firstly I have to say, I missed out on the first five books, an advantage to receive this book, an dis-advantage when you read the book and feel you have missed so much on the history of the series.

Perfect Kill is the sixth book in the D.I. Callenach series.

He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying.

Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart Campbell knows that his chances of being found alive are slim.

Drugged and kidnapped, the realisation soon dawns that he’s been locked inside a shipping container far from his Edinburgh home. But what Bart doesn’t yet know is that he’s now heading for France where his unspeakable fate is already sealed…

The central characters are DCI Luc (Mr Dishy) Callenach and DCS Ava Turner from the MIT team in Edinburgh. Luc is back in his native France on secondment to Interpol and working with his old partner Jean-Paul, they are working on separate cases that soon collide as it becomes clear that the men and women being shipped to France are being traded for women trafficked into Scotland.

With so many lives at stake, they face an impossible task – but there’s no option of failure when Bart and so many others will soon be dead…

Get ready for a rollercoaster ride like no other, with the next gripping thriller from the number one bestselling crime author, Helen Fields.

A powerful, strong, gory, shocking thriller that keeps going and two stories connect.

What I did enjoy so much as the last few chapters unfolded was, the gripping, tense suspense, then the touching comical moments, then some lovely light touches, no more said...

I feel I enjoyed this author, who I had not heard of before reading this book, do I now read book 1....

A good four stars, liked the writing of this author as well as the characters.