A great, thrilling read, which will keep you entertained throughout. A good one sitting read, get the nibbles ready, close the door, and read!

This is the second book in the D.I Denning and D.S Fisher series, but reads nicely enough as a standalone. The story progressed steadily, with the focus both on the crime at hand, and how the police members have to deal with their personal lives as well. There was twists galore, and I was kept guessing until the end.

This is the second book in the series

This is a police procedural that is gripping and captivating. There are many twists and turns plus some red herrings added.
Some of the twists are predictable but this didn’t affect my enjoyment.
A well written and compelling book

A great read, and one that kept me gripped throughout. Really looking forward to reading more from the author and catching up with the team on another case.

Fabulous plot which I could not put down. Brilliant characters, and twists and turns. Highly recommend to other fans of this genre!!

I love the cover of this novel and the inside. "Blood Family" is an suspenseful novel by Graeme Hampton. A page turner for sure.

This is my first book from Graeme Hampton, but Blood Family is the second in the DI Denning and DI Fisher series. This reads perfectly as a standalone, but per usual, since I enjoyed this novel so much, I’d really like to read the first.

I very much enjoyed Denning and Fisher. I loved the differences between the characters, which made them interesting to read together. I liked the contrasting personalities. Denning is a bit more wise and reserved, while Fisher is more of a “do it now, think about it later,” kind of character.

The plot was very intriguing. We get to focus in on family, between Denning and Fisher’s personal home lives as well as the case they are working on. It made it really compelling to read about the drama. I also really enjoyed the mystery. It was well-paced and with a few clever twists, I was never quite sure I knew who the killer was.

Graeme Hampton’s writing is fabulous. I’m a new fan, and I’m looking froward to reading more. I recommend checking Blood Family out.

(Complimentary copy of book received from BOTBS for an honest review during the blog tour. All opinions are my own.)

This is the 2nd book in the series although I hadn't read the first I didn't feel j had missed out as it mentioned it through out . This book started off with a bang which I like as it kept me reading . It was a gripping storyline and you got to know all the characters individually without it getting long winded and boring . It was a realistic and fast paced storyline . A police procedural thriller set in London that I would recommend

I very much enjoyed this book. It has a good story and excellent main characters. I would definately recommend this book.

This was a good follow-up book from the first book in this series, one which I had thoroughly enjoyed. DS Molly Fisher is now a permanent part of the MET alongside DI Denning and his team, And the story starts off in quite a gruesome way. And from there it just flows brilliantly. A really enjoyable story with well crafted characters and well paced writing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from the beginning to the end and look forward to the next book in this series which Mr Hampton stated was going to be more DS Fisher centric. Overall a good book which I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone who enjoys a good police procedural. And a big thank you to NetGalley and Hera Books for giving me this ARC in exchange of my honest review.

I wasn’t aware that this was the second book in a series but in my opinion it can be read as a stand-alone. Well I really loved this book, it’s an easy read but the story was very good. It had me hooked from the beginning.

This is #2 in the DI Denning/DS Fisher series, but can easily be read as a standalone.

After a house fire, five bodies are found, all from the same family. But when it’s discovered they had all been shot before the fire, a murder investigation begins.

Were the Galloway family as honest and law abiding as they seemed to be or was there something else going on?

This is a police procedural but also a family drama, with all its secrets, lies and tension. There are also plenty of background details of Denning and Fisher’s lives and family outside of the police force, which really helps build such likeable, well rounded characters.

I found this to be fast paced and utterly gripping, with plenty to keep you guessing from start to finish. Thoroughly entertaining.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this for feee. This is my honest and unbiased review.

Suspenseful and revealing. I loved the characters of Matt and Molly and the setting in London. I have not read the first book in the series but plan to do so now.
Many thanks to Hera Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

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

I liked this book, and found it to be a good, easy read, just not a great one. I thought the book started off well and I liked the characters. DI Denning and his team investigate when 5 family members are found dead after a house fire. There are a few twists in the plot, nothing that really surprised me though. I felt it was overly long at times and I lost interest towards the end. 3 stars

Intense and gripping. A murder investigation that will leave you breathless. The author has a great skill of reeling you in very slowly, then before you know it - you're hooked!

The first book I have read in the series, and will definitely not be the last.

I am a Graeme Hampton novice and I was so impressed with this outstanding mystery-thriller! This is the second instalment of his DI Denning and DS Fisher series and I was happy to dive straight in. Although I have yet to read book one (entitled Know No Evil), the premise of Blood Family beckoned to me and I knew that I had to read this novel!

Blood Family definitely did not disappoint. It had everything I would expect from a fantastic mystery/police procedural - a great plot, well-drawn characters and terrific pacing.

Even though I have read quite a few books with a similar premise to this one - an "ordinary" family, unexposed secrets, murder, compulsive lies, manipulation, evil and several twists, so I began this book in the knowledge of what was to come. This police procedural has also been a great delight, full of jeopardy, deception, tension, dysfunction and fascinating characters, whether they were loved or hated and unexpected outcomes. There was oodles of suspense and it was definitely an enthralling reading experience that had me hooked throughout.

I loved the shock factor and twisting plot, making this extremely difficult to put down. I really appreciated the smooth writing style of Graeme Hampton and it was easy to connect with the characters - to imagine them, like or loathe them.

The great reveal was perfect, fulfilling and unexpected. Blood Family was everything I wanted in what was a pretty special mystery-thriller and I am already looking forward to my next read by this gifted author. I highly recommend Blood Family to lovers of the genre for a read that really packs a punch.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel, at my request, from Hera Books via NetGalley and this review is my own unbiased opinion.

What a great read this is and even though it is the second in the series you do not need to have read the first to jump right in.

This book sees Matthew and Molly investigating a house fire. The fire appears to be accidental at first but when five bodies are found within, they have to find out who wanted almost an entire family dead.

As they dig into the family’s history they find that nearly all of them have secrets that could have led to their deaths. The story unfolds through Matthew and Molly’s perspective and the switch between the two works well, as they compare their own family lives to the dysfunctional family that is now dead.

Dark, gritty and gripping, police procedural fans are going to lap up Graeme Hampton’s latest thriller featuring D.I. Matthew Denning and D.S. Molly Fisher: Blood Family.

In the course of his work, D.I. Matthew Denning has had to face many a nerve-twisting and stomach churning sight, however, when he is called to a house fire in a North London home, even he is shocked by what awaits him. As he begins to search the wreckage with his colleague, D.S. Molly Fisher, the bodies of the Galloway family are discovered. The remains of Brian and Ellie, their daughter Amber and grandson Simon are unearthed and while the evidence all points to a tragic accident, Matthew and Molly are soon stunned when it is discovered that the entire Galloway family was dead long before the fire started. Who would want to harm an ordinary family like the Galloways? And who would go to such drastic lengths to ensure that secrets from the past are never unearthed?

A routine investigation into a household incident soon becomes much more dangerous when it is discovered that a faceless psychopath had wiped out three generations of one family with a shotgun. As Matthew and Molly begin to delve deeper and deeper into this investigation, they soon realize that the Galloways were not just ordinary citizens, but a family with dangerous secrets. Secrets so deadly that the entire family ended up paying the ultimate price to ensure that they remain hidden.

Can Matthew and Molly get to the bottom of this tangled web of jeopardy and deception which they’ve stumbled onto? Can they discover what secrets the Galloways were keeping? And can they find the person who committed such a heinous act of violence?

If you’re desperate for your Line of Duty fix, look no further than Graeme Hampton’s Blood Family. Matthew Denning and Molly Fisher are on top form and Graeme Hampton keeps his readers glued to the pages of his novel by deftly and expertly blending breath-taking suspense with nail-biting danger and heart-pounding tension.

In the best-selling tradition of Mark Billingham and Peter James, police procedural fans should not dare miss Graeme Hampton’s fabulous series featuring Matthew Denning and Molly Fisher and their hair-raising and terrifying adventures.

4☆ Engrossing and Gritty Crime Thriller with Twists and Turns galore.... A book Not To Be Missed!!

Blood Family is an Engrossing, Gripping, Twisty Crime Thriller that i thoroughly enjoyed!

It's the second book in a new series but my first book, I had no problem reading this as a standalone. But I am definitely looking forward to reading the other book.

Detective Inspector Matthew Denning ... aka Denning for short and Detective Sergeant Molly Fisher Have been called out to investigate a very suspicious House Fire, where there are 5 bodies in different rooms, including a 9yr old child and his mother.

But what is even more suspicious is that the fire isn't what caused their death, they was dead killed beforehand. It was definitely murder but who did it and why!?

The family harboured secrets, things are not quiet what they seem. They wasn't what they seemed. But which family member was embroiled in something that ended up seeing them all murdered?

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this gripping crime thriller, just when I thought I had the motive and murderer sussed things changed and threw me off the scent. I loved it!

The Title for this book is perfect! It's all about Family. Blood Family, not just the family who was murdered but discovering all about Molly and Denning's home life and family dramas.

I really enjoyed getting to know Denning and his family life which was really tough and not easy for him especially investigation a child murder when he has a vulnerable child of his own at home. I really felt for him.

Molly was such an endearing character, her personal story was really intriguing and her brother certainly kept her on her toes!

I really liked Molly and Denning's Characters so very different yet they just worked. I can't wait to find out more!

The police investigation was very cleverly plotted and authentic, it definitely kept me on my toes.
I thoroughly enjoyed uncovering the secrets and juicy twists.

If you love Crime Fiction, with twists and turns galore, brilliant characters, great police work, an Engrossing and Gritty Plot with lots of secrets, then.... Blood Family.....is definitely the book for you!

Thank you to Book On The Bright Side Tours and Hera Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

'Blood Family' is the second book in the series featuring DI Matthew Denning and DS Molly Fisher. Although it is the second book in the series it works perfectly well as a standalone too. I read, loved and reviewed the first book in the series called 'Know No Evil'. I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy of 'Blood Family' as I was looking forward to getting to know both DI Denning and DS Molly Fisher. I finally got myself a copy and squirrelled myself away until I had finished reading 'Blood Family'. 'Blood Family' was well worth the wait and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it but more about that in a bit.
The working relationship between DI Denning and DS Fisher just gets stronger in this book. Denning is somebody who has risen up the ranks relatively quickly as he entered the police service on the fast track graduate scheme. It's obvious that not everybody is too happy with the way in which he has been slotted into the force. This is particularly clear with certain older members of Denning's team, who have a tendency to answer back or try to get one up on him. Denning deals with them far more diplomatically than I ever would. Personally I would give them a slap around the chops with a wet flip flop but that's just me. Denning leads from the front and he takes on more than his fair share of the workload. He wouldn't ask you to do anything that he wouldn't be willing to do himself. Denning is fair, calm, compassionate and kind. If I am honest I have developed something of a soft spot for him. DS Fisher comes across as being somebody who lacks a bit of self belief. Fisher is unsure what to make of Denning at times and I think that at the moment she doesn't know whether to trust him or not. Fisher is a methodical, eager to please, highly intelligent and very compassionate police officer. Denning and Fisher work really well together.
Oh my flipping (not the word I want to write but you get the idea) word, 'Blood Family' was simply a brilliant read from start to finish. I was hooked on this book from the first word on the first page and it's fair to say that reading 'Blood Family' soon became an addiction. I would pick the book up only intending to read a couple of chapters to fill in the odd ten minutes or so but that was fatal because I would still be sat there over an hour and several chapters later. I was enjoying 'Blood Family' so much that I just couldn't put the book down. For me, 'Blood Family' was the definition of an unputdownable, pageturner of a read. I couldn't bear to miss a single second of the story and as a result the book became well travelled, as it accompanied me everywhere I went. I also found every excuse that I could to get out of having to put the book down. I soon got to the end of the story, which I had mixed feelings about. Don't get me wrong I was pleased to get to the end of the story because at least I knew who carried out the murders but I was enjoying the author's writing style, the characters and the shocking storylines so much that I just wanted the book to continue on and on.
'Bloody Family' is superbly written and just as good as 'Know No Evil'. The author certainly gets your attention from the start with an evil crime. The crime was so evil that it will stay fresh in my mind for a long time to come. Once the author has your attention, he draws you into the story and you become so absorbed in the story that you notice neither the speed with which the pages are turning nor the speed with which the time is flying past. Graeme Hampton uses such vivid and powerful descriptions that I did feel as though I was part of the story myself and an extra member of DI Denning's team. I did find that I was getting far too involved in the story and I even began 'interacting' with the book as if the characters could hear me. Before anybody says anything, I know this is a work of fiction but I find that if I enjoy a book as much as I enjoyed this one then I tend to 'live' the story as if it were real.
Reading 'Blood Family' felt like being on one hell of a scary and unpredictable rollercoaster ride with all the ups and downs, the twists and turns and the stomach churning moments. On more than one occasion, I felt physically sick as I read the details of what happened to the family featured in this book. I also found that I went through most of the emotions that the invesigating team went through. I found that I kept wanting to jump inside the pages of the book to apply pressure to certain characters to ensure that they told the truth.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Blood Family', which in my opinion is just as good as 'Know No Evil'. I will definitely be recommending this author and this series to other readers. I will definitely be reading more of Graeme's work in the future. To give this book anything other than 5* out of 5* would be a crime, so that's exactly what I will give it.