Clocks and Patterson are back and I doing the happy dance!!!!!
These are two detectives who have thrown the rule book out and always get their man. They are on the hunt for a serial killer with religious connotations and boy what a read!!!!
Full of one liners, I love the banter between the team and Clocks cracks me up. Another sat on the edge of my seat and constantly holding my breath brutal crime thriller which I found impossible to put down. If this is your first foray into the world of these two guys there is a whole series dedicated to two of my favourite detectives you can catch up on. This book can be read as a stand alone but I am sure once you have read this book you will be searching out the rest of this gripping and very addictive series. Loved it!!!

Not what I was expecting, but a pleasant surprise anyways. Were I though this would be a nice murder mystery with police officers as main characters, I found a very well constructed thriller plot, where the hunt for a serial killer (whose identity we get to know pretty soon) gets extended for the entirety of the plot.
What I especially liked about this book are three things:
1. The action scenes are so well written that I got to a point I didn´t mind much if the murderer escaped multiple times, by pure chance. I got the feeling I was, instead of reading, watching an awesome thriller. So yep, even though there was barely no mystery (unfortunately for me, cause I prefer mystery than action), it didn´t particularly bother me.
2. The killer was brutal. There´s no other way to describe it. I liked how he was characterized since I had no problem imagining him doing his worst and fear for the victims (I feel lately I haven´t been reading thrillers where I actually feel the murderer as a real menace... But this book achieves it)
3. Clocks is the best. I love his sense of humor and I think it´s a good balance for the novel, since everything in the plot is so tragic and overwhelming in general.

Overall. I didn´t expect to like this much this book, the cliffhanger in the end got me hooked and I want to read more of Paterson and Clocks :D

This book is the ninth book in the series featuring Detectives Paterson and Clock and the reader simply cannot put it down until the novel is finished. It begins with the investigation of a mother and her six year old boy and baby murdered as they slept. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good thriller!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

I wanted to read this book from the title and description. I didn’t realise it was one in a series that I hadn’t read the others. Despite this I really enjoyed it.

When a young woman and her baby are murdered, and the responding police officers are also murdered, Paterson and Clocks are called in to investigate. They find a link to the church, but then another woman is murdered. They quickly find a suspect and it then becomes a game of cat and mouse of them trying to catch him.

I loved this book. The way Clocks speaks had me smiling. Both Clocks and a Paterson were larger than life characters and this really came across in the way they were written. Both upholding the the law but not afraid to bend the rules to get the bad guys. Can’t wait to read the rest of this series!

This was quite dark at times but also a really fast paced, quick read. The main characters were world's away from what though usually come across and the writer has a way of really making you root for them to succeed. There isn't too kuchen gore or anything thrown in just for shock value and you are kept on the edge of your seat throughout

If you are a fan of thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat and wanting to finish in one sitting then this is the book for you.
The setting is London and the characters, Paterson and Clocks, are detectives willing to do whatever it takes to find the criminals. Clocks comes from a criminal background and Paterson is still dealing with the murder of his wife. They both have secrets some of which come out a little later in the book.
Highly recommend this book but will warn readers there is a lot of bad language. Well worth the read and will definitely read other books by the author.

A completely different duo (plus team) of police officers. I found it refreshing that they weren't all ' politically correct ' . This is the first book I've read about them but, hopefully, not the last. It didn't dwell so much on the murders, but on the culprit and their attempts to get him (murder scenes gory but not taking up too much of the plot). At times I even found their interactions funny (obviously not the murders). I enjoyed this book

307 pages

5 stars

Superintendent Ray Paterson and DI Johnny Clocks find themselves awfully deep in this latest story from Steve Parker. They are facing a perpetrator unlike any they have faced before.

It all begins when they respond to a home where they find five bodies. One mother, two young children and two police officers. The suspect is still in the house. Escaping out the window with Paterson hot on his trail, they jump from rooftop to rooftop. The man gets away.

Ray and Johnny call the team together and the search for this seemingly deranged man becomes intense. Working with very little and restless sleep, the team is desperate, but the killings continue. The suspect turns out to be delusional and has fixated on Paterson. He calls him the devil and Clocks is called a demon - and seems to really mean it. He is a master of escape.

Johnny is in rare form in this book. His disrespectful?, snarky?, irreverent? comments are nearly non-stop. At the same time, Ray is losing control. They get into some very dangerous situations while trying to capture this man.

I took some time to think about this book. I believe it just may be the best Mr. Parker has penned yet. While I wanted to protest parts of it, I found I couldn’t. Ray and Johnny are anti-heroes that deserve respect, even if the reader doesn’t agree with their unconventional tactics. I would say that the novel has a medium gore score. The writing is good and the insults that Johnny flings… well, some are funny, but they are all biting and on point.

I really appreciate the relationship between Paterson and Clocks. The joking and true camaraderie that the men share is good to see. The relationship of the two men to the rest of the team is solid. They truly care and would do anything for their “bosses.”

I want to thank NetGalley and Joffe Books for forwarding to me a copy of this very good book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed in this review are solely my own.

What a story. Paterson and Clocks are back. They're as irreverent, irascible and about as unWoke as it is possible to be - especially DI Johnny Clocks. They aren't for the faint hearted, but boy are they funny. They also get the worst of the worst cases - and this is a doozy. Women, men, children and a 4 month old baby murdered in cold blood. Can they sort it - it'll take everything they've got and more than they thought they had to do it.

Loved it. Laughed out loud, and gasped with shock and horror.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher I read a free advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

I like the characters of Paterson and Clocks, two detectives who do nothing by the book! The plotting is good, the banter is good, it's gritty and the two are on a wild goose chase to capture a maniac killer. Another good read from the author, which might be just too gritty for some tastes! Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

Clocks and Paterson are back. I just love their outrageous antics and banter, which shock and add humour to a grim crime situation. [Five bodies at the outset!] I find the various scenes very visual and descriptive and can imagine it being adapted for screen.
An enjoyable and shocking thriller. I recommend reading the series for maximum impact.

Detectives Paterson and Clocks, series book nine.
This books starts at number 42 leman House, PCs Summers and Johnson a woman lying faced up with a large crucifix out of her chest, Summers is struck going down with a large knife in his neck, Johnson turns to see a wide eyed man then feeling a sharp pain a knife in his throat embedded in his larynx all Slaughtered.
Hollins Paterson and Clocks are responding to the assistance call at the scene a woman two police officers and worse of all a small boy and a baby have all been murdered in a small two bedroom flat, Slaughtered as they slept.
And the chase is on this maniac murderer takes the two detectives on a very wild chase before any more gruesome murders that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
I love these two characters as we get more banter mayhem they are good together bonded in work and private lives, Johnny may wind Ray up a lot but he says it how it is no monkey business that makes this series a joy to read.
This book is gritty and sharp and the murderer giving them the run around he's one fast individual that wont stop with a wild goose chase and more murders, the guys want him either dead or alive.
Fantastic book that was well worth waiting for from this author and for that I award a big five stars

Steve Parker has created a riveting story that holds your attention the whole way through.

There are 2 detectives Clocks and Patterson that are not exactly on the straight and narrow but they are chasing a psycho that thinks he's doing the work of God. This story will take you through some rough situations for these 2 detectives and some of the descriptions will make you feel at if you are there with them. Buckle up for a wild ride.

The only down fall I found in this book is that Detective Clocks has an accent that is very hard to read and understand sometimes the way it is depicted in the book.

This book has everything to make it a top read.Paterson and Clocks are great characters and the storyline is yet again fast gripping and somewhat gruesome but the one liners help to take the edge off some of the darkness.
Thanks to Netgalley and Joffe Books for the ARC.

Great book! I absolutely loved the characters! Ray and clocks made the book! They were definitely brash aT times but the back and forth was awesome! This book had suspense, Intrigue, action, murder, mystery, A demented serial killer, and so many chases that were crazy! The storyline was seriously messed up and there was plenty of blood shed! But it also got the heart racing and had me glued to my Kindle! I highly recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!