Member Reviews
Yes yes yes!!!!! Wow! I loved this. Booktok is going to eat this up. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review!
DI Angelica Henley is back!
When she was just a teenager, her best friend and four other people were victims of a brutal serial killer. Andrew Streeter has spent the last 25 years in prison, still proclaiming his innocence. When he finally gets his case reviewed, numerous discrepancies arise. DCI Rhimes, Angelica’s old boss and friend might have set up Andrew’s arrest. Was he a corrupt cop? Angelica and her team will have to find out.
They also have to figure out who the real killer was. There is a lot going on in this book. People are once again being killed in the same brutal manner. Is there a copycat on the loose or is the same killer still choosing victims?
Besides the urgency to find this killer, both Angelica and the newest member of her team,Detective Ramouter are facing challenging circumstances at home. Angelica and her husband Rob are still at odds and their marriage is on very shaky ground.Ramouter’s wife, Michelle, and their son Ethan have joined him in London. She is battling early onset dementia, and the family is struggling to balance his very demanding career with her diagnosis.
The killings aren’t quite as gory as the prior books in this series but they’re still brutal. The pages just flew by as I needed answers to my questions regarding the killer.I always enjoy spending time with Anjelica and her team and look forward to the next book.
How is this series so dang good!!?? The Kill List continues the momentum of this powerful series! And of course this is such a hard review to write because all I want to do is gush about it, so let me at least try to be objective.
First of all, this was the shortest 500 page book ever! I flew through it, I love Matheson's pacing, there is literally never a dull moment in any of her books. The Kill List is one of those "I can't wait until I can read my book again" books, the kind you think about while you go about your day and waste no time diving back in whenever you can.
One of my favorite things about this series are the characters and their personal stories that get woven in. Each of them have some personal struggles they are dealing with and it's refreshing to read about normal problems being dealt with by someone with a far from normal job. That personal touch makes all the difference to me.
As far as plotting, Matheson is a master: She lays all the groundwork breadcrumbs that lead to one explosive finale! The reader gets to move right alongside the detectives and work the case, too!
I can't sing enough praise for this series, it is truly my favorite! Go read The Jigsaw Man if you haven't started the series yet! You won't be disappointed!
I received a free digital copy of The Kill List in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
This is my first read by this author and I wasn’t disappointed. Although I haven’t read the previous two books I was able to keep up with the story line. I do however have plans to go back and read the other two books. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it.
The Kill List is the third book in a series that follows Detective Inspector Henley and a Serial Crime Unit. This book can be a standalone but if you are able to read the other two books first, I would definitely recommend it. It will allow you to get to know the relationships between those in the unit better and understand their backstories. I did like the personal connection this story had with Henley, and it helped to understand her better. While this particular story is wrapped up by the end, there is a new mystery woven into the end of the book, which will make you want to read the next book in the series. Definitely recommend The Kill List for anyone who enjoys suspenseful mysteries and doesn’t mind gruesome murders.
While an innocent man sits behind bars, a serial killer with a gruesome signature has started killing again. And only Anjelica Henley can stop him!
After twenty-five years behind bars, Andrew Kenan has just been exonerated. Newly discovered DNA evidence proves that he was not the cold-blooded serial killer the world thought he was, the one who sewed his victims' eyes shut before burying them alive. Before Kenan can get his freedom he's found dead in his prison cell! Inspector Anjelica Henley, who worked the original investigation, is left in shock. Was it a natural death?! Henley never thought she'd have to even think about the horrific case but now with new victims showing up she's back on the case! This was a great read! Great suspense, action, intrigue, mystery, murder, serial killers, and plenty more! I definitely recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!
DI Anjelica Henley and her team at the Serial Crimes Unit are instructed to return to a decades old case after the suspicious death of an imprisoned serial killer. By returning to this case, the team are forced to open old wounds, quite possibly unearthing corruption by one of their own; a former boss and mentor. This suspenseful novel is truly a page turner and is for fans of Robert Bryndza and M.J. Arlidge
Nadine Matheson is becoming one of my favorite authors! I could not put this down. The Kill List reads like an episode of Cold Case, Criminal Minds, & Law & Order SVU. The book is smart, fast paced, lots of dodgy characters and of course how female protagonist, Inspector Henley. Inspector Henley gets contacted by a convicted murdered who killed 5 people back in the mid 1990s and he is adamant he is innocent. He connects with Henley and leads her and her team into investigating not only those murders but the potential corruption of one of their own. This was definitely dark and sinister, but I did not get grossed out as much as The Jigsaw Man. Overall, this was a great book, I highly recommend this book for my thriller and crime thrillers gurlies! Thank you NetGalley, HQ, & Harpor Collins for this arc. I am so thankful to read this and support my newest favorite author.