This crime thriller is a cat and mouse chase between cop and serial killer.

The killer has been selecting beautiful blondes, killing them and making it look like an accident during his quest to antagonize the local State department’s best detective. Once the detective cottons on to this, it becomes a race against time to see who will come out on top.

The chase is captured from multiple points of view which lets the reader know what’s going on while the detective is still trying to work it out.

In my opinion, the characters were a little flat; they each filled a role but never strayed beyond that and didn’t develop as the story went on. They fit very much within the mould you’d expect in a TV crime drama, which I didn’t hate – I’m not against a little cliché in my crime thriller but the addition of a couple of internet memes was a step too far (if you’re au fait with viral tumblr posts, you’ll know them when you see them!).

Altogether, I quite enjoyed the thrill of the chase and even enjoyed shouting at the detectives for their terrible police work (letting the teenage niece of a victim in on gruesome details and sharing privileged information with the media) and random chunks of exposition. The writing style is well paced and effortless to read, which made for a great lazy-day read over the bank holiday.

This isn’t so much a dark thriller as a slightly camp crime procedural but I would recommend it to fans of crime thrillers looking for something a bit lighter to read.