Once again DCI Whitney Walker and Forensic Psychologist Georgina Cavendish are re-united in the search for a serial killer. The main character, Whitney, is insufferable and not a good cop, she arrested the first suspect she talked to bc he had porn on his computer and used an escort service.

After reading the previous book 0, This is book 1. This book sees the then DS Whitney Walker from book 0, fast forwarded 10 years and she is now a DCI.Clifford meets up with Detective Constable Bird and she won’t give him access to the records he’s requested unless he allows her to help in his investigation. He doesn’t want to be part of a team again after what happened with the special squad, but he agrees to the terms. Now, these two must find the truth before time runs out. All was going well in her career and role when things go pear shaped, a drug bust that her always reliable informant got spectacularly wrong. That case is briefly referred to and that mistake means her job is on the line. So everything is on the line with this current case. Throughout the book there appears to be a theme of "Secrets". Personal and professional secrets. Secrets that affect relationships and trust; provide fodder for disputes, alter plans, and leverage for occasional disruptive behavior. When the killer targets Whitney's daughter, also a college student, things become rather fraught in fear and anger. There are surprising twists and turns leading to an unexpected ending. A great 2nd book in a series. Got to get to know the characters more. I was disappointed that I nailed the killer early. unlike in book 1 when I kept changing my mind.... It will be nice to see the development of the series and characters as this series progresses.

I wanted to like this series so much! 2 ladies solving a mystery sounded like it was going to be my jam. Whitney also spends a lot of time tearing down everyone around her in her head. She’s honestly kind of a catty bitch who throws tantrums when she doesn’t get her way. Like she was surprised when she has the wrong suspect even tho there was no evidence ??? Ma’am you are creating your own problems. In this installment of the series, there has been a new death investigation that looks very similar to a series of unsolved murders some 30 or more years ago. DCI Walker, who has been helping her Superintendent with his administrative duties because of his family needs, finds she must postpone some of that work to proceed with the investigation. She also reaches out to her colleague, Dr. Cavendish, to request her assistance as consultant. Surprisingly, Walker finds George distant and evasive. George does agree to assist, but Walker is disturbed by George's behavior. Really, really bad. I did like the growing friendship between the police officer, DCI Whitney Walker, and the forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish. They are quite different, with Whitney being a working class single mother who dropped out before taking her A-levels when she got pregnant very young, and George being a well-educated, middle-class academic. They clash at first (mainly because Whitney has a huge chip on her shoulder, but also because George is pretty entitled and just cannot understand why the police aren't rushing to accept the help of a random psychologist who's never worked on a real-life investigation), but then their friendship develops quite organically and in a way that felt believable.

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An elusive serial killer. A police officer living on borrowed time. An unexpected twist that threatens to blow everything apart.

This was a mystery where along with Walker and Cavendish the reader also tries to figure out who-done it. Two uniquely different characters are drawn together to solve a murder..then another...and another... Walker and Cavendish over time combine forces to try to catch the worst serial killer in Lenchester’s history. Walker starts using a forensic pathologist to help with the profiling and that person is George.

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Whitney as usual can manage on her own and does not want any help. Eventually after not getting very far she frostily accepts help.

Forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the text books and puts her skills to the test. The bodies of the victims are found mutilated, no clues left behind. Walker and her team aren't even real sure of the motive until the killer sends a letter to a local news station. In the letter, the killer states that there are many more to follow ... if the law can't put them away, then the killer can. Lastly, there's the solution. The case was ultimately solved not by Whitney's police work or George's input, but by an observation made by the pathologist. And I thought that more could have been made of the killer's motivation to do what he/she did. Also all the male cops are either assholes or super dopey. I was unaware that was the only types of men to exist.

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There is a lot of resistance mainly coming from Whitney. She eventually makes a somewhat hasty arrest and she gives a press conference only for it to blow up in her face when another murder happens. The crimes herein are pretty gruesome but then you're a little torn because the victims are creeps in the process of grooming young girls. So very little sympathy abounds which won't make the work of catching someone killing them very easy, as most of the general public are happy to see them cleared off their streets. She is aided in her investigation by Dr. Georgina Cavendish, a lecturer who steps out of the isolated world of academia after one of her students is killed by the serial killer. Walker manages to make an arrest and it seems like case closed, but then another girl is murdered. Walker is taken off the case, but Cavendish convinces her to keep investigating and the two continue their investigation.