Wow! What a fantastic series and set of characters Michael Wood has created. This book knocked me out! I read it in record time and am glad I have the next book Survivor's Guilt, to look forward to. I don't know what I'll do when I've caught up to the series; this is book seven and book eleven is coming out tomorrow, September 30, 2023. I can't imagine having to wait a year for another installment.
Matilda Darke receives an ominous phone call saying she is a survivor, "But what's the point in surviving when everyone around you is dead?" The next thing she knows, a gunman is firing at her as well as members of the South Yorkshire Police when they are lured out of headquarters by a false fire alarm. Caught out in the open, the gunman begins to pick them off. Little do they know that this is the start of his bloody rampage around Sheffield. Always one step ahead of them, the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team race to discover the gunman's identity, his next target, and what set him off.
This book starts out with a bang (pun intended) and doesn't let up. The body count mounts with each location the gunman targets and it seems as though no character is safe from Wood's bloody pen. I won't say more lest I spoil it for anyone who hasn't read this book. If you haven't yet started the series, I highly recommend it if you like a dark, superbly plotted police procedural. The characters are well-developed, the writing excellent, and the pacing breakneck. Thank you to my bookish Twitter friends for alerting me to this series and author--it's a gem. 5/5 stars.
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