Perfect Kill is actually the 6th in the Callanach series. Normally I try not to review books that are so far into a series if I haven’t read the majority of the previous ones. However this novel sounded like it would be too good to miss, so I broke my self imposed rule and signed up for the blog tour.
Perfect Kill is set across both Edinburgh and Calais. Bart Campbell has been kidnapped and finds himself miles away from his hometown of Edinburgh. DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach are working on separate cases, however it soon becomes clear that there is a link between the two and they must work together before more lives are lost.
This novel was a great read that I found enjoyable yet utterly disturbing at the same time. This is a story with numerous strands it seems. It covers human trafficking, organ donation, kidnapping, cancer, broken relationships and all manner of the most hideous aspects of human life. Yet it isn’t all doom and gloom, without wanting to give anything away there are lighter moments amongst all the misery.
I liked the main characters. Yes it would have been better to know more of the back story of them and their relationships, however the book still worked as a standalone. Clearly the main two have been playing games with each other for a long time, and that doesn’t change within this story. It’s obvious they are meant to be together and fingers crossed they work out next time.
When you read as many crime novels as I do it is hard to find something truly terrifying but this managed to do just that. There were parts of this story that were really quite scary, all the more so because you can imagine it happening.
I would highly recommend this novel and would definitely like to start at the beginning of the series (if only there were more hours in the day!) Thanks to Harper Collins and Helen Fields for my copy of this. Don’t forget to visit the other stops on the tour to find out what other bloggers thought of the book:
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