Helen Fields

Second in the series of ' Perfect..". Haven't read the first. So my intro to Ava and Luc and their team . Some grisly murders with for me an additional extremely brutal killing of an animal in one background of one of the killers by his father which is a tiny insight into what kind of a childhood he had and could perhaps be given the criminal and family law background if the author be a show of a strand of why he turned out the way he did. And which can lie in the background of many people who kill.
It did keep me guessing. I had no clue as to who was driving the murders. It was quite a shock but once revealed made so much sense.
The last few pages were almost unbearable for tension. A few unlikely heroes emerged and like other readers I hope they appear in the next few books. One extremely compassionate officer paid a tragic price and another of Lucs team melted very slightly toward him.
I can easily see how Ava and Luc"s dealings with each other can get old very fast.
But am interested to read more.… (altro)

This debut novel shows that Fields has a remarkable ability for writing grit lit, tartan noir, or whatever you choose to call it. This is the first in a series featuring DI Luc Callanach, a Scottish-born French detective whose mother removed him from Scotland at four years old when they moved to France. He was a one-time model, then most recently employed by Interpol. He is now a DI in Scotland's police service in Edinburgh working with another officer, DCI Ava Turner, where they are investigating a case of missing women and a second case of abandoned new born babies. The missing women crime is gripping, gruesome, somewhat reminiscent of Jussi Adler-Olsen's noir novels. It kept me up until 3am because I couldn’t put it down. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and look forward to following the series.… (altro)