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What a treat! A twisted tale like no other this reader has encountered, so compulsively readable you will struggle to put it down.
As the title implies, this book features a diabolical author who somewhat cheekily (and exceedingly disturbingly) runs through a list of tips and techniques to show him doing exactly that – that is, Getting away with Murder. (With a capital M and a bit of a lip roll!)
Is our repugnant and fiendish author actually a serial killer? Are the horrific case-studies he describes real, or simply fiction? And most chilling of all – is this ne’er-do-well killer a normal dude, hidden amongst our literary friends, masquerading as one of them, nothing but a nameless face in the crowd?
DI Sam Hansen is a PTSD survivor, on leave from the police force after suffering a traumatic attack. With her close-to-perfect close rate, Past Sam is a crackerjack cop. Current Sam, maybe not so much.
Desperate to prove herself, Sam takes her newest case to heart — the murder of a fourteen year old girl, whose death soon puts our sinister author directly in her headlights. Partnered with a trainee detective constable, the dreamy Adam Taylor, who is model-perfect yet not above a charming self-conscious blush, Sam’s clumsy attempts to get back to work may soon see her misfiring on many cylinders. Which only makes the read more perfect — as we root for Sam, for Adam, and for justice, we will busy ourselves with plenty of mystery solving too — or should I say mysteries, as this book is loaded with them, and with enough twists and turns to keep a reader (along with our buddy, the cuddlesome canine Toni) scampering to keep up.
Without giving the plot away (no spoilers here) prepare to be surprised, charmed, repulsed and intrigued, at the many creepy, compelling and downright maddening characters you will meet between these pages.
With a terrific ending this hits all the right notes, there are, however, a few remaining tantalizing questions. Just enough to make this reader, for one, desperately hope for a sequel!
A great big thank you to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.
