The latest book placed on my “finished” stack was an enjoyable one. I was actually surprised to find out it was the debut novel for Rebecca Philipson.
I listened to the audiobook, which was very well done. Here is the Goodreads synopsis:
This fresh debut thriller finds a Scotland Yard detective trying to find the author of a self-help book that promises quite literally to teach readers how to get away with murder, which seems to have inspired London’s newest murderer.
Detective Inspector Samantha Hansen has been on leave for six months, recovering from a breakdown she suffered at work, but when a fourteen-year-old girl is murdered in a local park, Sam jumps at the chance to return to the job and prove that she’s still got what it takes to be the Yard’s most successful homicide detective. One of the cases only leads is a copy of a self-help book found in the victim’s backpack called How To Get Away With Murder by a man named Denver Brady.
Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time, which is why no one’s ever heard of him. Chapter by chapter, he details his methodology and his past victims, and as Sam’s investigation progresses and the details of the book go viral, Sam begins to suspect that there’s more to the author than what he’s revealed. But in order to find a killer and get justice for young Charlotte, Sam must learn to trust her instincts once again, before Denver Brady–or someone else–really does get away with murder.
Detective Hansen is still not quite herself as the book opens. She’s got some things she is still sorting through, when she stumbles on a murder case involving a young girl. She knows she has to help find the child’s killer.
Along side the girl is the book How To Get Away With Murder. It’s a guide to murder written by a serial killer looking for notoriety. It doesn’t take long to see how the murders described in the book begin to line up with things related to the current murders and some cold cases.
The book bounces back and forth between what Detective Hansen is working on and chapters from the book, read by the author. The voice actors did a very good job with the audiobook. The guy reading the Denver Brady part had just the right inflection.
If you love a good murder mystery, check this one out.
3.75 stars out of 5 stars
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