Sandrone Dazieri

Having finished reading Kill the Father prior to this book I literally couldn’t wait to start reading as soon as I had finished the last page and now I wish the next book in the series was awaiting straight from finishing this one! Although I wasn’t as blown away (hahaha) as I was with the first book but it still cost me a whole nights sleep, my poor eyes felt like they had grit in them come 5am but I still couldn’t stop reading.

I am starting to realise Mr Dazieri has a passion for blowing things up! Not that thats a bad thing but I wouldn’t want to be one of his characters 🙂

The lead characters continue to be brilliant, each with their own flaws and challenges that expands further from book one and if anything more enjoyable in some pretty shite situations but the ending!! WTF??? Really!!!

The subject matter of this book is a pretty unique as far as my reading experiences go, starting with a deadly poison attack on a train entering Rome, seen as an act of terrorism by Muslim extremists ISIS. And as we follow Colomba with the investigation and her decision to turn to Dante yet again for his unique help it becomes clear that the so called terror attack wasn’t committed by terrorists, but by a serial killer who has avoided detection for years. And she (got to love female serial killers!) is a brilliantly clever antagonist to oppose Dante’s genius and quirks.

If you enjoy clever addictive crime thrillers then don’t miss this book – seriously!! You don’t necessarily have to read Kill the Father first as there is enough back story for it to work as a worthy standalone novel however I do really think reading them in order makes them so much better and the characters much more understandable.

This is 100% worthy of being in the category of Top Thrillers of 2018… (more)

I have had this book in my tbr pile since its paperback release on the 10th August 2017 and it is now the 26th July 2018 so I am really late getting to it but, “better late than never” as the saying goes and now i just want to kick my own arse for leaving it so long!! However, on the plus side, I don’t have to wait a year for the second book in the series – Kill the Angel, which was published on the 3rd May 2018. The wait would have been pretty shite due to the cliff-hanger of an ending!

I purchased the second book whilst half way through this one as it was so good, it is by far one of my top reads of 2018 so far.

The two main characters, Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre were equally brilliant, not always likeable but very memorable and I can’t wait to find out where they are now after such a devastating case and by the sounds of it they are about to be thrown back into another grizzly case. The only slight issue I found was that I struggled with some of the other minor characters names, there are two names that were very similar but polar opposites of characters so a few times i was trying to work out why the good guy was with the bad guys!! But I should imagine that it’s just me and my inability to remember people’s names!

There are some fairly gruesome scenes in parts but not over the top gore fest but I honestly think that makes Kill the Father such a standout novel balancing out the police procedurals, back story and character building. But I do love a good gory serial killer thriller 🙂

I am going to keep this review fairly brief as I NEED to get stuck into book two asap!!

So to summarise – A brilliant fast paced crime thriller with plenty of twists and turns that simply don’t let up. And the old cliche genuinely applied to this book, I honestly couldn’t put it down! (I am writing this at 04:25am because i had to finish the book!)

I cant recommend it enough and i can see why it was a Richard and Judy 2017 Bookclub pick. If you are a fan of this genre you won’t want to miss this one, if it’s still in your tbr pile I’d suggest moving it right to the top of it!!… (more)