Blog Tour – A Life for a Life

Title: A Life for a Life (Detective Kate Young #3)

Author: Carol Wyer

Genre: Mystery & Thriller

My Rating:

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Source: ARC

Synopsis:

Nobody can get into the mind of an erratic killer—except an unpredictable detective.

When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no one-off. As bodies start to pile up, she is faced with what might be an impossible task—to hunt down a ruthless killer on a seemingly random rampage.

Meanwhile, Kate has her own demons to battle as she struggles to come to terms with her husband’s death. And she is hell-bent on exposing corruption within the force and bringing Superintendent John Dickson to justice. But with the trail of deception running deeper—and closer to home—than she could ever have imagined, she no longer knows who she can trust.

With her grip on reality slipping, Kate realises that maybe she and the killer are not so different after all. But time is running out and Kate is low on options. Can she catch the killer before she loses everything?

My Review:

I’d like to thank Zoe from Zooloo’s Book Tours for contacting me to take part in this blog tour.

This is the first time I have read anything by Carol Wyer and I am kicking myself for not reading her work sooner. Whilst this can be read as a standalone and all previous stories are summarised neatly I would suggest reading the previous books in the series (which I am planning to do asap).

The story starts with a one hell of a prologue that had me hooked. I could almost imagine the scene playing out in a film and instantly knew I was going to like this one. From there we follow DI Kate Young as she tries to solve a series of murders committed in Stoke on Trent.

Kate Young is certainly battling some inner demons after the death of her husband and the cracks are starting to show. It must be exhausting trying to outsmart those in higher power and her path for justice ventured into dangerous territory on more than one occasion. I very interested to see what happens to Kate next after that ending.

As for the murders themselves I thought the whole story was very cleverly written and loved how it all came together. Samuel, the profiler, was fascinating and slightly odd but I was transfixed with how he analysed the crimes and the killer. Whilst I had an incline as to who the killer was it was entertaining to see Kate and the team figure out the next steps and how they were going to catch them.

Suffice to say this won’t be my last Carol Wyer read, I have the previous two books on my shelf waiting and I’m eagerly anticipating that fourth book. I need to know what happens next!

Author Info:

USA Today bestselling author and winner of The People’s Book Prize Award, Carol Wyer’s crime novels have sold over one million copies and been translated into nine languages. 

A move from humour to the ‘dark side’ in 2017, saw the introduction of popular DI Robyn Carter in Little Girl Lost and proved that Carol had found her true niche.

February 2021 saw the release of the first in the much-anticipated new series, featuring DI Kate Young. An Eye For An Eye was chosen as a Kindle First Reads and became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia. 

Carol has had articles published in national magazines ‘Woman’s Weekly’, featured in ‘Take A Break’, ‘Choice’, ‘Yours’ and ‘Woman’s Own’ magazines and the Huffington Post. She’s also been interviewed on numerous radio shows discussing ”Irritable Male Syndrome’ and ‘Ageing Disgracefully’ and on BBC Breakfast television.

She currently lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire with her husband Mr. Grumpy… who is very, very grumpy. When she is not plotting devious murders, she can be found performing her comedy routine, Smile While You Still Have Teeth.

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Amazon UK : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Detective-Kate-Young-Book-ebook/dp/B09BCPR894
Amazon US : https://www.amazon.com/Life-Detective-Kate-Young-Book-ebook/dp/B09BCPR894

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