Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press | Minotaur Books and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the debut book by Rebecca Philipson, with the audiobook perfectly narrated by Michael Geary and Tamsin Kennard. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 5 stars!
DI Sam Hansen has been on a mental health break suffering from PTSD when a 14-year-old girl is murdered in a local park. She jumps at the chance to prove she's still Scotland Yard's most successful homicide detective. One of the only leads is a copy of a self-help book found in the victim's backpack called How to Get Away with Murder by Denver Brady. Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of all time and details his methods and victims.
Wow - what a creative and well-written debut! The story plays out in alternating chapters between the investigation into the murder and Sam reading the how-to book a chapter at a time. This book-within-a-book guide to murder is filled with dark humor and nothing too gory, which blends perfectly with the more serious police procedural chapters. Sam is a great, relatable character and her interactions with both her trainee, Taylor, and her found dog, Toni, were an added bonus. And the ending? Chef's kiss! Plus the narrators were great - Geary's voice was perfectly creepy, while Kennard does her normal great job voicing Sam. Can't wait to read more from this author!
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