A Killer in the Family: The gripping new thriller that will have you hooked from the first page

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It would be nice to read the others for more background on the characters, but the author provides enough details so that each book can be read as a standalone. The personal life of DCI Jonah bleeds over into the mystery, adding a level of sadness, which follows suit with the other detectives. A Killer in the Family takes a look at a really fascinating modern aspect of policing which seems to be just beginning to become more utilised here in the UK – that is the use of DNA databases that are generally used to find long lost family or ancestors but instead using them to identify the family of criminal suspects. I didn’t realize initially when I started this book that it was the fifth in the series but it read well as a standalone and I didn’t feel like I was missing any information.

Even with its slow burn, extra detailed descriptions portraying characters’ swinging moods, fears, flaws, hesitancy, the short chapters, and the twists leading you down different roads that take you on another journey, push you to make guesses about how things will wrap up. Luna is a former dancer, who left that dream behind for a grounded life managing her familyâ€s construction business and gets the opportunity to transform a gymnasium into a studio for aerials.When the police found the first body, left on a bonfire in the forest, they worried it had the hallmarks of a serial killer.

It was to the Bonfire Killer, someone who had the residents of Southampton terrified, after two murders where the women’s bodies were set on fire.They have already fled, though, when they arrive to arrest them, and leave the spot with a newly bought car, heading out to Mexico. This is a top-tier Police Procedural Mystery series for me and I have anxiously awaited each new release. Jonah and his team are personable and honest, and I have been a fan since being introduced by Lodge two books ago.