The Quiet Kill: The thrilling new crime series introducing Detective Jamie Day
by Robert Bryndza
I couldn’t resist bumping this to the top of my TBR as so many of my friends rave about Robert Bryndza books and I am SO late to the party! The start of a brand-new series was too enticing, and I am so glad I gave in as I absolutely loved it.
Detective Jamie Day is immediately likeable. He’s somewhat thrown in at the deep end as soon he arrives in London from his seaside hometown. Talk about hitting the ground running. Finding a dismembered body on his first day in plain clothes before he’s even had a chance to unpack in his new home. No time to settle in, straight at it. And it isn’t long before they realise they might have a serial killer targeting a specific type of victim.
This killer is unique to any I’ve read before. He’s clever, he’s manipulative, he’s living a double life right under his wife’s nose, his victims come to him willingly without realising the danger they’re putting themselves in. He truly made my skin crawl. I was willing Jamie and the team to find him before he took any more lives, and I thoroughly enjoyed following them as they figure out who he is and where to find him.
I love that this is set in 1987. It was like a breath of fresh air, a murder mystery without the aid of a lot of today’s modern technology. Old fashioned policing and prejudices, some of which are quite scary considering it’s not really that long ago.
I really enjoyed the team dynamic and look forward to where book two might take them.
** Many thanks to the author and publisher for my advance digital copy of The Quiet Kill via NetGalley **
Winter, 1987. Detective Jamie Day arrives in London determined to prove himself. After years policing a quiet seaside town, his promotion to the Metropolitan Police feels like the opportunity he has been waiting for.
But the capital is a very different world.
On his first day in plain clothes, Jamie makes a grim discovery: the dismembered body of a young man, left in a dark corner of the city. What should have been a routine first shift quickly becomes the beginning of a major murder investigation.
Then another victim is found.
As winter deepens, young men are being killed late at night across London, their bodies discovered in eerily similar circumstances. The detectives soon realise they may be hunting a serial killer.
Working alongside a tough and experienced team, Jamie must prove he belongs while navigating the pressures of a high-profile investigation. But as the case grows darker, the killer’s pattern begins to emerge. And if they don’t stop him soon, another body will be waiting in the shadows.
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