Book Review-Now You See Me

If you have been reading these reviews for any length of time, you know that I like unreliable narrators.  If you do too, or if you like a good mystery, I've got a book for you! I just finished Now You See Me by S J. Bolton.  The book starts with Lacey, a young London detective, going to her car only to find a woman who had been brutally attacked moments before.  The murder looked a lot like Jack the Ripper's work.  Lacey is at first treated like a witness, but when a second murder occurs that looks similar to Jack the Ripper's second murder, Lacey's knowledge of him allows her into the investigation.  One of the other detectives thinks that Lacey is somehow involved in the murders.  As the tension grows-will there be another murder, are the victims related-we start to wonder the same, but then, no, but then, maybe. I liked this book because the plot was interesting and I liked the challenge of figuring out if or how Lacey was involved.  The writing was very good, the characters were well filled out and believable in their actions.  The Jack the Ripper angle was very well done, although I think the description of one of the murders was a bit graphic for my tastes.  The twist at the end was very satisfying, like putting in the final piece of a puzzle.

Now You See Me By Bolton, S. J. 2012-04 - Minotaur Books 9781250001634 Check Our Catalog From the author of "Blood Harvest." An enigmatic London police officer finds herself at the heart of a serial-killer investigation with uncanny ties to Jack the Ripper. …More

Other books by the same author.

Dead Scared By Bolton, S. J. 2013-03 - Minotaur Books 9781250022561 Check Our Catalog London Police officer Lacey Flint must go deep undercover to stop whoever is preying on Cambridge students in the sequel to Bolton's widely acclaimed "Now You See Me" in another work of brilliant psychological suspense that plumbs the most sinister depths. …More

Lost By Bolton, S. J. Author Bolton, Sharon 2013-06 - Minotaur Books 9781250028563 Check Our Catalog Ten-year-old Barney has been on a quest to find his mother since she left when Barney was just a toddler. But everything changes when children about Barney's age--and all from the same neighborhood where he lives--start disappearing and turning up gruesomely murdered. …More

A Dark and Twisted Tide By Bolton, Sharon 2014-06 - Minotaur Books 9781250028587 Check Our Catalog Lacey Flint, Sharon Bolton's enigmatic protagonist, has been living in a houseboat on the River Thames, and she's becoming a part of London's weird and wonderful riverboat community. Against her friends' better judgment, she's taken up swimming in the Thames, and she feels closer than ever to Detective Mark Joesbury, despite his involvement in a complicated undercover case. For the first time …More

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