Jailbird
Under pressure.
Under threat.
Undercover.
When you’re working undercover the smallest mistake can cost you your life.
Detective Constable Bailey Morgan has been out of the undercover game since her last job went horribly wrong, leaving her with scars inside and out.
When her colleague Alice is found dead whilst working deep cover in a women’s prison, Bailey steps in to replace her.
Working alone, Bailey embarks on a dangerous journey through the murky underbelly of the prison and soon discovers that Alice’s death was part of a spate of brutal murders.
Surrounded by prison officers, criminals and lowlifes, the slightest mistake could cost Bailey her life.
Illicit drug trafficking, prison gangs and corruption are just some of the things she’s up against… and behind it all lurks a sinister and terrifying secret that will truly test her survival instincts.
This was said to be a fast paced novel, but it was anything but.
I have no idea if police officers are sent into British prisons to work undercover, but none of this book felt plausible.
One undercover officer has already been killed and they send in another, just doesn't make sense. None of it does. At times it was about as authentic as Prisoner Cell Block H. The gangs are there, the Queen B is there. Half the prison staff are corrupt.
This is touted as a “debut novel” but is it? Who is Caro Savage as at the end of the book it says that the author is Tom Goddard and Tom Goddard published a book called The Easy Inside in July 2012. The setting was HMP Foxbrook.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in return for an honest review.