Nine Elms
Sixteen years ago, Kate Marshall was a rising star in the London Metropolitan police force. Young, ambitious and driven, with a talent for getting into the minds of criminals, she solved several high-profile murder cases.
But when Kate was tasked with tracking down a vicious serial killer, even her instinct and ability to immerse herself in violent worlds couldn't help her find him - until he found her.
Now, years after her narrow escape, Kate lives a quiet life on the English coast, though her years with the police are still with her. And when one day she receives a letter from someone in her past, she is pulled back into the twisted mind of a murderer she knows only too well - and into a case only she can solve.
This started off quite promisingly. Kate Marshall gives up her career in the Met Police after finding the Nine Elms Cannibal, who turns out to have been her boss and one time lover.
I don't really buy that you would have a relationship with your boss, which would have been seriously frowned on and not using protection and not knowing that you were 4 months pregnant.
Kate starts a new life in Devon as a university lecturer. Several years later she receives an email from a couple asking her to help investigate their daughter's disappearance.
Lots of things don't ring true. Kate hardly ever seems to be in the university working, she uses the university email address and phone number on her business card, what! Threatens the Dean and gets away with it.
Civilians are present at a crime scene…… The list goes on and it gets to be a bit of a farce towards the end.
My biggest bug bear, the women don't speak, they trill!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in return for an honest review.