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A review by bookslifeandeverythingnice
Aftermath by Peter Robinson
4.0
I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways. As always, an honest review.
Going into this book I thought it would be a typical police procedural, murder mystery. Which technically it was, but the story was so captivating that it's anything but typical. Aftermath is the story of what happens after multiple terrible crimes occur. Terence Payne most likely abducted, raped, and killed multiple young women in an idyllic town in England. The police can't know for sure, since he was incapacitated by a brutal police beating as a result of him attacking another police officer. Aftermath dives into how the police, neighbors, his wife, and students cope with the effects of his crimes. The people are multi dimensional, not only defined by their label of victim, friend, or wife. The story is not for the faint of heart, as the author doesn't gloss over the gruesome details at all. Sometimes the details were a bit much for me. The main storyline has some horrifying turns of events. Early on the author starts hinting at the horrifying things to be revealed. Aftermath is intriguing in a horrible way. Worth the read, but be aware that it's less quaint English countryside and more house of horrors.
Going into this book I thought it would be a typical police procedural, murder mystery. Which technically it was, but the story was so captivating that it's anything but typical. Aftermath is the story of what happens after multiple terrible crimes occur. Terence Payne most likely abducted, raped, and killed multiple young women in an idyllic town in England. The police can't know for sure, since he was incapacitated by a brutal police beating as a result of him attacking another police officer. Aftermath dives into how the police, neighbors, his wife, and students cope with the effects of his crimes. The people are multi dimensional, not only defined by their label of victim, friend, or wife. The story is not for the faint of heart, as the author doesn't gloss over the gruesome details at all. Sometimes the details were a bit much for me. The main storyline has some horrifying turns of events. Early on the author starts hinting at the horrifying things to be revealed. Aftermath is intriguing in a horrible way. Worth the read, but be aware that it's less quaint English countryside and more house of horrors.