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Killing for Keeps by Mari Hannah
5.0
Killing for Keeps is the fifth installment in the Kate Daniels series - set in and around the North East - in this instance Newcastle and Blanchland. This is a hard-hitting and chilling case for Northumbria Police, the worst torture case they’ve ever seen.
Mari Hannah has raised the stakes this time - the prologue sets the scene for what will follow. And the first chapter (six weeks later) opens the door to a thrilling narrative when we see just what has taken place and what Kate and her team are up against.
Story in a nutshell
Two brothers from a well-known criminal family are found dead within a few miles of each other - tortured to death.
Ripples start to spread across the city - associates of the men are uneasy and witnesses scared. Kate has to break some rules, putting herself and her career in jeopardy. But there is someone out there who lives by his own rules and is prepared to remove anyone who gets in his way.
This is one investigation that Kate and the team will never forget.
Booktrailer recommended!
Killing for Keeps is dangerous, chilling and skillfully plotted. Mari’s best yet. It’s darker and the first chapter is not an introduction to the story but rather a gateway to Kate Daniel’s worst nightmare.
If you thought the other cases Kate had to deal with were horrific and hard to deal with, the ones here are, well, something else entirely. And it’s not what the cases are, but what they represent and how they affect Kate and the team that is the most fascinating of all.
The darker undertone of this book works well as the shady and shadowy parts of the North East - an industrial estate and the underbelly of the nightclub area are chillingly brought to realisation. Contrast remote scenes with the busy and chaotic setting of the police HQ and the confusion of the local city hospital provides an eerie picture of Newcastle. Then the action moves to Blanchland - a local beauty spot and remote yet popular village much loved by tourists and the contrast with the subject matter is greater still. Just when you thought you knew and recognised Kate’s world well, she’s off on a trail to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Spain. A booktrail on a grand scale you will agree and a fascinating insight into how police forces work together on such complicated and far reaching cases such as this.
Recently, the Kate Daniels series has been optioned for television and she has been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library award proving, beyond doubt, that she is a crime writer we’re going to hear a lot more about. We’re proud to say that she’s a local author and has put the North East region firmly on the literary map.
Booktrail with map of the locations in the novel coming soon on The booktrail
link: Come to the North East of Kate Daniels t
Mari Hannah has raised the stakes this time - the prologue sets the scene for what will follow. And the first chapter (six weeks later) opens the door to a thrilling narrative when we see just what has taken place and what Kate and her team are up against.
Story in a nutshell
Two brothers from a well-known criminal family are found dead within a few miles of each other - tortured to death.
Ripples start to spread across the city - associates of the men are uneasy and witnesses scared. Kate has to break some rules, putting herself and her career in jeopardy. But there is someone out there who lives by his own rules and is prepared to remove anyone who gets in his way.
This is one investigation that Kate and the team will never forget.
Booktrailer recommended!
Killing for Keeps is dangerous, chilling and skillfully plotted. Mari’s best yet. It’s darker and the first chapter is not an introduction to the story but rather a gateway to Kate Daniel’s worst nightmare.
If you thought the other cases Kate had to deal with were horrific and hard to deal with, the ones here are, well, something else entirely. And it’s not what the cases are, but what they represent and how they affect Kate and the team that is the most fascinating of all.
The darker undertone of this book works well as the shady and shadowy parts of the North East - an industrial estate and the underbelly of the nightclub area are chillingly brought to realisation. Contrast remote scenes with the busy and chaotic setting of the police HQ and the confusion of the local city hospital provides an eerie picture of Newcastle. Then the action moves to Blanchland - a local beauty spot and remote yet popular village much loved by tourists and the contrast with the subject matter is greater still. Just when you thought you knew and recognised Kate’s world well, she’s off on a trail to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Spain. A booktrail on a grand scale you will agree and a fascinating insight into how police forces work together on such complicated and far reaching cases such as this.
Recently, the Kate Daniels series has been optioned for television and she has been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library award proving, beyond doubt, that she is a crime writer we’re going to hear a lot more about. We’re proud to say that she’s a local author and has put the North East region firmly on the literary map.
Booktrail with map of the locations in the novel coming soon on The booktrail
link: Come to the North East of Kate Daniels t