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A CUT FOR A CUT

 



SYNOPSIS

DI Kate Young can’t trust anybody. Not even herself.

In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word ‘MINE’ carved into each of his victims.

DI Kate Young struggles to get the case moving—even when one of the team’s own investigators is found dead in a dumpster. But Kate is battling her own demons. Obsessed with exposing Superintendent John Dickson and convinced there’s a conspiracy running deep in the force, she no longer knows who to trust. Kate’s crusade has already cost her dearly. What will she lose next?

When her stepsister spills a long-buried secret, Kate realises she’s found the missing link—now she must prove it before the killer strikes again. With enemies closing in on all sides, she’s prepared to do whatever it takes to bring them down. But time is running out, and Kate's past has pushed her to the very edge. Can she stop herself from falling?

Title: A cut for a cut
Author: Carol Wyer
Series: DI Kate Young #2
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication date : June 29, 2021


USA Today bestselling author and winner of The People's Book Prize Award, Carol Wyer's crime novels have sold over 900,000 copies and been translated into nine languages. 

A move from humour to the 'dark side' in 2017, saw the introduction of popular DI Robyn Carter in Little Girl Lost and proved that Carol had found her true niche.

February 2021 saw the release of the first in the much-anticipated new series, featuring DI Kate Young. An Eye For An Eye was chosen as a Kindle First Reads and became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia. 

Carol has had articles published in national magazines 'Woman's Weekly', featured in 'Take A Break', 'Choice', 'Yours' and 'Woman's Own' magazines and the Huffington Post. She's also been interviewed on numerous radio shows discussing ''Irritable Male Syndrome' and 'Ageing Disgracefully' and on BBC Breakfast television.

She currently lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire with her husband Mr. Grumpy... who is very, very grumpy. When she is not plotting devious murders, she can be found performing her comedy routine, Smile While You Still Have Teeth.

To learn more, go to www.carolwyer.co.uk, subscribe to her YouTube channel, or follow her on Twitter: @carolewyer


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Purchase Links


Amazon UK : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Detective-Kate-Young-Book-ebook/dp/B08P1GWK3R

Amazon US : https://www.amazon.com/Cut-Detective-Kate-Young-Book-ebook/dp/B08P1GWK3R



REVIEW


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐


Is Carol Wyer the Queen of Police Procedurals? I say YES!


DI Kate Young is back, summoned to investigate the rape and murder of a young woman in Abbots Bromley while trying to prove the corruption in the police force that ended with her husband’s life. 


Once you start a Carol Wyer book you know you won’t be able to stop until you’ve reached the end. This time she delivers another gripping read putting the reader in the midst of the investigation right from the start. 


DI Young is such an interesting character. She’s still grieving her husband’s death and dealing with all the revelations she discovered at the end of “An eye for an eye” when she’s thrown into another stressful case, being not only against a killer but against her own boss who keeps trying to destabilize her. Her mental health issues are really well portrayed and although they could make her unreliable I think they actually humanize her.


Although it deals with an issue as sensitive as rape and the scars it leaves on its victims, it’s done in a respectful way with no graphic descriptions.


The corruption case is getting really interesting and I just hope she can find the proof she needs to nail those bastards on book 3. Once again, read book 1 first to really appreciate and understand all the details and subplots here (and because is one hell of a good book!).


The only reason this was not a 5 ⭐️  read was that it was quite clear from the start who the killer was (even though we don’t know its name) and I was kinda hoping for a final twist.


That final twist came in the very last page and now I’m dying to read book 3. 


Thanks to Carol Wyer and Zooloo's Book Tours for my gifted copy and my spot on the Instagram Tour. Go to instagram.com/diagnosisbookaholic to see my review there. You can see all the stops on the Instagram tour below.





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