amothersmusings1's review
3.0
"The Two" is the second in the Detective Inspector January David series and the follow up to "Girl Four" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Blurb - Five lie dead, brutally murdered - the first taken on the night of Halloween and as autumn bleeds into winter more ritualistic murders are discovered. January must battle his demons, for in his mind lies the clue to stopping a ruthless murderer. But his worst nightmares have literally come true when he discovers there's not one but two twisted killers on the loose ...
Even though I'd read the first book and was familiar with the characters and the authors unique style of writing etc it did take me a while to work out what actually was going on. Having loved "Girl Four", I didn't find this one easy to follow or enjoy fully, as the timeline jumped around a little too much for my liking and felt the 'visions' January David were having this time were more complicated to understand. The main police characters were the same but there were new serial killers and victims and the way the book starts, it's as if you should know who they are before you are properly introduced to them which comes later in the book. I also struggled with the victim's quite unusual names too.
It is still an addictive serial killer read, fast paced and with quick chapters that keep you reading speedily but I was left a little disappointed and hope that book three returns to the cracking formula I so loved in "Girl 4".
A word of warning though, if supernatural and psychic elements incorporated into a crime thriller aren't your thing then this series won't be for you as the main theme is the visions that appear to David and this story in particular deals with religious and ritual killings. Will Carver is a very talented author with a very twisted but clever imagination and I will continue to follow his work and this series.
3 stars
Blurb - Five lie dead, brutally murdered - the first taken on the night of Halloween and as autumn bleeds into winter more ritualistic murders are discovered. January must battle his demons, for in his mind lies the clue to stopping a ruthless murderer. But his worst nightmares have literally come true when he discovers there's not one but two twisted killers on the loose ...
Even though I'd read the first book and was familiar with the characters and the authors unique style of writing etc it did take me a while to work out what actually was going on. Having loved "Girl Four", I didn't find this one easy to follow or enjoy fully, as the timeline jumped around a little too much for my liking and felt the 'visions' January David were having this time were more complicated to understand. The main police characters were the same but there were new serial killers and victims and the way the book starts, it's as if you should know who they are before you are properly introduced to them which comes later in the book. I also struggled with the victim's quite unusual names too.
It is still an addictive serial killer read, fast paced and with quick chapters that keep you reading speedily but I was left a little disappointed and hope that book three returns to the cracking formula I so loved in "Girl 4".
A word of warning though, if supernatural and psychic elements incorporated into a crime thriller aren't your thing then this series won't be for you as the main theme is the visions that appear to David and this story in particular deals with religious and ritual killings. Will Carver is a very talented author with a very twisted but clever imagination and I will continue to follow his work and this series.
3 stars
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