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A review by lucycatten
Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary
3.0
Sarah Hilary does it again with the third in the DI Marnie Rome thriller series.
This story takes us into the world of the vulnerable and homeless. What better group of people for our murderer to prey on? The investigation starts with a missing teen before we are taken on a roller-coast ride of a story where absolutely nothing and nobody is quite what it seems. Absolutely fantastic writing once again from Sarah Hilary – you can’t help but be hooked from the start.
It sounds odd for a thriller fan to say, but one of the things I really liked about this book was the lack of blood and gore. The violence all took place off the page and as a result, the story was somehow even more creepy and insidious. I was far more interested in WHY the perpetrator was doing things than what was actually done. Sarah Hilary doesn’t just get crime; she gets psychology which adds real depth to the writing.
I’ve rated this book in the trilogy slightly lower than the other two, only because I guessed ‘who-dunnit’ fairly early on. Maybe that’s unfair as I have loved the whole series, but I do like to be kept guessing. It certainly won’t stop me following DI Rome’s future cases…
Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with an advance copy.
This story takes us into the world of the vulnerable and homeless. What better group of people for our murderer to prey on? The investigation starts with a missing teen before we are taken on a roller-coast ride of a story where absolutely nothing and nobody is quite what it seems. Absolutely fantastic writing once again from Sarah Hilary – you can’t help but be hooked from the start.
It sounds odd for a thriller fan to say, but one of the things I really liked about this book was the lack of blood and gore. The violence all took place off the page and as a result, the story was somehow even more creepy and insidious. I was far more interested in WHY the perpetrator was doing things than what was actually done. Sarah Hilary doesn’t just get crime; she gets psychology which adds real depth to the writing.
I’ve rated this book in the trilogy slightly lower than the other two, only because I guessed ‘who-dunnit’ fairly early on. Maybe that’s unfair as I have loved the whole series, but I do like to be kept guessing. It certainly won’t stop me following DI Rome’s future cases…
Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with an advance copy.