When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on the steps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is one of the first on the shocking scene.

Alex has seen some gruesome crimes committed in New York, but the barbarity of this latest discovery leaves her nauseous.

With NYPD cop Mike Chapman, Alex begins to investigate, but before long another woman is slaughtered and found on the steps of a Catholic church in Little Italy; her throat slashed and her tongue cut out.

It becomes clear there is a zealous serial killer on the loose. Now Alex and Mike must keep one step ahead of a religious fanatic bent on silencing the women he believes are bringing shame to his beliefs - before he kills anyone else.

I struggled with this book, I was at no point ‘gripped’ by the storyline or the characters. Usually I enjoy a bit of crime fiction, I love the mystery and the dry humour in them but this is not one that I had trouble putting down.

I think the author is clearly talented and could tell that this writer had a legal background but I think that was most of the problem as there was far too much legal jargon of which I didn't understand and spent half the time reading and half the time on Google trying to figure out the definition of certain terminology.

Anyone who has spent years reading crime novels will love this book and definitely have a better understanding of it.



Review by Laura Hodge

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