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'Fans of Martina Cole will love this' - Heat on, Fallen Angel 'A gritty detective story with a real heart' - Woman on, Kaitlyn 'Gripping, harrowing. A true triumph over tragedy' - Mail on Sunday on, The Kid 'Incredible. A fantastic story' - Fern Britton on, The Kid 'Devastating. I can't think of a story that is more sad or a story that it feels more essential to go on reading' - Allison Pearson, Evening Standard on, The Kid
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The hunter has become the prey ...
The headless corpses of three men are found in a London side street. Their mutilated torsos are witness to an unspeakably agonizing death. It becomes chillingly clear that this discovery is a horrific message to the Metropolitan Police - and to one officer in particular.
DI Stacey Collins finds herself on the hunt for a psychopathic killer. But it would seem that this is no ordinary homicide ... all the victims had themselves been predators, terrorizing the innocent. Is this a twisted vigilante mission, or something far more sinister?
Meanwhile, Collins must battle her own demons as the MET's Internal Affairs department investigate her past and her connections to London's underworld.
Collins faces her toughest challenge yet - torn between justice and revenge
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Kevin Lewis was born in London in the 70's and grew up on rough council estates. His rough upbringings are documented in his two bestselling autobiographical books The Kid and The Kid Moves on. He followed these books with his first fictional book in 2006 Kaitlyn followed by Frankie in 2007.
In 2008 he wrote his first in the D.I Stacey Collins series entitled Fallen Angel. In this book we meet Stacey who is a single mum now working as a DI after her own rough childhood upbringing. We also see her meet and mix with a criminal by the name of Jack Stanley. I read this book back when it was published and loved it just as much as his first two fictional books. The fact that Kevin Lewis had created a character to form part of a series cheered me up as I am a fan of many other authors that have series characters such as Peter James with Roy Grace and Karin Slaughter with Sara Linton.
His latest release Scent of a Killer is no less thrilling than his last. We meet Stacey Collins a few years on. Stacey is being reprimanded for her association with Jack Stanley and her superiors are trying to determine whether she has given her informant Jack any information on the police. While the internal investigation goes on Stacey is dragged on to a case run by DCI Anderson, a man that neither knows nor trusts her. She has to earn his respect as she is asked to get actively involved when three corpses are found in a car.
What the team soon realise is not only do they have three dead bodies, but those three dead bodies are badly mutilated. It soon becomes clear this is no ordinary case, but that of a serial killer. Stacey is trapped between being a good police officer and being a good parent to her teenage daughter Sophie. Stacey has her own secrets which she wants to remain that way but with the pressure on her from both sides it is only a matter of time before something breaks.
I finished this book over two days and literally could NOT put it down. The publication date for this book was actually put back and I began to wonder whether this book was going to be a bit of a let down. Nothing could be further from the truth. Kevin Lewis has managed to take us to the next stage in Stacey Collins life as well as recreating some awfully chilling murder scenes. This was extremely well written, edgy and fast, with lots of twists from very early on. Lewis has created a rock solid book in my opinion that manages to answer all the questions readers had from book one, and for us to begin to wonder what will happen in the next instalment. I cannot recommend this highly enough; the only disappointment is the long wait until the next one.
In 2008 he wrote his first in the D.I Stacey Collins series entitled Fallen Angel. In this book we meet Stacey who is a single mum now working as a DI after her own rough childhood upbringing. We also see her meet and mix with a criminal by the name of Jack Stanley. I read this book back when it was published and loved it just as much as his first two fictional books. The fact that Kevin Lewis had created a character to form part of a series cheered me up as I am a fan of many other authors that have series characters such as Peter James with Roy Grace and Karin Slaughter with Sara Linton.
His latest release Scent of a Killer is no less thrilling than his last. We meet Stacey Collins a few years on. Stacey is being reprimanded for her association with Jack Stanley and her superiors are trying to determine whether she has given her informant Jack any information on the police. While the internal investigation goes on Stacey is dragged on to a case run by DCI Anderson, a man that neither knows nor trusts her. She has to earn his respect as she is asked to get actively involved when three corpses are found in a car.
What the team soon realise is not only do they have three dead bodies, but those three dead bodies are badly mutilated. It soon becomes clear this is no ordinary case, but that of a serial killer. Stacey is trapped between being a good police officer and being a good parent to her teenage daughter Sophie. Stacey has her own secrets which she wants to remain that way but with the pressure on her from both sides it is only a matter of time before something breaks.
I finished this book over two days and literally could NOT put it down. The publication date for this book was actually put back and I began to wonder whether this book was going to be a bit of a let down. Nothing could be further from the truth. Kevin Lewis has managed to take us to the next stage in Stacey Collins life as well as recreating some awfully chilling murder scenes. This was extremely well written, edgy and fast, with lots of twists from very early on. Lewis has created a rock solid book in my opinion that manages to answer all the questions readers had from book one, and for us to begin to wonder what will happen in the next instalment. I cannot recommend this highly enough; the only disappointment is the long wait until the next one.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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brilliant book, loved this one, read in 2 days. look forward to his next novel
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first Kevin Lewis book that I have read and it was excellent!! Will look out for more by this author as I love the murder mystery genre. Not for the faint hearted but highly recommended.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
fantastic
What a great book. Could not put it down. I had to keep reading on. Alot of mystery in this book. Great read.
Published 1 month ago by Maxi
Predictable easy read
After reading the reviews and ordering, i was very disappointed in this book. Its basic easy reading with obvious red herrings and an easy to spot who dunnit. Read more
Published 12 months ago by HutsonJules
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT !!
Kevin Lewis book are just great this is the third i have read and they just keep getting better i would love to have the detective and the bad boy get together again that would... Read more
Published 12 months ago by ginariva
must read
very well written book which kept you in suspense and wanting to keep reading. would recommend
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. Tracy A. Smith
A MORE THAN DECENT SERIAL KILLER NOVEL.
I picked this up whilst on holiday at random, and read it in less than 3 days. It is nicely written with some character studies (not that deep though), set in London which is... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. A. J. Crook
Great Book
Great book could not put it down, kept you in suspense right until the very end. I have read all Kevin's books and really have enjoyed them. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ailiepaley
Great can't wait for the next instalment
If you like a tough female cop and gruesome murders then this is for you. Reminded me a bit of Prime Suspect. Read more
Published 22 months ago by lozaboza
Scent of a Killer - Kevin Lewis
Kevin Lewis is the best selling author of the autobiographical The Kid and its sequel The Kid Moves On as well as thrillers, Kaitlyn, Frankie and Fallen Angel. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs K E Long
cant wait for next one
I really enjoyed reading this book after the first and was really lookingforward to it - I must admit I have only given it 4 stars as I found it slow to start with - however once... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. S. King
Worth the wait
I waited a long time fo this book, but another excellent read from Kevin, well worth the wait, looking forward to the next one, keep them coming
Published 23 months ago by A. F. Blower
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