BLURB
Prison is no place for a detective
Helen Grace was one of the country's best police investigators. Now she's behind bars with the killers she caught.
Framed for murder
She knows there is only one way out:
stay alive until her trial and somehow prove her innocence,.
Locked up with a killer
But when a mutilated body is found in the cell next door, Helen fears her days are numbered.
A murderer is on the loose.
And she must find them.
Before she's next . . .
MY THOUGHTS
M J Arlidge excels in
tension in the latest DI Helen Grace thriller! After Little Boy Blue ended on
THAT cliff hanger, I couldn’t wait to get stuck into the next book in the
series and I think it’s probably fair to say that this is the best Helen Grace
book yet. It didn’t take me long to finish it and it has left me craving the
next book. This is a series that keeps getting better and better.
In Hide and Seek, for
Helen Grace the table has been turned. Helen has been imprisoned after being
falsely accused of murder in the nail biting previous novel, Little Boy Blue.
With doors seemingly closing in on Helen at all angles, she must rely on her
good friend and colleague, Charlie Brooks to prove her innocence, but Charlie
is getting little support for her investigation within the police and time for
Helen is running out and Charlie’s superiors are keen to wrap up the case. And
now, a serial killer is on the loose in Holloway prison, where Helen is
currently awaiting her trial. It seems that things are about to get a whole lot
worse for Helen before they get better. Prison is no place for a detective and
when she is surrounded by prisoners who she herself has helped to put away, it
gets even worse.
What I love about M J
Arlidge’s writing is his pace. Arlidge doesn’t linger on description or fancy
language, but dives straight into the action, with short, punchy chapters and
brilliant dialogue. This works extremely well in building tension which Arlidge
is a master of. I really liked in this novel, how he made me feel for some of
the inmates in the prison even though these people are convicted criminals.
There were definitely
moments in this book when I wanted put it down for a breather but I simply had
to turn the page to find out what happened, particularly in the prison scenes
when Helen is hunting for the killer. The scenes featuring Charlie, as she
attempted to track down Helen’s nephew, also had me holding my breath. There
were plenty of suspects and red herrings; when I thought I’d nailed who the
suspect was; Arlidge pulled one final twist out of the bag.
I think you would
benefit from reading the previous books in the series to fully understand what
is going on in this instalment but it is possible to read it as a standalone.
Arlidge delivers again
and again with his Helen Grace novels; he will definitely leave you wanting
more. I highly recommend them!
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 29th December 2016
Print length: 384 pages
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