A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer
DI Kate Young can’t trust anybody. Not even herself.
In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word ‘MINE’ carved into each of his victims.
DI Kate Young struggles to get the case moving—even when one of the team’s own investigators is found dead in a dumpster. But Kate is battling her own demons. Obsessed with exposing Superintendent John Dickson and convinced there’s a conspiracy running deep in the force, she no longer knows who to trust. Kate’s crusade has already cost her dearly. What will she lose next?
When her stepsister spills a long-buried secret, Kate realises she’s found the missing link—now she must prove it before the killer strikes again. With enemies closing in on all sides, she’s prepared to do whatever it takes to bring them down. But time is running out, and Kate's past has pushed her to the very edge. Can she stop herself from falling?
About Carol.
USA Today bestselling author and winner of The People's Book Prize Award, Carol Wyer writes feel-good comedies and gripping crime fiction.
A move from humour to the 'dark side' in 2017, saw the introduction of popular DI Robyn Carter in LITTLE GIRL LOST and demonstrated that stand-up comedian Carol had found her true niche.
To date, her crime novels have sold over 750,000 copies and been translated for various overseas markets.
Carol has been interviewed on numerous radio shows discussing ''Irritable Male Syndrome' and 'Ageing Disgracefully' and on BBC Breakfast television. She has had articles published in national magazines 'Woman's Weekly', featured in 'Take A Break', 'Choice', 'Yours' and 'Woman's Own' magazines and the Huffington Post.
She currently lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire with her husband Mr Grumpy... who is very, very grumpy.
When she is not plotting devious murders, she can be found performing her comedy routine, Smile While You Still Have Teeth.
Review.
‘A Cut for a Cut’ is all that you expect a book from Carol to be - fast-paced, superbly plotted, great characters and extremely chilling at times. Throughout the second half of the book, I was mentally screaming at the main character to work out what was happening in time! This was a great follow up to the start of the series and I'm already hungry for more!
In this outing DI Kate Young finds herself having to solve a series of murders where the victim has been raped and then strangled. If that isn't enough the perpetrator is carving into the women the word ‘MINE’. There aren't a lot of leads and when one of the civilian staff members ends up being a victim the pressure reals piles onto Kate. Her mental health is still in a precarious position since the death of her husband Chris and she is still obsessed in obtaining evidence to take her boss Dickson down for his role in that.
What I particularly enjoyed in this book was the character development of Kate. Yes, we still see a grieving woman who is struggling to deal with the loss of her husband, but you can still see a marked improvement in her mental health as her strength begins to recover. She is determined to help uncover what happened to Chris but she is also more willing to accept a little help and I can't wait to see how that pans out. I also liked the partition of her two cases as it shows that she is less bound up in her grief. As much as I want to find out what dirty Dickson got up to I also enjoyed the introduction of the new set of crimes. It gives a very solid base to the series as you know once that is resolved that the books can continue onwards.
‘A Cut for a Cut’ was a gritty, chilling and horrifyingly delicious outing for Kate and Im already hungry for more!
