Left For Dead by Caroline Mitchell - Crime
DI Amy is out shopping when she spots a rather odd looking Valentine’s day window
display. A “bride” in all her finery who looks rather real. When blood begins to drip from
her mouth it quickly becomes a crime scene. Amy has a new DCI who has brought in a
TV team to up the police profile which Amy would rather not do. Amy has her own
issues as her biological mother is in prison and due for an appeal hearing shortly. Years
ago her and her husband were sent down for several murders. Meanwhile Samuel now
runs a very successful marketing company however this does not fulfill him. He has a
secret, make that a few. Something that he fantasises about and to do this lives in a
totally different world from that of the highly successful millionaire businessman he
portrays to the world. Amy has her suspicions but he is squeaky clean, perhaps too
much so. I enjoyed this and I liked Amy and her determination. She has a past
relationship albeit fleeting with her boss which adds to the spice between them,
however she is a very driven DI and relationships are something she now steers
well away from. This is the third in the series but happily stands alone (I hadn’t read
the others and it worked for me). There is background to Amy and enough given
without needing to know what has gone on before. A read that kept me within
its pages and one I found very entertaining and enjoyable.
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Book Description:
A victim on display. A detective on the rails.
Shopping with her sister, DI Amy Winter is admiring a Valentine’s Day window display of a perfect bride encrusted in diamonds and resplendent in lace—until she notices blood oozing from the mannequin’s mouth.
This is no stunt. A post-mortem reveals the victim was left to die on her macabre throne for all to see. When a second victim is found, it emerges that both women were ‘Sugar Babes’ arranging dates with older men online—and Amy finds herself hunting an accomplished psychopath.
As she tracks down the killer, Amy’s instincts go into overdrive when the charismatic head of the agency behind the display makes no attempt to hide his fascination with her serial-killer parents. What exactly does he want from Amy? With her own world in freefall as her biological mother, Lillian Grimes, appeals her conviction, Amy pushes the boundaries of police procedure when a third ‘Sugar Babe’ disappears…Is she as much at risk as the killer’s victims?
Author Bio:
An international #1 and New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author, Caroline originates from Ireland and now lives with her family on the coast of Essex. A former police detective, Caroline has worked in CID and specialised in roles dealing with vulnerable victims, high-risk victims of domestic abuse, and serious sexual offences. She now writes full time, with over a million books sold.
As well as her crime series, Caroline also writes stand-alone psychological thrillers. The most recent, Silent Victim reached the Amazon number 1 spot in the UK, US and Australia and won first place as best psychological thriller in the US Reader’s Favourite Awards. Her previous thriller, Witness, was shortlisted for the International Thriller Awards in New York. She has also been shortlisted for ‘Best Procedural’ in the Killer Nashville awards. Her crime thriller, Truth And Lies recently became a No.1 New York Times best seller and has been optioned for TV. Her works have been translated worldwide and her book, The Silent Twin, has been converted as an interactive app in the Chapters Interactive game.
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