This is not your ordinary British Murder Mystery. No Sherlock Holmes here. Instead, get ready for a gripping, tense story.
Now You See Me opens when DC Lacey Flint arrives at the scene of a murder or in her case, the woman is already dying and she lands on top of her. Lacey is a reluctant witness now and everyone is wondering why this woman was killed close to her home.
Later, a reporter receives an anonymous report that the killing is related to Jack the Ripper and a letter calls Lacey out by name. If that isn’t enough, the killer continues to taunt Lacey with each murder even though no one believes that this is related to the Jack The Ripper murders.
The difference is that prostitutes aren’t being murdered this time. Instead, mothers are being murdered from well to do families. Special Operations DI Mark Joesbury is suspicious and thinks that there is more than meets the eye in this case and his suspicions fall on Lacey Flint.
That is the plot throughout the story as more mothers are murdered. Joesbury is digging deep into Lacey’s past to see what he could uncover. In the meantime, Lacey is worrying about what Joesbury will uncover but tries not to show it.
It is a game of cat and mouse and as the story grows, we see that there is a lot more to this and it goes back to Lacey’s life before she was a member of the police force. We learn more about her past and are lead to see that these crimes are done out of revenge as well.
While I enjoyed the book, I thought that there was a lack of characterization with all the characters with the exception of Joesbury. Part of me felt that was okay since much of the book towards the end was on Lacey’s character.
If anything, I think that when the writer keeps you guessing throughout the story as to what’s happening and in the end, you’re surprised by the murders and who committed them, then the author did their job. I enjoyed this book and think it’s worth four stars.
Rick Holman
Now You See Me opens when DC Lacey Flint arrives at the scene of a murder or in her case, the woman is already dying and she lands on top of her. Lacey is a reluctant witness now and everyone is wondering why this woman was killed close to her home.
Later, a reporter receives an anonymous report that the killing is related to Jack the Ripper and a letter calls Lacey out by name. If that isn’t enough, the killer continues to taunt Lacey with each murder even though no one believes that this is related to the Jack The Ripper murders.
The difference is that prostitutes aren’t being murdered this time. Instead, mothers are being murdered from well to do families. Special Operations DI Mark Joesbury is suspicious and thinks that there is more than meets the eye in this case and his suspicions fall on Lacey Flint.
That is the plot throughout the story as more mothers are murdered. Joesbury is digging deep into Lacey’s past to see what he could uncover. In the meantime, Lacey is worrying about what Joesbury will uncover but tries not to show it.
It is a game of cat and mouse and as the story grows, we see that there is a lot more to this and it goes back to Lacey’s life before she was a member of the police force. We learn more about her past and are lead to see that these crimes are done out of revenge as well.
While I enjoyed the book, I thought that there was a lack of characterization with all the characters with the exception of Joesbury. Part of me felt that was okay since much of the book towards the end was on Lacey’s character.
If anything, I think that when the writer keeps you guessing throughout the story as to what’s happening and in the end, you’re surprised by the murders and who committed them, then the author did their job. I enjoyed this book and think it’s worth four stars.
Rick Holman