Book info

• Title Angel
• Author L. J. Ross
• Year 2016
• Genre Mystery

After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan’s life is finally returning to normal and he’s looking forward to spending an uneventful Easter bank holiday weekend with his fiancée. Then, on Good Friday morning he is called out to a crime scene at one of the largest cemeteries in Newcastle. The body of a redheaded woman has been found buried in a shallow grave and the killer has given her wings, like an angel. Soon, another woman is found at a different cemetery, followed quickly by another. Panic spreads like wildfire as a new serial killer is born, and Ryan’s band of detectives must work around the clock to unmask him before he can strike again.

Thoughts

I’m really getting invested in this series and these characters, but with this one I was probably more interested in the surrounding characters and their sub-plots than the main mystery. At first I was thinking it was just another big religious-style serial killer and haven’t we done that already? But have faith (pun intended), it’s deeper than that and as it unfolds it does get interesting. And then there’s a pretty big cliffhanger that means I’m going to have to read the next one!

Rating: 3 / 5