Book info

• Title Locked In
• Author Kerry Wilkinson
• Year 2011
• Genre Thriller

When a body is found in a locked house, Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is left to not only find the killer but discover how they got in and out. With little in the way of leads and a journalist that seems to know more about the case than she does, Jessica is already feeling the pressure – and that's before a second body shows up in identical circumstances to the first. How can a murderer get to victims in seemingly impossible situations and what, if anything, links the bodies?

Thoughts

Bought this as a trilogy of the first three books in the DS Jessica Daniels series, and the first thing that struck me was just how British the whole thing is. Set in Manchester, it follows a female detective trying to link together some murders and trace the serial killer.

I thought it was a good story, although the hints littered throughout the book made it just a little bit too predictable. Jessica was a good character, pretty well-rounded, and it was a nice change not to have a tortured cop as the protagonist. Notwithstanding a hefty temper at times, she seemed to be a pretty normal human being.

Other than that, the writing was a little clunky in places, but I enjoyed reading it and will check out the second book - seeing as I already own it and all. It wasn’t a perfect read, but as a first book I think it set up the characters nicely and introduced a lot of potential for the rest of the series.

Rating: 3 / 5