Deadly Deceit by Mari Hannah

 Deadly Deceit

 by Mari Hannah



Deadly Deceit by Mari Hannah was published on 11th April 2013 by Pan Books 

My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Tracy at Compulsive Readers for inviting me to be a part of

 #TeamDaniels in the lead up to the latest book in the series 

The Longest Goodbye being published on 18th January 2024




Synopsis

Four a.m on a wet stretch of the A1 and a driver skids out of control. Quick on the scene, Senior Investigating Officer Kate Daniels and partner DS Hank Gormley are presented with a horrifying image of carnage and mayhem that quickly becomes one of the worst road traffic accidents in Northumberland s history. But as the casualties mount up, they soon realise that not all deaths were as a result of the accident . . .

On the other side of town a house goes up in flames, turning its two inhabitants into charred corpses. Seemingly unconnected with the traffic accident, Kate sets about investigating both incidences separately. But it soon becomes apparent that all is not what it seems, and Kate and her colleagues are one always step behind a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what they want.





My Review


This is the third book in the DCI Kate Daniels series and moves on, for me in a different way to the first two books, Hidden Killers and Settled Blood. If I'm being honest, it didn't pull me in straight away like the first two books did, however, when it did, I was engrossed in the different storylines that are used to create the web of deceit that is the background to the book on many levels.

For me the storyline to Deadly Deceit is on a far more complex level than anything that has preceded it and the team and their characters are given a lot more depth. The plots, and there are more than one which will all come together at the end, are very clever and there will be certain aspects you will not expect, whilst at the same time willing Kate to get her act together as far as her and Jo are concerned.

The series is getting better and better with each book and my only thoughts now are , where is the next book going to take me. Mari Hannah is one of those incredibly gifted writers who knows how to play her audience and , as far as I am concerned, is up there with the best detective writers of all time. When you open a book by Mari you know straight away that you are reading an incredibly well written and thought out book. I don't often make space on my bookshelves for authors I have only just come across but this has definitely been the case with the DCI Kate Daniels series.


About the Author




Multi-award winning Mari Hannah is the author of the Stone & Oliver crime series, the Ryan & O'Neil series and the DCI Kate Daniels series.

In July 2010, she won a Northern Writers' Award for Settled Blood. In 2013, she won the Polari First Book Prize for her debut, The Murder Wall. She was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library 2017 as the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries. In 2019, she was awarded DIVA Wordsmith of the Year. In that same year, Mari was Programming Chair of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival. In 2020, Mari was named as DIVA 'Wordsmith of the Year' and won Capital Crime's 'Crime Book of the Year' award.

She lives in Northumberland with her partner, a former murder detective.

To find her or see where she's appearing, visit her events page at:

marihannah.com

or follow her on Twitter @mariwriter.


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