Monument to Murder by Mari Hannah

 Monument to Murder

 by Mari Hannah


Monument to Murder by Mari Hannah was first published on 
21st November 2013 by Macmillan.
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

When skeletal remains are found beneath the fortified walls of an ancient castle on Northumberland’s rugged coastline, DCI Kate Daniels calls on a forensic anthropologist to help identify the corpse.

Meanwhile, newly widowed prison psychologist Emily McCann finds herself drawn into the fantasy of convicted sex offender, Walter Fearon. As his mind games become more and more intense, is it possible that Daniels’ case has something to do with his murderous past? With his release imminent, what exactly does he have in mind for Emily?

As Daniels encounters dead end after dead end and the body count rises, it soon becomes apparent that someone is hiding more than one deadly secret...




My Review

Gosh this was a spine chillingly, on the edge of your seat instalment in the DCI Kate Daniels mysteries. There was so much going on - and so many undercurrents underneath the surface I couldn't relax at all as my mind was all over the place as to what was happening and who was / or was not / responsible.

Mari Hannah definitely knows how to instal fear and trepidation into her readers and, for me, this series gets better and better with every book I read. As I have said previously, Mari's writing , for me , is exceptional and on an incredibly high plane of writing as far as murder mysteries are concerned. No matter how hard I look at all the evidence before me as the story progresses I find it is not until the final pages that I actually ascertain who has done what, where and when.

The settings of Bamburgh and HMP Northumberland provide two starkly contrasting environments for this novel and I have to be honest I won't be able to visit Bamburgh again without looking at the beach facing Holy Island and thinking about the gruesome findings in this novel.

As usual I cannot wait for the next book in the series so that I can have my next fix of the DCI Kate Daniels mysteries.


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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