I haven’t read the first book in this series and although there are references to a previous case, I didn’t feel I had missed too much. I was able to read this book even though it is book two in the series.

Anna Gwynne is a detective having to deal not only with abductions and murders of children, but also a new colleague who seems to be out to make a name for himself no matter what. He constantly shoots his mouth off and has his own ideas as to what is going on, not really caring whether they are right or wrong.

While dealing with several cold cases Gwynne realises there are similarities with a current case in Scotland. She is also trying to work out what she wants in her personal life, yet she holds herself back from following her heart.

This is a good police procedural read and I will definitely be reading future books in this series.

Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for providing a copy.

Okay Noelle I know your probably biting your nails by now, wondering what I’m doing. I’ve taken a bit of time over Dylan Young’s newest publication, the review hit me with that sinking feeling of how can I do Blood Runs Cold justice, but here goes nothing I hope everyone enjoys my take on Blood Runs Cold.

Blood Runs Cold, Book #2 of Detective Anna Gwynne series by Dylan Young. By golly am I dancing round the room, Dylan put me through the wringer, emotionally, mentally and physically to the point I literally needed matchsticks to hold my eyelids open, Blood Runs Cold snatched every breath I took, intensifying my need to turn the pages and absorb the narrative in huge chunks.

Detective Anna Gwynne has finally returned to work after some months out recovering from an almost fatal attack in the last case she was involved in. On her first day back Anna dives straight into a cold case concerning Rosie Dawson a child who was kidnapped and brutally murdered and up until recently her body hadn’t been found. A bag of boiled, bleached white bones with all flesh removed, has been uncovered, too small to be an adult, turns out to be Rosie Dawson.

Ten years later and another child has been abducted is it the same person, no obvious clues until Anna finds a picture, the hallmarks are the same, the room, the walls, the black bucket, can Anna and her team connect the clues and save Blair before her fate is sealed.

I love Anna she is such a heart warming but strong individual who doesn’t let anything stand in her way, the only exception is Anna’s perception of the new DS, Dave Woakes, is Anna’s thoughts and feelings towards his overzealous approach to obtaining a conviction by any means possible clouding her judgement of him, or is there something deeper yet to be discovered.

While we are on the subject, DS Dave Woakes in my mind does comes across as being over ambitious, cumulating in a mass of mistakes, the rubbing up the wrong way of potential suspects and victims, the blasé way he tries to tread on Anna and go over her head believing its his way or the highway. Woakes shows a determination that is unsettling and potentially destructive to all involved.

Blood Runs Cold can be read as a standalone but I would highly recommend reading The Silent Girls as its a good insight into what happened to Anna in her previous case and gives a good overall comprehension to who Anna and her team are.

So go grab yourself a copy of Blood Runs Cold, also on my recommendation The Silent Girls is the best place to start. Don’t miss out, Dylan Young has started the most amazing Series surrounding Detective Anna Gwynne, long may Anna continue solving crimes and taking me down into the dark recesses of serial killers minds.

A stylishly dark and an intensely heinous suspenseful thriller which will turn your world upside down, with an emotive plotline driving you deeper and deeper in Dylan’s imagination.

Thanks go to Dylan Young, Noelle Holten and Bookouture for an advanced readers copy of Blood Runs Cold, in exchange for an honest and unbiased review as part of the Blog Blitz today. Come on Dylan role on your next, I don’t know if I can wait patiently hahahaha.

Thank you to Bookouture for letting me be part of this tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I loved the first book in this series and absolutely had to read this one. While there are some parts of the story that link into the first book you could read this as a standalone in my opinion.

Detective Anna Gwynne heads up a team that looks at cold cases. In this installment she is looking at the case of Rosie Dawson. The subject of the crimes in this book is not for the faint hearted and while the details are not explicit the writer alludes to enough for you to know what is implied. The criminal in this book is one of the worst kind. Anna is a character that still intrigues me. The way her mind works and the processes she goes through to get the answer are fascinating. It was nice to see Anna opening up and being a bit more social in this book. Of course this is all in her own way which I highly respect.

I won’t go into the story because I do not want to ruin it for anyone but I will say this book also showed how the press can utterly change someone’s life. While I have seen this before it still scares me. I also could not stand Woakes from the minute we meet him.

I was delighted to see Hector Shaw was back in this book if only for a few chapters. From what I have read about the next book I think he will feature more heavily and I am looking forward to that. He is an interesting guy and there is something about him that is appealing.

Dylan does an excellent job of slowly building the suspense. The book is relatively slow paced until the last third or so. By that point your heart is racing and you don’t know if Anna is going to make it in time.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable crime thriller and I cannot wait to return for the next installment of this series.

4 Cold Blooded Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Full disclosure I did not read the first book in this series, so I might have missed some character development when it comes to Anna.... this is a police procedural and the second book in the Anna Gwynne series....

I liked Anna as a character, but I wanted to know her better... in fact really the main complaint I had with the book is I felt a bit of disconnect with Anna and all the secondary characters.... I would have liked to see them fleshed out better and perhaps they were in the first book or will be in future books... there were a couple relationships I found quite intriguing.... the first is Anna and Hector Shaw a convicted serial killer... shades of “Silence of the Lambs...” and it looks as though Hector will be an important part of the next book... i’m also hoping to see more of Dr. Hawly ... suspect turned consultant turned possible love interest?

A girl is abducted in Scotland at the same time bones are discovered from a 10-year-old local abduction.... then pictures are found on the dark web of both girls in the same room... how are these cases connected? And will they find Blair alive? Plenty of twists and turns, and an ending I did not see coming....

Recommend two fans of police procedurals with some intriguing relationships...

*** thank you to Bookouture and Net Galley for a copy of this book ***

This is the second book featuring Detective Anna Gwynne. The first book in the series is called ‘The Silent Girls’ and was released in January 2018. I absolutely loved the first book and I eagerly (& impatiently) awaited the release of the second book in the series. I was not to be disappointed as I absolutely loved reading ‘Blood Runs Cold’ but more about that in a bit.
‘Blood Runs Cold’ sees Anna return to work following an incident that almost led to her death. To this day, Anna is still affected by the incident, which is understandable. She loves her work but at the same time she can’t help but think about what might have happened and this is at the back of her mind, whenever she goes to work. Anna doesn’t really have any outside interests as she is literally dedicated to her job. The saying ‘her work is her life’ is certainly true for Anna Gwynne. Anna doesn’t have many, if any, friends and I wondered if this was deliberate on her part, in that she doesn’t let anybody get too close. Anna still has a sort of relationship with the killer in prison. Anna still goes to visit him in prison as she is hoping that if she continues to visit he will spill the beans about some of this crimes. However on the flip side, the killer knows that if he wants Anna to continue to visit him, all he needs to do is to dangle the carrot of telling all about his crimes in front of her nose. He is very skilled at people manipulation. Anna is one feisty, strong and determined police officer. She also has a very reliable gut instinct and if something doesn’t feel right to her then it usually isn’t and she will fully investigate the matter until her curiosity is satisfied. Anna works for the Cold Case unit and she has two very complex and difficult cases to investigate. One is the rape of a woman. DNA was recovered from the scene at the time and a familial match has emerged but it is unclear which of two brothers is the perpetrator. The other case is the disappearance and subsequent murder of a young girl, whose bones were located and the bones had been bleached. Will Anna cope with the pressure of the two very demanding cases? Will she get the information she wants from the prisoner? Will Anna discover who exactly committed the rape? Will Anna find out who murdered the little girl? Well for the answers to those questions and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves as I am not going to tell you.
Boy oh boy this was one fantastic unpredictable rollercoaster ride of a read. I was literally hooked from the moment I glimpsed the front cover and the book didn’t release me from its grip until the moment I closed the back cover. Reading ‘Blood Runs Cold’ felt like reuniting with an old friend, which in a way I was because I absolutely love the character of Anna and I feel obliged to stick up for her. There were times when I wanted to jump into the pages of the book to slap her enemies silly for treating her how they treat her. The length of time I spent reading ‘Blood Runs Cold’ just seemed to fly past in a blur and before I knew it I had finished the book, which I had mixed feelings about. I was pleased to finish because I knew how the investigations ended but at the same time I was disappointed to finish because I was enjoying the story, the writing style and the characters so much that I just wanted the book to continue. I thought that ‘The Silent Girls’ was good but ‘Blood Runs Cold’ blows it out of the water and then some. ‘Blood Runs Cold’ is easily the best of the two books. The series featuring Detective Anna Gwynne is just going to keep getting better and better.
Difficult subjects are tackled within the pages of this book but they are written about with great sensitivity and are not glorified in any way. I must admit that at times it was difficult to read about such subjects but at the same time it was important to highlight them and raise awareness.
In conclusion I have to say that I totally and utterly flipping well loved this book. I would wholeheartedly recommend this author and his books to anybody and everybody. I can’t wait to read the next book in the Detective Anna Gwynne series and here’s hoping that we don’t have too long a wait in store. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

My review is written with thanks to Noelle at Bookouture for inviting me on the tour and for providing my copy of the book through Netgalley.
Detective Inspector (DI) Anna Gwynne has just returned to work following an attack in which she was almost killed. She is put straight to work on reopening a case involving Rosie Dawson, a ten year old who was abducted and killed ten years ago. Anna discovers that there are parallels between Rosie's abduction, and a case currently being investigated in Edinburgh involving Blair Smeaton, and it becomes clear that she is hunting a dangerous and depraved killer. Can she find the killer and help Blair to escape alive?
I love a series! I've come to the DI Anna Gwynne series slightly late (Blood Runs Cold is the second instalment) but I do intend to catch up soon! There are some spoilers from the previous book in this one, so I would recommend starting from the beginning if you can. Anna is a determined detective. She's well liked and respected by most of her team and handles conflict well, but there is a distant aura about her that makes her hard to crack. I saw glimpses of the ice queen melting, and I look forward to learning more about her as the series continues. I think Young has developed Anna very cleverly by giving the reader just enough information to allow us to root for her, whilst still giving her room to grow.
Blood Runs Cold is set in various locations, and this means that the hunt for the killer requires Anna and her team to cover some distance. This gives the effect of a chase, and allows Young to build suspense. The chapters describing where Blair is kept give the reader some insight into the killer's disturbed mind and this increases the sense of urgency running throughout the novel, which kept me gripped until the end.
The case leads Anna to investigate the Dark Web, and I found this aspect of the plot particularly intriguing. As someone with very limited technical knowledge, I was fascinated by how the Dark Web works and the etiquette surrounding it, and feel that Young has used his research well so as to inform the reader, but also keep them interested in the plot.
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When I first started reading Blood Runs Cold, I hadn’t realised it was book two in a series, that was until Detective Anne Gwynne made several comments about an old case and her injuries. This got me thinking and so I checked whether I had missed a book, turned out I had. However, I had no problem reading, or understanding this book, so as far as I can tell it can be read as a stand-alone too.

The plot is fast-paced and whilst there are a few detectives on the cases, the story mainly follows Anne and new DS Dave Woakes, who is one of the most obnoxious characters I have read about. Detective Anne Gwynne isn’t a woman to be defined by her past and her near-death experience in book one. She is a woman on a mission and all she cares about is getting the right result and the right culprit. Her cases take over her life until they are brought to a close.

The book was thrilling and had me guessing who the killer was right up until he was revealed, which is a credit to the author as normally I have worked out the culprit by the time they are announced. I think it was probably down to having quite a few people who were ‘suspects’ in my eyes.

This is a fascinating, multi-layered novel that doesn’t just follow one case the whole way through, but three that intermingle. It was a gripping page-turner, I now can’t wait for book three.

3.5 stars, actually.

This is my first experience with the Detective Anna Gwynne series (the first is "The Silent Girls." Like most heroines of this genre, she's competent on the job and comes with a bit of baggage from her past (think Lt. Eve Dallas of the J.D. Robb series). She's with the Bristol Police, just having returned to work after four months off as a result of serious injuries incurred, I assume, in the first book.

One of her first assignments is the years-old cold case murder of a child named Rosie Dawson, whose boiled-and-polished bones were found but not her murderer. When Blair Smearton, a young girl who is hearing impaired, goes missing now, Anna's technology team looks to the Dark Web and finds photos of both Rosie and Blair in what is almost certain to be the same room. The team's conclusion? Both were taken by the same person, no doubt a serial killer.

Hoping to find Blair before her bones meet the same fate as Rosie's, Anna and her colleagues ramp up an all-out effort. For her part, Anna turns for help to a in-prison killer named Hector Shaw, with whom she apparently has a prior and not happy relationship. Asking him for insights about how and why he killed his victims, she reasons, may be of help in locating Blair and unearthing Rosie's killer.

Interjected into the story early on is Detective Dave Woakes, a transfer from another police department who turns out to be a thorn in Anna's side. Alas, that seems to be his only purpose; he adds absolutely nothing to the story except to give Anna someone to complain about. Perhaps he's being introduced here with the intent of having him show up in a future installment, but otherwise, he's worthless.

Anna's investigation also puts her in contact with Dr. Hawley, an ER physician who was questioned and narrowly escaped being charged for Rosie's murder simply because he "allowed" the child, who has Down Syndrome, to climb on his lap and give him a smooch when he soothed her earache during an ER visit. Anna's confidence in the doctor's innocence, however, isn't shared by other members of her team. So who's right?

The answer to that doesn't come till late in the book (and no, I'm not going to reveal that information, nor whether or not the team gets to Blair in time to save her life). I will say that the end result, when it comes, seems a bit rushed; at the very least, I'd like to have had a little more detail about the abductor's background (one incident from his or her past, though reprehensible, does not necessarily a serial killer make).

Overall, my opinion is that this is well worth taking to a summer beach or on a longer airplane trip - and I thank the publisher, via NetGalley, for the opportunity to read and review an advance copy. It's got reasonably likable characters, a touch of modern technology to keep it timely and enough suspense to hold interest throughout. Honestly, other than the inclusion of that totally disposable Woakes character, my main issue with this book is the intended-to-tantalize subtitle: "A completely unputdownable mystery and suspense thriller." It's a mystery, yes, but the rest of that description? Sorry - not even close.

When I read the first instalment in this series, The Silent Girls, a while back, I called it a fantastic start. Little did I know at the time that Dylan Young was holding a wee something back there. Because if you thought that was good, let me tell you right now that Blood Runs Cold is even better!

Detective Anna Gwynne returns to work with her cold case unit after a seven month absence due to events from the previous book. She's investigating the murder of young Rosie Dawson, whose bones were found ten years ago. There are very little leads and the case has stalled. Up in Edinburgh, eleven year old Blair Smearton is abducted. Are these abductions connected somewhat? Is there a paedophile ring snatching young girls? Or is there something else going on?

On top of that, Anna has a new colleague and boy, is he a piece of work. He's causing a heck of a lot of turmoil all over the place with colleagues and suspects alike. And of course, and also yay (!), Hector Shaw makes another chilling appearance. Now that guy makes my blood runs cold! More than anything though, in this storyline I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the perspective of someone who may or may not have been accused wrongly of a crime.

Blood Runs Cold has a great pace throughout and an intricate plot. It's dark, unsettling, disturbing and at some points quite uncomfortable to read. I can handle pretty much all the gruesome stuff that's thrown at me in my crime fiction but there's something especially horrifying when a case involves children. Not that this is particularly gruesome, if you are worried about that. It's just the thought of what these young girls are going through that gets to me. Harrowing to say the least.

This is another delicious and intense page-turner of a crime thriller and a truly fantastic addition to the series. Utterly gripping and compelling edge-of-your-seat stuff that had me glued to the pages. Time is ticking away for Blair. Will the team get to her in time? Only one way for you to find out by grabbing your copy today!

This is book two in this series and I enjoyed it just as much as the first.
Anna and her team are asked to re-open a cold case after a little girl’s bones are found. The investigation seems to be getting nowhere until another girl is abducted and a photo links the two cases.
Anna has the support of her team but also a new DS joins them, but he doesn’t quite fit in. DS Dave Woakes is a bit like a bull in a china shop and Anna soon learns that she can’t rely on him.
The team really need to work together to find the girl but Woakes makes a bad situation worse.
Alongside this story we have Shaw who is still demanding that Anna visits him in prison in exchange for information on other cold cases but even Anna starts to question his motives.
There is a real race against time to find Blair before she is killed and Anna gets help from an unexpected person.
This is a gripping read and I’m looking forward to the next one in this series.
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Blood Runs Cold by Dylan Young is the 2nd in the Detective Anna Gwynne series.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Bookouture, and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Series Background:
Anna Gwynne works Cold Cases. Ted Shipwright, Anna's mentor and friend, just retired after a heart attack. On his recommendation, she was promoted. During their last case together, Anna was introduced to Hector Shaw, who was serving life sentences for multiple murders. He took a shine to Anna, and promised to help solve one of her cold cases. He almost got her killed. He is willing to continue assisting her, but the cost may be too high.

My Synopsis:
Anna has just returned to duty, after being side-lined due to the attempt on her life. She is not one to re-enter the workforce gradually. She has jumped in with both feet. There is a new member in her team, Dave Woakes, and she isn’t sure what to make of him yet. Every time she turns around, he is more of a hindrance than a help.

The team is currently investigating two cold cases.

In 1983, Lucy Bright was raped. She is still alive, although that rape has had a lasting psychological impact. But finally, there may be hope in catching the perpetrator. There was plenty of DNA collected at the time, but no way to analyze it. With current technology, analysis has shown that her rapist is, in all likelihood, one of two brothers. The trick will be finding out which one.  Maybe this will help Lucy heal.

In 2008, Rosie Dawson was kidnapped, and her bleached bones later found in a green garbage bag. She was 10 at the time of her abduction. When a picture of her surfaces on the dark web, it may be a new lead. They will have to go over old territory, old witnesses, and old suspects. But sometimes old witnesses and old suspects can help more than they think. With another girl missing, Anna thinks this killer may have struck again.

Meanwhile, Hector Shaw wants to work with Anna again. He is willing to show her where more bodies are buried, but how much can she trust this convict?

My Opinions:
I am enjoying this new series. It is a refreshing change to have a woman who is strong. A lot of the detective series out there right now show a rather weak or damaged woman trying to overcome her past. Anna has a past too, but she doesn’t dwell on it. She just gets on with the job. She goes with her gut instinct, which is usually right. She believes in herself. My hero! Dylan Young has a great writing style, creating an easy-to-read, and fast-paced book. There’s a lot of action, and the plot is good, everything moving smoothly.

Definitely recommended.

A new author for me and I'm pleased I gave him a try. Fast paced,ever changing thriller with some very interesting characters. Looking forward to the next one.

A compelling, complex, fast paced plot with interesting characters and lots of twists. Highly recommended

Blood Runs Cold is the second installment in the Det. Anna Gwynne seres and follows Anna on her new cases.

Anna just returned to work after a fairly bad injury sustained from a previous case she worked on. She now has two cases, one a missing young girl and a rape case that links to another case that she’s worked on previously. Ann’s been promoted and is working with well with the new team, but a new member is beyond obnoxious and is always undermining her authority. She’s strong and very resilient but she does still have some hesitation. I wuldn’t blame her at all after what she went through.

The group of characters are ones that I really enjoy, well, except for the new guy. He’s kinda an asshat. Anna is pretty much married to her job on the force, and while this isn’t a bad thing she could certainly use some socialization outside of work every now and then. Hector Shaw is back, giving her help on the current case as well as as old one. He’s a serial killer, and I know what your thinking, I did too at first. But he knows so much and has an insight that helps Anna. Plus, he is stil just as intriguing as always. We are introduced to a new character, who happened to be a suspect at one point, but becomes an integral part of this investigation. Also a part of Anna’s life too. (About time!)

The story moves a quick pace with clues all over, just have to piece them together and it’s riddled with suspense. And so many suspects too, jeez, there were a bunch. But, Young does such an amazing job keeping me guessing as to the suspects and the mystery behind the girls disappearance. It was a great installment for the series, and maybe, just maybe, we might get to know Shaw’s infatuation with Det. Anna Gwynne in the next installment. Can’t wait!

With thanks to Netgalley and Bookoutre for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Blood Runs Cold is the second book in the DI Anna Gwynne series.

I was invested in this book from the first page. In Scotland Blair Smeaton and her big sister had walked to the corner shop for ice creams. On the way home they met a man with a puppy, when the girls approached the man tazered the older girl and bundled them both into the back of his van. Hours later the older girl was found confused in a field with a stolen puppy, Blair was nowhere to be seen.

Meanwhile Anna had just returned to work after recovering from appallingly injuries from her last investigation. Anna was pleased DS Dave Woakes had joined the team, however Anna soon discovered Woakes was a rule breaker, keen on getting results. Dave was arrogant, thought he knew better then Anna and was destabilising the team.

Anna and her team were working on two cold cases simultaneously, familial DNA had been found on a child rape and the murder of 10 year old Rosie Dawson who had been taken from a playing field after attacking Rosie's grandmother. Rosie was never found but a bag of her bones were found dumped in a hedge.

Dr Ben Hawley had treated Rosie and was suspected by the police, the press picked this up and he was vilified by the media. Ben lost his fiance and his career was shattered. When Anna and Woakes went to see Hawley again, Woakes was convinced he was the murderer. On impulse Woakes followed him back to his cottage where he found press cut outs of Blair and Rosie. The doctor had been researching Rosie's murder and other child deaths and came up with an interesting theory.

When photographs of Rosie Dawson and Blair Smeaton appeared in a website on the dark web, Anna realised the crimes were linked. In desperation she went to visit psychopath Hector Smith who gave her some clues on how to find the killer.

I was glad to see another Anna Gwynne book so soon. Blood Runs Cold was fast paced with never a dull moment. When Anna discovered who the killer was I was willing her to find him before it was too late. I enjoyed Anna's battle of wills with Hector, she knows she is a pawn in his sick mind game but he can also get into the mind set of other killers.

I recommend both books in this series.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the Publisher, Bookouture for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Noelle from Bookouture for organising the Blog Tour.

Detective Anna Gwynne is back working in the Cold Case Unit, investigating the death of a young girl, Rosie Dawson, whose bones were found hidden in the ground ten years ago. Meanwhile miles away, 11 year old Blair Smearton is abducted from near a river bank. There is no lead on this case until Anna finds a photo of Rosie hidden in a chat room. She also finds a photo of Blair. In the photo, both girls are being held in the same room – just ten years apart. There is only one person who can help Anna delve into the darker world of the internet and help her find out who is behind both kidnappings.

This is Book #2 of the Anna Gwynne series. It can be read as a standalone novel, but obviously it does make sense to read the books in order for better understanding of the series.

This is the second book of the series, and my second book by this author. It took me a few chapters to remember the characters and the story from the first book, The Silent Girls, and once I had I settled right into the story of this book. There were familiar characters from book one and also new ones introduced. The story was well thought out, although it was a bit difficult to follow at times.

The seriously creepy character of Hector Shaw is also brought back to help Anna find out what has happened to these two girls. On my review of book one, I likened him to Hannibal Lector and thankfully that view still remains! You can’t beat a good old creepy psychopath to add some spine-tingling moments to a book! I love the relationship between Hector and Anna, and the way he plays her to get what he wants which is so typical of these serial killers!

This wasn’t a fast paced book, but don’t get me wrong – that’s not a bad thing! The storyline built up slowly with plenty of suspense and tension to keep you interested right till the end and I didn’t work out ‘whodunnit’ until it was revealed! A great crime and police procedural story! Roll on book #3!!

Detective Anna Gwyne returns to work after almost being killed on her last case. When the bones of young Rosie Dawson are found, 10 years after she disappeared Anna and her team are on the case, but seem to be getting nowhere. That is until another girl is abducted and a photo links the 2 cases.

While all of this is happening, Anna has to deal with a new DS Dave Woakes, who does not believe in Peking by the rules. The strain begins to show in the team but can they find the girl before she is killed.

This is book 2 in this series and every bit as enjoyable as the first book. Great story and great characters. The ending of this book left me hanging for more and can't wait for book 3. A big thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of this book to read and enjoy in exchange for my honest opinions

Fiction - Crime

Score: 8/10


I was fortunate enough to read Young's first book, "The Silent Girls", and absolutely loved it. DI Anna Gwynne and her team were great characters and the storyline was awesome. I was very excited to find a great new author in 2018 but I was unsure of how the next book would go. Often an authors first book is the best, but I was not to be disappointed, number 2 was just as fantastic. Plus, Young included a reference to my home town of Perth. Western Australia, which made me love him and his books even more! So if you're after a fine new author, look no further than Dylan Young.

YES I love my detective series reading and THIS WAS UP THERE WITH THE BEST!!!! I was hooked from the beginning, full of twists and turns that you will never see coming to keep you on the edge of your seat and up all night reading to see if the girl will be saved, Dylan Young, you got me hook, line & sinker and I will wait with great anticipation for the next instalment of Det Anna Gwynne.

A big thank you to Netgalley & Bookouture for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Another thrilling book from Dylan Young. I'm really enjoying this series and hope Mr Young continues writing about Detective Anna Gwynne.