The turf war between the Edinburgh and Glasgow crime factions has really ramped up. The violence has reached unprecedented levels. But this is no tit for tat aggro. Someone is out to bring down both houses.

Despite the best efforts of the DCI and DCS, Jazzy and Queenie can't be kept out of this. The DCS needs Jazzy to be the handler of an undercover agent, because there's clearly information leaking from within, and nobody know who to trust - on either side of the law.

Breathtakingly brilliant

The Revenge Pact by Liz Mistry is book 2 in the Solanki and McQueen police series, and again it is an extremely interesting and fascinating read.
I enjoyed meeting up with the Jazz Queens again and the storyline was a fascinating insight into the criminal fraternity In Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Highly recommended

The second book in the DS Jazzy Solanki series.

The Jazz Queens are still coming to terms with and recovering from their first major case (Book One). With DCI Dick still on their backs, the team is redirected to office duties, or spilt up to work in minor roles on A and B teams. With gang warfare about to be declared between the criminal factions of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and an escalating body count, Jazzy is far from happy to be kept out of the loop. When she is asked to undertake a role that she is far from comfortable with, she is reluctant, but knows that she will seek out the truth and not be swayed by the powers that be.

With many character relationships, nicknames and working out which villain come from where, this starts as a scrabble of a read,though does improve somewhat.

Pretty much in the same vein as Book One, though the Dick by name, Dick by nature has now been superseded by the Dickless one - too much, let it go! Queenie is still as overpowering as before, and Jazzy is totally unable to keep a confidence.

I find it bizarre that if Jazzy considers the team her substitute family, why does she allow a senior officer to be so scathing and unprofessional towards them? If not for her own sake, then most certainly the officer should be brought to task and reported for the comments and attitude towards the rest of the Jazz Queens.

A better book that the first but still needs work. And perhaps a glossary for those not au fait with the dialect and colloquialisms.

Thank you NetGalley and HQ.