This book has many storylines and it was interesting to see the way it panned out. D.I. Calladine and D.S. Ruth Bayliss banter, serious moments and good friendship. I’m glad they have each other. The plot was slow paced but picked up towards the end. I didn’t feel everything was answered in this one.

This is a good one! Love mysteries? Love a female going after those who did wrong? Welp this is the book! Page turner!

A suspenseful police procedural. Plenty of twists and turns to keep me guessing right till the end. Very well written.

Dead List is the third major case for Calladine & Bayliss. Another string of dreadful murders, all linked through tarot cards. I cannot help but wonder when I read this, why does the murderer make it so easy to connect the murders? If one wanted to stay uncaught, would it not be way smarter not to throw the cards around.

There is a lot of the personal lives of the two main detectives as well, which would not have bothered me so much if Calladine would not be so annoying. Still, as a police procedural, I find these quite nice.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Sorry, I didn’t download this before it was archived.
Really sorry, thought I had.

The following is my review as posted.

After reading book one of the series I decided to moved onto book three as I had this as a NetGalley read. Many thanks to those for my copy.

Here murders seem to be happening randomly. There appears to be no connection between victims other than a tarot card being left at the scene of the crime. It also appears that two young girls have gone missing. Workload is heavy for Calladine and Bayliss and personal issues being thrown into the mix is only adding to stress levels. A new boss is not helping matters either for Calladine who becomes even more surly and difficult than considered usual.

Again, Dead List is a quick read. We know fairly early on who the murderer is and the reasoning why. I just found that again I'm not really connecting with the characters and Calladine is definitely not working for me. I find him irascible and annoying. As a series of police procedurals, I'm just not connecting with them and know that I'm probably going to leave it here.

They're not wholly bad books, I can see from other GR friends that they've enjoyed them. So I'm putting this down to own personal gut feeling and an awareness of my humongous reading pile!

An average three star read from me.

This is the third book I have read by author Helen Durrant, and while it is not my favorite, it comes a close second.

I have to admit that the main character, Tom Calladine, annoys the hell out of me. He may be a good detective but the majority of the time he behaves like a sulky, self-centred, ill-mannered school boy.

I was pleased to find Greco, whom I encountered in Dark Murder, making an appearance in Dead List. Calladine thinks Greco is a major 'pain in the arse', but if it came to a vote for the title, Calladine would get my vote every time.

Durrant blends a riveting police procedural with her characters private lives with finesse and ease. Although we know the identity of the murderer early on, in no way does this detract from the plot. The murderer's motivation is unusual, as is the manner of the murders; both reasons why the police struggle to solve this case. In addition to the murders, young girls are going missing.

I am looking forward to reading more from Durrant- she is growing as an author.

Thank you to Joffe Books via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of Dead List by Helen Durrant for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

This book is about the list that u don't want to be on