I had first read this book a number of years back and looking through catching up on some book series I realised I hadn't reviewed this. I decided as it was a few years ago I'd do a reread.

Chief Inspector Van den Bergen calls on criminologist Georgina McKenzie to help him solve this mystery. George goes deep undercover among the violent gangs of Central America. Working for the vicious head of a Mexican cartel, she must risk her own life to find the truth.

This is a gripping read that has you engaged from early in the book. Its worth reading the series in order yet I don't think it would affect your reading experience if you didn't.




Georgina McKenzie #4
The Girl Who Had No Fear

A gripping thriller that I couldn’t put down. This book reeled me in from the start. I recommend this book to all thriller fans.

Oh I hadn’t realised this was a series.
But I loved it.

I’d taken a break from Detective/Police procedures but this ones been on my backlist for ages.

Gay men are being murdered. Why? Who?

Then we have something g coming to the forefront on the Detective.

This is a Serial killer or is it?

Thoroughly enjoyed getting my teeth into this one.

This is a fast paced thriller with good characters that will keep you guessing. I liked the Amsterdam setting. Thanks for the ARC.

Another great book in the George McKenzie series
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

I cannot believe how much I like Georgie the girl who has no fear!
This is because I have learned to love her and her loyalty over Marnie Riches' four other books.
With a believable set of support characters who provide a basis for the stories Georgie is in more trouble than ever !
A difficult story line which sometimes is glossed over but the subject of trafficking people and drugs is key to this thriller. Great.

I have enjoyed getting to know these two disfunctional protagonists and this book was just as engaging. Well plotted but it lost a star from me because it was a little too coincidental and a wee bit far fetched.

I think this would be a good crime book to read but I found it more gang related so I didn't end up finishing it.

Young gay men are dying. Is this the work of a serial killer or related to the drugs they are taking? Van den Bergen recalls George back from England to help with the investigation. George has her own agenda. Both her parents have disappeared and though she hasn't spoken to her father for years she has begun to receive emails from someone purporting to be her father claiming to be watching her. Van den Bergen also finds out that his nemesis "the silencer" is also back on the streets.

What is the connection between Nicolai, a Czech drug supplier in Amsterdam and a Mexican Drug Cartel? Who is sending George these emails? Where are George's parents? Are all these incidences connected? How are they connected? Can all these questions and many more be answered?

Great complex plot with a spirited and independent lead character leads to a great compelling read. Lots going on, but all the various threads weave together nicely to form a thriller adventure.

Firstly, a massive thanks go out to the Author and Publishers and NetGalley for allowing me a pre release copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

In The Girl Who Had No Fear, the fourth book in "The Girl Who..." series, we catch up with George McKenzie several months down the line from when the previous book left her in a restaurant with an anonymous parcel containing her Mother's mobile phone and a human eye ball and a massive cliff hanger for the reader. Dispite originally being billed as the last book in the series, the author had a change of heart and decided to give us some more adventures of Dr McKenzie and her partner/lover Chief Inspector Van den Bergen. This time our pair of heros adventures take us not only around the Dutch capital, but also jet setting to Prague and Mexico, no less, as they are hot on the trail of Nikolay Bebchuk, the head of a Mexican cartel who're pedalling bad Crystal Meth killing off young club goers in Amsterdam. Along side this, George is still trying to track down her estranged father who she's not seen since she was a little girl. And there is still the question of where her missing Mother is, and to whom did that eye once belong? Along with our heroic duo are their trusty sidekicks, Elvis and Marie, as well as Van den Bergens young, enthusiastic new boss Maarten Minks who took over the reins of the Amsterdam police after George and Van den Bergen took down the previous corrupt senior police officials.

In all honesty, I found this book to have a much slower start than the previous offerings, although once it got going it really got going. There are one or two twists, there are one or two places where you can't help but wonder who is going to be the next to die, or even if our heroic duo are going to survive. With a gripping and nail biting finale, this is definitely a book worth sticking with until the end.

In the acknowledgements, the Author states that there will be more adventures for George McKenzie, and I say "bring it on".

A year ago, Georgina McKenzie received a package at a restaurant. The package contained an eyeball and all of a sudden, George's appalling mother Letitia is nowhere to be found. Now George is receiving emails from her father who she hasn't seen for the past 15 years and also appears to have disappeared. Can George concentrate on helping van den Bergen with his latest case with her family life in such turmoil? What happens when the two worlds begin to collide?

There are some series that can be read in any order and in which the novels really do standalone. The Georgina McKenzie series is not one such as this, and this novel does pick up immediately where "The Girl who walked in the Shadows" left off. I can see why authors need to appeal to new readers and I think if you had not read the others, you just wouldn't understand this one at all. Nevertheless, it is also refreshing that an author does not attempt to go over old ground for readers who are starting part way through a series and therefore the backgrounds of the characters from the previous three books are not really repeated.

In this novel, George and van den Bergen continue their unusual relationship but there is more emphasis also on the characters of Marie and particularly on "Elvis" or Dirk. I really enjoyed his chapters and also those about George's father as I felt they added a new dimension to the crime part of the story and definitely made me want them both to be saved in their own ways.

The crime being committed in this novel is a different one, in that it is actually accidental. However, the nasty characters involved are not let off the hook just because they didn't mean to kill their victims and the whole thing fits in well with the series so far; in fact, I have enjoyed it at least as much as the others, if not slightly!

All in all, I really like enjoy these George McKenzie novels and look forward to the next one being released. Definitely a 5 * read for me!