The Cavendish & Walker Series: Books 1-3

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Things heat up too much when the killer goes after, Whitney’s daughter, Tiffany, a university student at the college. Rigby was born in Northampton in the United Kingdom and lived all over England before making the decision to move overseas. She would eventually move to New Zealand where she still lives to this day and considers it to be the most beautiful place in the world. Sally has had a long love affair with crime fiction, films, and television shows. Her love of the genre really shows up in her writing. The cattiness of the women were sooo annoying, like can’t women just support each other and get along for god sakes. There is a lot of resistance mainly coming from Whitney. She eventually makes a somewhat hasty arrest and she gives a press conference only for it to blow up in her face when another murder happens. As time goes by more victims are discovered. The circumstances of their deaths are linked. They all have been strangled, murdered and raped, with the victim’s bodies being posed in the same position with a mobile phone left on their laps.

By the end of 'Deadly Games', you'll be hooked wanting to keep reading more to see what Cavendish and Walker do next. Definitely the author puts her name on this readers list of go to British Police procedural authors to read. This crime mystery takes a sinister turn as we take a look into the world of child grooming and vigilantes. Sally does an excellent job of portraying a complex subject weighing in with both the detestation of the crimes and atrocities committed but also weighing this against it still being wrong to take the law into one’s own hands even if the perpetrators might deserve what they get. Interestingly this particular series follows the serial killing of a vigilante fighting against paedophiles rather than too much of a focus being on the child grooming itself.This instalment sees DCI Whitney Walker & Forensic Psychologist Dr. Georgina (Aka George) Cavendish working on a case of a woman being murdered and a pink scarf left at the scene. On returning to the police station one of Whitney’s seasoned soon to retire detective starts to describe things such as the pink scarf🧣 before Whitney had the chance to describe the scene. He was referring to a cold case where the culprit was known the Lenchester Strangler. Is this there a copycat at play? The eerie thing is the latest murderer must have details of the original case, how? The victims are all women who live alone and they all have paintings from the same artist bought from the same gallery.

All was going well in her career and role when things go pear shaped, a drug bust that her always reliable informant got spectacularly wrong. That case is briefly referred to and that mistake means her job is on the line. So everything is on the line with this current case. And that is it for the positives, I'm afraid. The writing is amateurish, all tell and no show, and the dialogue is wooden and unnatural. While the relationship between George and Whitney worked, every other relationship feels awkward and psychologically unbelievable. The solution to the mystery is obvious, but at the same time, pretty unbelievable. The several dead women are treated by the narrative as disposable, and the tone felt exploitative. Wouldn't there have needed to be a bit more of an argument, with him being a bit more persuasive? And is it really likely that an academic with no police experience whatsoever would almost immediately be taken on as an unpaid advisor and given access to all the case details? I don't know, I don't really have any police or legal knowledge either. So perhaps it would. But if I'd been arrested as part of this investigation, I'd like to think that my solicitor would try and challenge it in court. They made Georgina an uptight bitch and her bf is a POS tbh he is a terrible partner and just seems to be not a nice man even before she got him cheating. He was a jerk to her almost constantly.The second book in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series is Speak No Evil. The book starts with Clifford deciding to limit his work as a private investigator when Detective Constable Bird asks for his help on a case. A year ago, a young girl was found abandoned on the streets and has barely spoken since. The police have been unable to trace her identity and have now given up on even trying. The social services team believes the girl has an intellectual disability, but Birdie knows better. I am not going to say anymore as I don’t want to give the plot away, but this is a very riveting and powerful story. I loved it. All I can say is read this dark mystery novel with a twist… I don’t think you will be disappointed. Once again Sally has come through with an AWESOME read! Each case is unique in it's own way and I look forward to trying to figure out who-done-it. When the killer targets Whitney's daughter, also a college student, things become rather fraught in fear and anger. There are surprising twists and turns leading to an unexpected ending. I wanted to like this series so much! 2 ladies solving a mystery sounded like it was going to be my jam.

This student is not the only one to be found .... very similar to the first girl. Alternating chapters give the reader an insight to the mind of a killer .. and to how law enforcement go about looking at possible suspects. And with an entire college to look at, the suspects are plenty. Through alternating chapters, the reader catches a glimpse of the mindset of the killer, while the search continues for the killer.Forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the text books and puts her skills to the test.

This was a mystery where along with Walker and Cavendish the reader also tries to figure out who-done it. Two uniquely different characters are drawn together to solve a murder..then another...and another...It’s an odd, but endearing, pairing that, especially in the first books of the series, is perilously dysfunctional. But Whitney and George, at some level, realise that they do have a real and important connection, and they both persevere to develop their professional relationship and their slow-growing personal friendship. Once again, she turns to forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, to unravel the cryptic clues. But will they be able to save the next victim from a gruesome death?