Clare Donoghue

No Place to Die is the second book in the Mike Lockyer series, but it's more focused on Jane Bennett's than Mike Lockyer since he is still recovering from the case in the previous book. I haven't read the first book, but it was easy to get into this book and the story was ok. What bothered me was that the ending didn't feel really complete. There was a suspect they were after and then they found out the real culprit, and then there was no mention at all about the previous suspect. I even searched for the person's name in the ebook to see if I missed reading it. But no.

So, I gave the book four stars at first, but after some reflections did I lower the rating to three stars instead. It was an ok read, I would like to read the first book and any book that comes after this one. But the ending just bothered me with the missing person. So I just can't give a higher rating.

Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!… (mer)

Two children discover their father dead in the morning, but is it a natural death or were he murdered? It's up to DS Jane Bennett and DI Mike Lockyer to figure it out.

DS Jane Bennett has been on leave since the brutal attack in the last book and now she is back and her first case is the death of a family father who after some investigation into his background is discovered to have some skeletons in his closets. But still, who would murder him. Could it be a close friend or a lover or his ex-wife? That's what Jane and DI Mike Lockyer have to figure out.

I read the second book in this series a couple of months ago and, despite that I didn't fully enjoy the whole book (a loose thread bothered me) was I intrigued enough to read this one. One thing that I'm a bit curious about is why the series is labeled the Mike Lockyer series since the two books I have read out of three has been just as much (if not more) about Jane Bennett as Mike Lockyer.

Anyway, I like both main characters, they work well together and they seem to be good friends, but I also have a feeling that there will be a time when their relationship will take a more romantic turn. It's only book three so who knows what will happen in the future.

The case was not a very strong or frankly intriguing case. Sometimes I feel that it's just too easy nowadays to figure out who the culprit is and for some strange reason I was suspicious of one of the characters almost from the start. But then again the title is Trust No One and I figured out that could mean that even the must unlikely person could be the one.

Still, it's a good book, easy to read. It was just not that thrilling to read. It's a decent crime novel, nothing more nothing less.

Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!… (mer)

Two children discover their father dead in the morning, but is it a natural death or were he murdered? It's up to DS Jane Bennett and DI Mike Lockyer to figure it out.

DS Jane Bennett has been on leave since the brutal attack in the last book and now she is back and her first case is the death of a family father who after some investigation into his background is discovered to have some skeletons in his closets. But still, who would murder him. Could it be a close friend or a lover or his ex-wife? That's what Jane and DI Mike Lockyer have to figure out.

I read the second book in this series a couple of months ago and, despite that I didn't fully enjoy the whole book (a loose thread bothered me) was I intrigued enough to read this one. One thing that I'm a bit curious about is why the series is labeled the Mike Lockyer series since the two books I have read out of three has been just as much (if not more) about Jane Bennett as Mike Lockyer.

Anyway, I like both main characters, they work well together and they seem to be good friends, but I also have a feeling that there will be a time when their relationship will take a more romantic turn. It's only book three so who knows what will happen in the future.

The case was not a very strong or frankly intriguing case. Sometimes I feel that it's just too easy nowadays to figure out who the culprit is and for some strange reason I was suspicious of one of the characters almost from the start. But then again the title is Trust No One and I figured out that could mean that even the must unlikely person could be the one.

Still, it's a good book, easy to read. It was just not that thrilling to read. It's a decent crime novel, nothing more nothing less.

Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!… (mer)