Sunday 26 November 2017

Cold Christmas: Alastair Gunn review

Cold Christmas (Antonia Hawkins #4) 

By: Alastair Gunn
Rating: 3 Star

DCI Antonia Hawkins is investigating a series of murders where there is no sign of any external trauma on the bodies. On top of that, things are not going well in her relationship with fellow officer DI Mike Maguire.

How is the murderer killing their victims and what connects the victims?

This is my first Alastair Gunn novel and I enjoyed it.

Hawkins is a well-rounded dedicated police central character and determinedly tracks through the complicated case. The case takes some interesting twists and turns into spirituality and devil worship but Gunn keeps it penned to realistically sounding police procedures.

There is some backstory to an attack on Antonia in a previous novel so I'd recommend reading these books in order if possible if you want to get a full understanding of the lead character's full profile.

It was an enjoyable read, with a suitable amount of twists and turns but a large % of the plot is focused on the personal relationship between Antonia and Mike which does distract from the action repeatedly. I would happily read another one of Gunn's novels though.

Many thanks to Netgalley for providing this book for review in exchange for an honest review.

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