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Five Bloody Hearts
Five Bloody Hearts: An Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller with a Huge Twist | Joy Ellis
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From multiple #1 best-selling author Joy Ellis, comes a mystery that will have you glued from first page to last, with a truly shocking conclusion. DETECTIVE MATT BALLARD’S LAST CASE MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT FINALLY BREAKS HIM. Grace Repton, a beautiful older woman, walks into the police station to tell Matt she has information that could stop a murder. Her fiancé, the infamous serial killer Jeremy Reader, has told her that he has a disciple who is going to kill using Reader’s horrific methods. Reader murdered five women and was finally brought to justice by Detective Ballard. Reader is safely imprisoned in a high security prison, and claiming to be a reformed man who wants to help the police. But can Matt believe the serial killer or his peculiar wife to be? Can the love of a good woman really change a serial killer? And the Fenland police also have another investigation on their hands. A Lithuanian migrant worker is found dead on the fens. There is no ID on him, but he has a Tree of Life tattoo. The third body to be found with this distinctive tattoo. Is this gang war or something even more sinister? CAN YOU TRUST A KILLER TO HELP STOP A KILLER? The police are stretched to breaking point with multiple copycat murders. And Matt and his girlfriend Liz will fight for everything they care about in a heart-stopping conclusion that will have you on the edge of your seat. This is the sequel to the #1 best-selling BEWARE THE PAST. Perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell.
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eeclayton
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Five Bloody Hearts is a thriller in which a convicted serial killer warns a detective from prison that a copycat killer might be on the loose. The detective has his doubts about the serial killer's intentions, but an investigation starts, and not surprisingly, some gruesome murders are discovered.
The ending was a bit underwhelming, but overall I enjoyed it.
(Full review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6106414202?book_show_action=false)

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BarbaraBB The plot sounds great! 11mo
Librarybelle I‘ve wondered about her books - I‘ve not read any, and her name is not huge in the US. But, I‘ve seen some good reviews of her books on Litsy. Sounds intriguing! 11mo
eeclayton @Librarybelle I hadn't heard about her either before my sister got me a blind book box for my birthday last year and this was one of the 10 books in there. 11mo
Crazeedi Sounds interesting, I like finding authors from other countries, the writing is always different. 11mo
Kristy_K The plot sounds good! 11mo
Hooked_on_books Sounds interesting! 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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This was still a good read, but o think I preferred the first book in the series, and I missed Liz‘s involvement in this one. Hopefully we will see more of her in the next book now that Matt has left the police force and they are both going private. Like with the first book there were some good twists in this book.

Book 2 finished for the #20in4 Readathon

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Moving straight onto book 2 of the Detective Matt Ballard Series.

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