Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: Killer's Countdown

Subtitle: (DI Shona McKenzie #1)

Author: Wendy H. Jones

Genre: Murder Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23785817-killer-s-countdown

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Shona’s husband left her for another after moving back to Dundee. As a newly promoted DI, she is tasked to find who is killing several women. Will she succeed to find the killer?

What I liked about the book:

This is a great murder mystery which gives us glimpses from the murderer’s perspective, too.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I liked the entire book.

My favourite bits in the book:

How Rory keeps butting his little head in.

My least favourite bits in the book:

There were none.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This was the first book I’ve read by this author and I would love to read some further books in the series.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a great murder mystery.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Maybe

Adult Yes

If you like murder mysteries, this book may be the book for you

Book Description by Author:

Amazon best selling novel.

Dead Women

A Ruthless Killer

A Detective with something to prove

Newly promoted DI Shona McKenzie struggles to cope with her new job, the respect of her colleagues, and the need to solve the hardest case of her life.

Will she succeed?

For lovers of books by Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Alex Gray, Stuart MacBride, Lin Anderson

About the Author:

Wendy H. Jones lives in Scotland, and her police procedural series featuring Detective Inspector Shona McKenzie, is set in the beautiful city of Dundee, Scotland. Wendy has led a varied and adventurous life. Her love for adventure led to her joining the Royal Navy to undertake nurse training. After six years in the Navy she joined the Army where she served as an Officer for a further 17 years. This took her all over the world including Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Much of her spare time is now spent travelling around the UK, and lands much further afield. As well as nursing Wendy also worked for many years in Academia. This led to publication in academic textbooks and journals. Killer's Countdown is her first novel and the first book in the Shona McKenzie Mystery series