Details and descriptive prose in this police procedural.
A lovely Christmas card gives the plan: “Twelve Days. Twelve murders. Twelve Victims. And they all deserve what’s coming to them.”
DI James Walker and his wife, Annie, have recently relocated from London to the small village of Kirkby Abbey. Annie’s mother had left them the house and they both agreed that there was danger to them staying in London. At first it’s quiet and a far cry from what James had been used to in his job at the Met, but as a huge snowstorm heads their way, the police are confronted with a serial killer who has the intent to rid the community of certain townspeople. First one body is found and then another as the killer begins by leaving a dead partridge on James and Annie’s doorstep.
This was rather slow moving with lots of red herrings as James and his fellow constables attempt to identify the killer and stop them from completing their mission. Although I liked him, Annie got on my nerves and for some reason their entire relationship seemed so blah. The investigation was plodding along and finally the identity of the villain is revealed. I have the second in the series to read, but might take awhile to circle back to it.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon/HarperCollins Publishers for the e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the first in a series to be read in order.
Genre - police procedural, murder mystery
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