Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish.
‘Sally Rigby astounds me! How can a person consistently write such twisty, page turning, edge of your seat books?’ Goodreads 5 Star
‘The suspense is so thick you could feel it crackling around while reading.’ Goodreads 5 star
DEADLY GAMES
A killer is playing cat and mouse……. … star
DEADLY GAMES
A killer is playing cat and mouse……. and winning.
DCI Whitney Walker’s in trouble. She’s threatened with demotion if she screws up another case. So, when a killer starts murdering female students, it’s a chance to redeem herself.
Forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the text books and puts her skills to the test.
The two headstrong women join forces to stop the killer. But sparks fly when real world policing meets academic theory, and it’s not a pretty sight.
FATAL JUSTICE
A vigilante’s on the loose, dishing out their kind of justice…
A string of mutilated bodies sees Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker back in action. But when she discovers the victims have all been grooming young girls, she fears a vigilante is on the loose. And while she understands the motive, no one is above the law.
Once again, she turns to forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, to unravel the cryptic clues. But will they be able to save the next victim from a gruesome death?
DEATH TRACK
Catch the train if you dare…
After a teenage boy is found dead on a Lenchester train, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker believes they’re being targeted by the notorious Carriage Killer, who chooses a local rail network, commits four murders, and moves on.
Against her wishes, Walker’s boss brings in officers from another force to help the investigation and prevent more deaths, but she’s forced to defend her team against this outside interference.
Forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, is by her side in an attempt to bring to an end this killing spree. But how can they get into the mind of a killer who has already killed twelve times in two years without leaving behind a single clue?
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Good story lines with this author.
The characters are a likable and fairly original combination. And I like the inner thinking. But I wish that Rigby were a better writer, of a sentence. She really needs some competent copy reading. This is a “filler” book for me, to be read while waiting for an anticipated title.
Enjoyable read.
Finally, the 3 first books in the Cavendish and Walker series have been put together in a box set. If you haven’t bought the individual books yet, this is a great and cheap opportunity to meet this dynamic duo
1.DEADLY GAMES
One morning when she’s walking to her lecturing job at the university, dr Georgina Cavendish discovers the dead body of one of her students. She offers her help as a forensic psychologist to DCI Whitney Walker who turns her down. If more similar murders occur, eventually she reluctantly accepts the help of George as a profiler. The 2 women are complete opposites and at first, they can’t stand each other. As they start working together, they get to know one another and realise that there are things they have in common and that in a team opposites may be an asset. All the victims are students of the same university that’s attended by Whitney’s daughter, Tiffany who also knew some of the murdered girls.
I absolutely loved this story! This is a British detective as I like them best. Well shaped and believable characters with normal home lives and backgrounds, an exciting and original story. Nearing the end I did have a hunch who the killer was, but wasn’t sure nor completely right. I’m quite happy this is but the first book in a series, as it means there’s more to come.
2. FATAL JUSTICE
A couple of months after the ‘Campus Killer’ was caught, there’s another murder in Lenchester. The victim was a football-hero in his school days and is found dead naked with only his socks on. His private parts are amputated and are later on found cooked in his stomach. Very soon the police discover that the deceased was active in a chatroom for teenagers where he prayed on several young girls. So, there’s more than enough suspects. Then, follows another murder with the same MO. There’s hardly any cooperation from the general public, as most people seem to think that it’s a job well done. But as in George’s own words: ‘we can’t let people get away with murder because we don’t like their victims.’
And I have to admit that this is one of the very few books where I felt more sympathy for the killer than for the detectives. Well, I want to say that I disliked the fact that it is their job to catch this killer, not that I don’t like their actual characters. Those are brilliantly done and absolutely credible. As DCI Whitney and dr. George was 2 complete opposites in the first book, now they’ve got to know each other and are slowly growing a real friendship. It’s really beautifully worked into the story. Given time they’ll be a better and more realistic policing duo than Tess Gerritsen’s Rizolli and Isles (and I am a fan of those books, a little less of the TV-series)
3. DEATH TRACK
On the train from Newcastle to Lenchester a 15-year-old boy is murdered, first sedated with chloroform and then stabbed between the ribs. A MO that’s known from the ‘carriage killer’, who over the last 2 years has killed 12 people in 3 cities, 4 victims in each over a 2 week period. So DCI Whitney expects more murders. The regional task force sends 2 officers to help with the investigation. Whitney is anything but happy and thinks them patronising and uncooperative, but has to work with them anyway. On top of that, her old nemesis ‘dickhead Douglas’ (her old boss in the prequel) turns up as well and tries to meddle.
What I like about Sally Rigby’s books is that they’re so down to earth and credible, from the storyline to the procedures and investigation techniques down to the characters and their behaviour. It’s nice to see how Whitney and George influence one another over the course of the series and bring out the best in the other. Their relationship keeps growing and brings about changes in their attitudes and behaviours. George even starts dating a man she likes. This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite detective series.
I LOVE the work relationship between Cavendish and Whitney. They are on fire as a team !! This series has suspense like you won’t believe it. You’ll be thinking you have the suspect all figured out that is until Sally Rigby throws you for a loop. Gotta love those twists and turns !!
WARNING….if you don’t like fowl language (mainly the F bomb) then don’t read. I know some have issues with that but I’ll say you’ll miss out on a great series.
I received this as an ARC and this is my honest and voluntary review.