Deadly Games by Sally Rigby
Book 1 in the Cavendish & Walker series
Narrated by Clare Corbett
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
Book 1 in the Cavendish & Walker series
Narrated by Clare Corbett
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
About Deadly Games:
A killer is playing deadly games with local students… and the only prize is murder. Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker has worked hard to get where she is. A single mother, she joined the police force when she was eighteen and never looked back… until one wrong move put her in jeopardy of losing her job. So when a serial killer starts murdering female students at a nearby university, she knows this is it: her chance to stop a killer and redeem her career… or blow it and say goodbye to the job she loves.
Aided (and sometimes impeded) by Dr Georgina Cavendish, a lecturer who steps out of the isolated world of academia when one of her students is murdered, Walker soon arrests the obvious culprit. Everything seems to have worked out…
… until another girl is murdered while Cavendish and Walker’s prime suspect is still behind bars.
Now, Walker is being removed from the case, replaced by someone a bit more “suitable.” But when Cavendish persuades her to continue working the case, the two women join forces to discover the truth and solve the mystery behind the killings… before Walker’s own daughter becomes the next victim of a serial killer’s Deadly Games.
Source: Info in the "About Deadly Games" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44297767-deadly-games on 31/07/2023.
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My Thoughts:
This is my second series by Sally Rigby. I wasn't too impressed by the first one that I stopped following the series by book two. This time around this series sounds promising.
There is a few moments in the story that I was not very convinced about. Like Walker's abrupt turn around about accepting help. It could happen, I guess. But the way the story was told, I was not convinced that Walker would do such abrupt 90 degrees. However, I am willfully ignoring it for the wonderful reading time I got with this book!
This is my first Clare Corbett audiobook listen and I would buy audiobooks by her again.
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4.5
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (7 hrs and 3 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4.5
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (7 hrs and 3 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Books In The Cavendish & Walker Series:
Meet The Author
About Sally Rigby:
Sally Rigby was born in Northampton, UK. After leaving university she worked in magazines and radio, before finally embarking on a career lecturing in both further and higher education. Sally has always had the travel bug and after living in Manchester and London moved overseas. From 2001 she has lived with her family in New Zealand (apart from five years in Australia), which she considers to be the most beautiful place in the world.
Sally is the author of the acclaimed Cavendish and Walker series, and the more recent Detective Sebastian Clifford series. In collaboration with another author, she also writes psychological thrillers for Boldwood Books.
Sally has always loved crime fiction books, films and TV programmes. She has a particular fascination with the psychology of serial killers.
The Narrator
About Clare Corbett:
Clare Corbett has appeared in television shows such as Casualty, Eastenders and Doctors, as well as numerous radio plays and video games. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actor/Actress in the BBC Audio Drama Awards, and is a winner of the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Radio Award.
FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
