An very interesting plot very well written it pulls you in great strong characters
At times, I was caught off guard - in a good way! I found this book to be gripping i recommend to you all

I was looking forward to reading this book after it has been linked to a quote by Shari Lapena (The Couple Next Door) who is one of my new favourite authors however I was disappointed with the read. I could not relate to the characters and did not enjoy the read.

A Twist of The Knife is the third book in Becky Masterman's Brigid Quinn series. An original and powerful female character with a great storyline.

With thanks to The Orion Publishing Group for allowing us an advance copy of this book in exchange for review – the third in a series by Becky Masterman, however we’ve not read any of the previous books and had no problem getting stuck into this story reading it as a standalone.

Here we meet Bridget Quinn reminiscing on her first time witnessing someone’s execution and flashing forwards to present day where she winds up travelling to her parents as her dad is gravely ill and reencountering an old colleague who is now desperate to save a man days away from execution on death row. Marc Creighton is accused of the murder of his wife, thanks to some loose fingerprint evidence, and it’s also believed he murdered his children who disappeared the same night.

Marc however has always protested his innocence but can he convince those who want to put him to death in time? Bridget is looking over the case and this turns into a gripping thriller with a race against the clock element – unfortunately at some point the clock runs out but the pace of the story doesn’t falter and there are many more puzzle pieces to fit together before the oh my god twist of an ending!

A fantastic crime narrative and I’m sure to return to this author!

An interesting plot with some well written characters and great narrative.
At times, I was caught off guard - in a good way! I found this book to be
original in it's storyline and POV.

*Full review will follow but needless to say, I did enjoy this and would recommend it to others

This is the first book of this series I have read and I think I would have benefited from reading them in sequence as I felt I missed Brigid's back story. Ex FBI, Brigid is drawn into a cold case by a former colleague, Laura, who is trying get a stay of execution for a death row inmate. Marcus Creighton has been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife and children but Laura is convinced that new evidence can prove that the original investigation was flawed and that he is innocent.
This is a superior crime novel, plenty of suspense, suspects and dubious police officers. Many of the characters are not particularly likeable but that didn't bother me. Any book that has a 60 year old main female character, who is not decrepit or senile, is a plus in my opinion! A very enjoyable read.
My thanks to netgalley for this copy.

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

Although A Twist of the Knife is the 3rd book in the Brigid Quinn series, I decided to jump straight in and I'm really pleased that I did. For me, you can tell that this is part of a series as the characters are already very well developed and I think I missed out a little bit by not reading the first 2 books (something I do intend to remedy very soon). Putting that to one side, this is a great book and there is so much going on that your head will be in a spin until the cleverly drawn out conclusion.

A Twist of the Knife has one of the most chilling prologues I have ever read, as Brigid witnesses her first execution. 35 years later Brigid heads to Florida as her Dad is in hospital and whilst there meets up with Laura Coleman. Laura is working on a death row case, that of Marcus Creighton who was convicted of killing his wife and children. The bodies of the children were never found, which has caught the attention of Alison Samuels who works for an organisation specialising in locating missing children. With four days left before Marcus Creighton is executed, can Laura, with help from Brigid, prove that he didn't kill his family and will Alison Samuels find the missing Creighton children?

Brigid Quinn is such a feisty character. She keeps her emotions very close to her chest and I loved her interactions with her very dysfunctional family over her father's hospital bed. The Quinns know just which buttons to press in each other and you can almost feel them fizzing with barely controlled emotions. It was while enjoying such scenes that I realised how much of the building up of Brigid's character that I had missed by not reading the first 2 books. Not that it spoiled my enjoyment of the story at all, I just think it would have been enhanced by knowing more about her in advance.

The story of Marcus Creighton was excellent. Not that I could say whether it was accurate or not, but the police procedural element appeared to have been meticulously researched. I felt like I was in a race against time as the countdown to Marcus's execution began and I truly believed that he was as innocent as Laura claimed him to be. Will Brigid be able to uncover the truth before it is too late? You will just have to read it and see!

This definitely has the potential to be a 5 star book but, through no fault of the author, I have awarded 4 stars purely because I felt that I was missing something. Totally my fault by not reading the books in order, but it is the mark of a good book when I am looking to add the earlier books to my TBR pile in order to catch up with Brigid's story.

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

I enjoyed A Twist Of The Knife. It is clever, both serious and witty, and is a gripping read. It is the third in a series, but it works very well as a stand-alone book.

On the face of it, the plot sounds familiar and hackneyed, as a former FBI agent becomes involved in a friend's attempts to prove the innocence of a man before he is executed. In fact it felt original and fresh, and it also has important things to say about capital punishment. The plot develops in a credible way and avoids ridiculous "twists," but holds genuine surprises, some of which go very much against what one expects in a story like this.

The story is narrated by Brigid Quinn and it is her voice which makes this such a good book. She is 60 years old and in a stable marriage to a sane, supportive husband and is intelligent, tough, has some ordinary human frailties and is often sharply witty. It's a terrific voice which drives the story very well and also generates a very powerful sense of place in Florida. I thought the first half of the book was exceptionally good; the second half became rather less original in tone and structure; it was still well done, but the climax didn't grip me nearly as much as the first part of the book.

Small reservations aside, I can recommend this as a gripping and entertaining read and I will be looking out for more in the series.

(I received an ARC via Netgalley)