Behind closed doors by Kerry Wilkinson.
Jessica Daniel Series Book 7.
Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel has barely left her house in months, isolated away from friends and colleagues. She may have given up on herself but one man is sure she still has something to offer.
DCI Jack Cole gives her a chance at redemption: An opportunity to help a neighbouring force by discovering what is going on with a reclusive community living in a stately home in the middle of nowhere.
People are going missing, turning up dead with only a vague link back to the house. But can Jessica beat her own demons in time to find out exactly what's going on behind closed doors?
A great read with good characters. I do like this author. 4*.

I just love Kerry Wilkinson's books and this book Behind Closed Doors - Detective Jessica Daniel thriller series Book 7 was just Brilliant. I am finding this series getting better and Better. One of my favourite Detectives series.
Thank you Netgalley for the electronic copy in exchange for an honest review.

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I discovered Kerry Wilkinson through Netgalley and she is now one of my favorite authors ever! I have read all of her books and can't wait for more. This novel is no exception; it has everything you will want in a mystery suspense novel. The Jessica Daniel character grows more from novel to novel.~

In one sentence, an emotionally broken detective goes undercover to figure out what's happening behind the closed doors of any cult.
This is the 7th in a series and I know I would have liked it more if I had read the first 6 books. There were references to previous events that I didn't understand and to people I didn't know about. In other words, I didn't have a history. Given that, I still enjoyed the book. Because of my confusion, it started slow with my re-reading what I didn't understand but the last third was a 'can't put it down' thriller.
The only other challenge for me was that the author must be from the U.K.? There were a few words & phrases I didn't understand but I was able to figure it out after a re-read or two. It didn't detract from the quality of the story.

Excellent book as usual from Kerry Wilkinson, loved the way it was written, in that the way Jessica was feeling upon starting the the book, evolved into the story of her slowly returning back to work, with each section of the book having its own implications upon a certain stage in Jessica's life.

Loved this. The characterisation was impeccable as always. Jessica remains my flawed heroine for the new century. Great of Kerry to change theme for this book and I loved the way the book really concentrated on Jessica. I guessed - partly what was happening in the basement, but didn't guess who so that was great.

After reading book number 6 in the Jessica Daniel series, I was certainly glad to have this one waiting for me. Book number 6 leaves us with a bit of a cliffhanger regarding whether or not Jessica is pregnant. What made me laugh is that Kerry knew going into this book that the reader would want to know right away. Did he tell us? No. Of course not. He sloooowly dragged us along chapter by chapter. Of course the parts with Jess on the job were fast moving and very exciting (but more about that later). Little snippets of what happened. Of what happened to Adam. What happened to Jessica’s parents. I mean, geez. Okay, okay, I liked it. Nice job on the stringing us along Kerry. The awesome thing about Kerry Wilkinson and the way he writes is that his brain must be so organized to create all the little details and then just whoosh them altogether so at the end the reader is not left guessing.

The plot of this book has to do with Jessica going undercover to investigate a secluded community of people that dead people keep turning up from. It is full of suspense and I was on the edge of the couch as I was reading it. I read the last 80% of the book in one sitting. That is how good this book was. It was different from other Jessica Daniel books. She works solo in this book because she is undercover the whole time. This made the book even more thrilling since there really wasn’t any backup or time for her to think in between ventures. She was completely immersed in this psycho community.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kerry Wilkinson, and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A lot has happened since the last Jessica Daniels book, the detective’s life has fallen apart and she’s stopped working, locking herself in her home, refusing contact with anyone.. She reluctantly agrees to help DCI Jack Cole and a nearby police department look into the disappearances and deaths of people who have connections to a strange group that takes people who have given up on life into their fold. People just like Jessica. She’s the perfect choice for an undercover agent to infiltrate the group. Can Jessica solve this case and find a way back to the life she used to lead? More character driven and darker than the other books in this series, I think it’s the best one so far.

I was very surprised to read that so much had happened to Jessica in her personal life since the last book and that she hasn't been working. It was a great way to start book #7 as it left me wanting to know all that had happened. Jessica is offered the opportunity to go undercover into the house of a cult where some of its members have been found murdered after having been last seen at the house. I really enjoyed the storyline of this book and I loved the fast-paced, intensity of it all. So looking forward to the next book in this great series!

This is a different kind of Jessica Daniel book. While she's usually surrounded by characters that we've come to know and love over the series, in this book she's alone. She's suffered immensely lately, and she's pushed everyone away... including Adam, not for the first time. She's not working, she's not doing much of anything. Our usually scrappy Jessica is simply existing.

In an attempt to bring Jessica back to work, she's asked for help in a very unusual case: a commune that's being investigated. She is expected to live there and gather information with very little contact with the outside world. Because she would be alone and the group has connections with people that have turned up dead, it's understood that it could get very dangerous. All she has to do is wander by where the group is recruiting to attract their attention. They only invite the broken into their fold, and immediately recognise Jessica as what she now is: a broken, depressed person who needs help.

She knows shortly after she arrives that something is wrong: the list of rules is long, questions are discouraged, fear of outsiders is encouraged, and the leader seems to have a proclivity for easily manipulated young women despite his marriage. She begins to think that breaking the rules or trying to leave is leading to the deaths of innocent people but needs to have proof. Every moment she's there she's in danger, thanks to her inquiries and hidden cell phone. Can she find out the truth about this supposedly supportive group before they find out the truth about her?

Gripping and well-written. I did find it to be perhaps the darkest of the series so far and missed the usual banter between Jessica and her colleagues. Sometimes changes are necessary to keep things fresh, though. Jessica is as low as we've ever seen her, and it's easy to feel connected to her and sympathize with her. Kerry does a great job of making you feel for his characters!

I received an ARC of this novel from Net Galley and Bookouture, thank you! My review is honest and unbiased.

I did not enjoy this book as much as the others in the series. It just never gripped me and left me disappointed. I enjoyed the other books in the series but missed the interaction of the characters in this one. The book was well written but I guessed the ending halfway through and I struggled to like any of the characters. Many thanks to Net Galley for my copy. I reviewed on Goodreads and Amazon

For some reason, I hadn't even read a blurb about this book. So imagine my shock to find how wrong things have gone for Jessica in the 9 months since the last book ended. You are slowly given flashbacks filling you in on what has transpired over the past nine months.

In an attempt to get her re-engaged, Cole asks her to help another police force investigate a cult living in a manor house. A young man known to have been living there has turned up dead - beaten and drowned. Struggling as she is with her own issues, it's risky to take on this undercover assignment.

I realized about halfway through the book that I was really missing the rest of the team. There is always a bit of humor to their interactions. This is a much darker book without it. Don't get me wrong, I really liked this book, but I've loved the interaction between the team and I missed that here.

Once again, Wilkinson draws you in with an edge of your seat tale. Scary with some great creepy villains.

My thanks to netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of this book. I’m hoping Bookouture is about to release the remaining books Kerry Wilkinson has already written.

This, the 7th in the Jessica Daniels series, gets a 3.5 rating from me, as I didn't enjoy it as much as no. 6, which was great.
Jessica is in a deep depression after losing her father and her baby, and living alone, not working, basically having shut herself away from the world.
When she's asked to go undercover, investigating a shadowy cult-like group whose charismatic leader holds his group of mostly young women in thrall and away from the outside world. After even a few days Jessica realizes there is a deep undercurrent of evil and realizes she, like the others, is a prisoner and in danger.
The atmosphere is claustrophobic and tense, with some scary moments. However, there was not one character I liked and even Jessica was not as likeable to me. I missed the relationship between her and her team and after a slightly unbelievable ending, I'm looking forward to no. 8 when Jessica is back to her old self.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC.

Another brilliant book from this author. I love this series - it just gets better. I think this is one of my favourite crime series ever! I cannot wait for the next Jessica Daniel book!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this review copy.

This is the 7th book in the Jessica Daniel series. This book can be read as a standalone book, but obviously it would help to have read the previous books in the series first for continuity and understanding of the story.

I started this one with some hesitation as I felt the previous book (Thicker than Water) was lacking something and didn’t enjoy it as much as I had the others. Silly me! Jessica is back with a bang!! The last book was left on a cliff-hanger (I won’t say what in case you haven’t read it yet!) and to be honest when I started this one I was a bit confused. I had to go back to the ending of the previous book to see if I remembered it right as it seemed that I had missed out a huge chunk of storyline!! It was okay though, and as the book went on, it all came clear, with the gaps in the story being explained bit by bit.

The story switches between present day and some 9 months previously. In present day Jessica is being asked to go undercover to investigate a potential cult that has a link to a dead body. It would mean cutting ties with everyone and everything and going into a potentially dangerous situation with no means of contact with the outside world. In Jessica’s current state of mind, this suits her down to the ground and she agrees to be ‘invited’ into the house which is run by Moses and his wife Zipporah. The 9 months earlier story is the follow on to the cliff hanger from the previous book. I won’t go too much into detail for fear of spoiling the story but it had me in tears!

This was, I think, the best book of the series so far. I thought the storyline was strong and got me from page one. For me, the fact that it was just Jessica was what won it over. Whilst I love her interaction with Adam and the members of her team, it was great just to have her on her own watching her develop back into the tough policewoman we all know and love! Welcome back Jessica!!

Five stars! Onto book number 8!

After suffering the loss of her father, and then losing the baby she was carrying, Detective Daniel has been holed up at home for months. She's on leave from work and doesn't even know if she is ever going back. She has chased away the man she loves.

Her supervisor approaches her and says he has a job for her that will allow her to put her toes in without working with her entire team. A young man's body has been found .. badly beaten and strangled. The are working on the assumption that he had something to do with a possible cult in the area. He wants Jessica to go in under cover to see if there is anything she sees that might allow them to get a search warrant.

Reluctantly she lets herself be recruited and what she sees is extremely troublesome. Inmates .. which in essence they are... are mostly young girls. Their 'guru' for better title likes the young girls ...too much. His wife seems to be as brainwashed as the others. There are older men who do the hard work .. yard work, mechanics, etc. But they seem as dominant as the guru.

More deaths occur and its up to Jessica to find something ...anything ... that will help put these people away. It's only when facing personal danger that she realizes what she has walked away from. But is it too late for regrets?

Having read most of this series, this book is not my favorite. It's still good, it's suspenseful, but not quite so much as the others I have read. I did see a side to Jessica that's new, but her self pity got a little tiresome. Adam, the boyfriend, has the patience of a saint, but that too got old. I was hoping he would yell at her, slam a door, something that would show his emotional upheaval.

It's been a tremendously good series so far and I fervently hope it continues.

Many thanks to the author / Bookouture / Netgalley for the digitl copy of this book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This series keeps on getting better and better. This book was brilliant I loved every minute and couldn't stop turning the pages. There was enough twists and turns to keep me engaged. I feel like i'm getting to know the characters and I cant wait for their next adventure. 5 out of 5.