Luc is in France working with Interpol once more facing up to some old demons. Ava meanwhile is in Scotland and they soon find their cases are linked. Missing people, bodies losing their organs and a horrific game involving men hunting women. Plus they're both forced to deal with the illness of a friend. 

I am really starting to love these books. The dynamic between Luc, Ava and Natasha is amazing. I just love their connection. The story took a little getting into as theres so much going on but I found it really interesting. The ending was so utterly perfect and I need another book now. The relationships are written well but dont detract from the actual case. A brilliant continuation of the series.

Thanks to the publishers Avon and NetGalley for the chance to read a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

This, the 6th of Fields' Edinburgh crime thrillers has a different feel to it.  These books had started to feel a little formulaic, with one major investigation, one minor one and personal issues lurking in the background.  Here the story is for once fully focused on (what turns out to be) one large-scale linked crime.

Luc Callanach, who has taken something of a back seat in the recent books, is back in his native Paris, as Scottish liaison to Interpol.  He is working to uncover a suspected organ theft operation with potential Scottish victims.  Meanwhile back in Edinburgh, Ava Turner is embroiled in missing persons cases, apparently unconnected murders and a few bone fragments left by pigs, trying to piece it all together.

The underlying story is strong as usual, with clear and believable twists and discoveries.  The new characters introduced are all well-formed and distinct, and the dialogue much stronger than in previous books (I have at times had issues with the form of swearing in the books - living in Edinburgh and taking public transport I hear a fair amount of it!).

I absolutely rattled through this book in under 4 days - pretty much unheard of for me - partly due to being away on business and with no English TV channels in my hotel room, but also due to the superb rolling storyline which makes you want to read one more chapter.

A superbly told and imagined crime thriller.

Wow - this book knocked the socks of me. I haven’t read Helen Fields before and I finished it three days ago and it’s still with me. Set across Scotland and France lent it an extra edge as it felt very real, with the characters in your face and full of angst, depth and many, many more stories. The detail of some of the scenes was very graphic and kept me on the edge of my seat, although with tears in my eyes at times.

Cracking read. I’m going to go back and read all of them.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review.

4.5* 
Luc is in France working with Interpol when the body of a young Scot is found on a building site. Meanwhile Ava has a murder investigation going on in Edinburgh.

Their relationship has taken a nosedive if, indeed, it ever got off the ground. However, their cases are soon to collide and the race is on to find Bart if he’s still alive and to find a witness to yet another murder that takes place in Edinburgh.

On top of everything that’s happening at work. Natasha, Ava’s closest friend and also friends with Luc, makes a devastating revelation.

Helen Fields will have you gripped from start to finish in this complex, dark and tense tale of murder, kidnapping and trafficking. You will race through this very well written book wanting to know what happens. The build up and conclusion to the two police operations which take place one on each side of the Channel will keep you hooked to their conclusion.

Then, just when you take a breath and think that’s it the end, Natasha makes a proposal to Ava and Luc that’ll make for very interesting reading in what will surely be the next in this really good series.

This is the sixth book in the DI Callanach series which just gets better and better. I would highly recommend it.

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This book has it all : organ harvesting, sex trafficking and that’s  just for starters.  If you are a fan of the DI Callanach series, then this is a must read.  I enjoyed this book so much, I finished within 24 hours.  It was fast paced and the setting is in Edinburgh (my fave city in the world!)  I will definitely be reading the next one as I need to know if Ava and Luc finally get together.

Whoop whoop we’re back in Scotland with another instalment of DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach… I absolutely love this series and feel we’re getting a whole lot more than just a detective series, each one leads into the other as regards personal relationships and back stories which I love so I feel like I’m on the journey with Ava & Luc.

This series is going from strength to strength, Luc is on secondment to Interpol in his hometown in France with his old partner Jean-Paul. There are personal issues between them which need sorting out also! There are two investigations going on, one by Ava investigating a murder in Scotland and another by Luc investigating organ harvesting in France… however, a link is found between the two!! 

The investigation unfolds people trafficking, sex workers, illegal immigrants being used, organ harvesting… you need a strong stomach for this one!

Another absolute belter of a book, I’m still holding out promise for Luc & Ava, they deserve some good luck and love although I had an argument in work with one of the other girls because we asked which fictional character we would absolute love to go out with…. Without even  blinking… LUC… the most dishiest DI in both our opinions. 110% recommend this series

Wow!! The grittiest of Helen Fields "Perfect" series starring DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach, to date. 

This one has to be the best so far but you only decide that if you build up the back storyline of Ava, Luc and Natasha during the previous 4 books in this series.

There are 2 storylines here. Follow DCI Ava Turner in Edinburgh and DI Luc Callanach in Paris. Yet both cases come across each other but are not directly linked. Stunning descriptions of the 2 cases coming to their dramatic ends. 

I must admit 1 of the storylines (won't say which one) reminds me of a storyline in one of Stuart Macbrides fairly recent novels and the other storyline rings a bell elsewhere too but still brilliant. Still a must.

Can't wait for the next one in the "Perfect" series

This book starts out with a bang and it just keeps getting better and better. It's a roller coaster of a ride so buckle up. Happy reading!

This was one shivery read. The scenes described were so realistic, I felt I was present right there.

This was a police procedural with Luc Callanach and Ava Turner both investigating different crimes yet they found it to be linked. The book had human trafficking, organ harvesting, abuse and debasement of women along with hard work and determination of the cops.

My first book by author Helen Fields, I was blown away by the subplots. There were many and varied, and the author brought them all together as the pages turned. Human abuse and trafficking are difficult topics for me to read, they fired my blood right up. Kindle screen was tapped as I wanted to get to the end. I wanted the abusers found and hung dry.

The author's writing was fabulous, even with a topic I usually skim read, I was pulled to read this. I have to be honest, some things made me cringe, and I couldn't bring myself to read the acts done on men and women. For me, it was pretty graphic.

The dark psyche of the real world was shown in the subplots, but there was light at the end of the tunnel when the cops tighten the noose on the gang. Both the main characters were well etched, this was a new series for me, yet I didn't have much catching up to do.

A gritty hard-hitting thriller with graphic scenes showing the underbelly of the society well weaved in a police procedural with superfluous writing where suspense is raised with each chapter.

Sometimes it’s very hard to read books about stories that you heard all your early school years because I was born and raised in an Eastern European country and the main plot of this book is about human trafficking and organ sellers on the black market. 
It’s a very well written story with great characters and a gripping read that unfortunately, comes from real-life stories that are still happening. 
It’s my first book by the author but I’m going to read more because there’s a back story between the characters that I’m really curious about and want to know more. They are challenging and compelling and I loved how their characters developed.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

DI Callanach #6

The story is set between Edinburgh and Paris and covers two cases that are somehow linked. A young man is kidnapped in Edinburgh but he is reported as a missing person. DCI Ava Turner is working on the case. DI Luc Callanach now works in France helping Interpol. The investigation in France is around illegal organ transplants. Ava is also investigating a murder.

Once again I did  ot k ow that this book was part of a series when I requested it. It's dark and gruesome in places. The characters were believable. There are some funny but also some upsetting scenes. I do feel I have missed out on a lot of the background story  y  it having read the rest of the books in this series. I did enjoy this story.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author Helen Fields for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As always, an absolutely brilliant read by Helen Fields. Her writing style is so clever and so addictive and I am thrilled I got to be one of the first people to read this book. Thank you.

Another great book in the DI Luc Callanach series and it’s a series that gets better and better. 
The book starts off with Ava in Scotland and Luc in France, helping Interpol out. 
They’re just about talking after what happened in the previous book but soon the disappearance of a young man brings their investigations together. 
Natasha gets some bad news and both Luc and Ava are there to help her through it. 
The investigation in France is centred around illegal organ transplants but they seem to be kidnapping the ‘donors’ from Scotland. 
As well as this Ava has another murder to solve which leads to a particularly nasty group running brothels and killing women for fun. 
This book has a great pace but the final few chapters are non-stop action and had me well and truly hooked. 
The ending, as always left me wanting more from this great series. 
Thanks to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I like a book that can actually hold my attention from the first few pages.

This is the first book I'm reading in this series and it really did well as a stand alone.

A riveting read for me!

Thank you NetGalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for my honest review

This is the sixth book by Helen Fields in the DI Luc Callanach series featuring DCI Ava Turner called Perfect Kill. It’s set in Edinburgh and abroad in Paris.

Bart lived at home with his mum and had a part-time job at a restaurant which he enjoyed as he could pick up extra shifts. His mum didn’t mind as he always woke her as he left the house with a cup of tea in the mornings and they helped look after each other. Only something must have gone wrong, Bart hadn’t woken her, she didn’t have her cup of tea and his bed hadn’t been slept in, where was he?

Bart didn’t remember leaving the restaurant when he woke up but now he was alone, in the dark and he was shut in somewhere and he was moving. He soon finds out that he’s tethered by his ankle to a pole in the middle of a room that has no door but there are bottles of water, a big bag of food and a bucket in a corner. He is a prisoner.

Bart’s mum is reporting him missing just as a body is found over in Paris with all it’s internal organs missing plus the eyes. DI Luc Callanach is liaising over there with Interpol with another case.  He let’s DCI Turner know. They become involved as it turns out to be a missing person from Edinburgh. How did a missing person from Edinburgh turn up in Paris when he didn’t leave the country? His passport is still at home. Why would all his organs be missing? 

There are other strange happenings around Edinburgh as well with other killings happening. One is where at least three remains are found, by a farmer, in with his pigs that need investigating. Where have the bodies come from? How long have they been there? If the farmer had been behind it, he wouldn’t be likely to report it, would he?

Wow, this was a brilliant read from start to finish and was a roller coaster of a ride! It was unputdownable and I loved every minute of it. I have some catching up to do on this series but this made me realise how much I love it.
5 out 5 stars

So unfortunately I hadn’t read the other books in this series about DI Callanach, however that didn’t matter as this works well as a stand alone book also. This book centres on the abduction, trafficking and slavery of women and how brutally they are treated. As the team investigates we get to know the characters better- some nice, some not so nice. A pacy read, not for the faint hearted.

I seem to have a habit of doing this; selecting books from series that I haven’t come across before, this one is the latest book in the DI Callanach series set in Scotland (and a bit of France). And I’m grateful to see this hasn’t affected my enjoyment of this latest offering - it sucked me right in. This is a brutal tale (not one for the squeamish) into kidnapping and modern slavery, with some pretty despicable excuses for humans. Their treatment of the women they’ve abducted is abhorrent. There’s also the baffling case of young Scottish man whose body is found dumped on a French building site, all of his organs have been harvested. This is the tale of the police team that investigates these crimes - headed by DCI Ava Turner. This is a gripping read, with some characters that you’ll warm to, and others that you’ll want to see meet a sticky end. I’m definitely going to check out the earlier books in the series.

A superb sixth book in this series featuring DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach, which firmly remains top of my favourite tartan noir crime thrillers.  Perfect Kill is thoroughly captivating, thrilling, chilling and a perfectly addictive read.
Ava and Luc are physically separated, with Luc in France and Ava remaining in Edinburgh.  Whilst Ava and the usual murder team are investigating the disappearance of a young man in Edinburgh, Luc is helping Interpol with an investigation into human trafficking. It soon becomes apparent that the two investigations are linked and the teams in Scotland and France must move very quickly to avert disastrous consequences for many potential victims.
It is great to see the introduction of new characters in both Scotland  and France, together with the development of existing favourites such as Lively and Natasha.
I commend Helen Fields yet again  for her original and creative ideas with her storylines as ‘Perfect Kill’ is yet another of her books which demonstrates her skill as an author.
Thanks to NetGalley for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I never realised this was The sixth book in a series, unfortunately I’m one of those readers who prefers to read a series in order.  I have read some great reviews for this book and the authors writing, so I have bought the whole series in the hope I will get to read them soon.

I never thought this author could get better. OMG I was so wrong!!!!!. Personally her best book in the series so far. Atmospheric with tension you could cut with a knife. Chilling, dark very dark and utterly gripping. This is a MUST READ, finished this book in a day, it was so good. This read had me glued to my seat and tapping my kindle faster and faster. I was constantly holding my breath and it definitely got my heart racing. A tour de force of a very dark crime and so Highly Recommended. 
Thanks to Avon Books UK and Netgalley for the ARC.