Another excellent book from Helen Fields. Following a very difficult close encounter DCI Ava Turner has decided that the potential relationship with DI Luc Callanach is never going to happen and has agreed that Luc should go back to France as the Scottish Liaison Officer to Interpol. Luc has to face his past and work with his old partner whilst Ava deals with a murder in Scotland. When their two cases start to show similarities they are forced to face each other again. Great storyline and great characters.

Wow, what a rollercoaster of a journey.

This book had me hooked from the outset. It was gripping, dark but the ongoing storyline of the main characters was mesmerising.

Thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the books in the series & this one did not disappoint.

Helen Fields has a way of writing things which take you just to the edge. Just to that point where you have had enough of the scenario to know what’s going to happen next, then cutting away to the next scene or the aftermath. This makes her books really good. Sometimes that little bit left to your own imagination can have so much more of an impact.

The Perfect Kill is a perfect example of this with the description of some of the crimes being “peep-through-your-fingers” frightening, whilst maintaining a real believability.

In Edinburgh a young man is kidnapped and drugged. Waking up in a container he is soon swapped for a group of young women. Where is he being taken and what is in store for him.

In France a body is discovered minus its vital organs.

Back in Edinburgh a low level gang leader is running a bunch of brothels, using women that have been forced into the sex trade; but he has a side line that earns him much more money, and it’s not good news for some of the girls in the brothels.

In Scotland DCI Ava Turner takes the lead on the investigation into the kidnap of the young man. Meanwhile her partner DI Luc Callanach is back on his home turf of France acting as a liaison officer for Police Scotland and Interpol, and starts to investigate the the case of the man with the missing organs.

Inevitably the two cases are linked, and Turner and Callanach are thrown into a joint investigation.

This book is the 6th in the series. I’ve been on board from the start and I’m hooked. The characters in the series are amongst my favourites in Crime Fiction. Turner and Callanach have a unique relationship. Callanach has a past that has a lasting impact on him, he suffers from a form of PTSD that affects him in ways that can only be described as frustrating.

But he is a really good police officer, and after winning the respect of Turner, and her MIT, it all went wrong when part of his past came back to haunt him. This led to him being moved back to France, on a temporary basis, but now everybody wants to build bridges and get him home to Scotland.

This book is a roller-coaster of a story. Horrific in places, haunting in others, emotional throughout, but this just makes it readable. In fact I hardly put it down from start to finish.

Pages: 416
Publisher: Avon Books
Available: 6th February 2020

Brilliantly written thriller on a subject that’s hard to swallow but so real in this day and age. Sex trafficking is so real but so hard to read about. Helen fields uses this subject so well and helps the reader warm to the poor girls this is happening to.
Luc has gone to work for Interpol in France and Ava still in the UK, join forces when two young men go missing from the UK. The stories collide and the team work together to solve the impossible.

I have received a copy of this book from Netgalley - thank you.
as book 6 of a series I was nervous there would be a lot of background that I would feel like I missed out but like many good police series it was easy to pick up who the characters were and how they ticked. Being set between Scotland and France was an interesting angle as they are two places I have a limited knowledge of however I love a good police tale - and this was one of those.
A good helping of twists and turns and suspence towards the ending of the parallel but intertwined plots
I very much enjoyed this book and will be looking to read more in this series

I really devoured this series. In less than 2 months I have read all parts, including this ARC which I received thanks to Netgalley.

The characters in this series are so real, so recognizable. Something you often see in English crime and thriller books. However, the writer knows how to touch something that really gives you the feeling that you know the characters, sympathize with them and are directly involved with each and everyone of them.

Since there is a clear red line in all books of the Luc Callanagh and Ava Turner series, it is important to read the books in order. And believe me, it's absolutely worth it.

In this part, more is played on the personal level of the main characters. The way in which the writer also shows the sides of the victims and the perpetrators ensures that you are completely involved in the whole and I therefore had trouble putting the book away.

The book actually seems to consist of two parts. There is a crime that connects Scotland and France, which is why Luc is back at Interpol. But there is also the issue of women being used and abused in prostitution. Slowly these stories come together and despite the fact that you think you know how things work from the start, you get a surprise again. Something Helen Fields really does very well in all her books.

This part is definitely recommended and I can hardly wait for the next part.

Perfect Kill is part of a series but I read it as a new reader. This novel works fine as a standalone work. This is probably one of the most brutal and intense books I've read this year or even ever.

Perfect Kill by Helen Fields. What a whirlwind of action! Well developed and interesting characters with completely vile villains. The crimes are disturbing and difficult to read. First book in the DI Callanach series that I have read and it won't be the last. Enjoyed following Ava and Luc and the rest of the team.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

This is a gripping and an emotional book which is the sixth book in the series but it is also a stand alone book which only touches on the back story. I have read all five books and each book gets better and better. The story is divided by two detectives one in Edinburgh and the other in Paris who are investigating a organ harvesting ring. Well worth picking up an reading.

I love this series so thank you to Netgalley and the publisher AVON Books UK for an ARC Copy.

Bart Campbell wakes up inside a shipping container far from his Edinburgh home. Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart knows that his chances of being found alive are very slim. What Bart doesn’t know is that he is heading for France where his fate has already been sealed.

DCI Luc Callanach is back in France working with his old partner Jean Paul but it soon becomes clear when his case starts to collide with DCI Ava Turners back in Scotland, that men and women being shipped to France are being traded for women trafficked into Scotland.
So many lives are at stake so they face an impossible task - but there cannot be an option of failure when Bart and so many others will soon be dead.

This’ll the sixth book in this series and it was another belter of a book. I was hooked from the first page until the very last. I love all these characters and it was good to be back with them all again. A good storyline, which I found quite chilling this time round, has all of the team working together and jeopardising their own lives to solve the case as quickly as possible.

Looking forward to book 7 - I CANT WAIT!!

Another fabulous book from Helen Fields and really great to catch up with Ava and Luc. That said, although it's part of a series it's not necessary to have read the previous instalments. This particular book is very intense and has a seriously disturbing plot. Fantastic characters throughout. Possibly my favourite in the series.

Ava and Luc are back but separated with Ava in Edinburgh and Luc working in France but their cases could be linked. A young man has gone missing, three skeletons are found. On top of this prostitutes, ava’s best friend Natasha, needs Ava but who is helping Ava? I thought the previous book was my favourite but this one tops it! Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This is the 6th book in a crime thriller series featuring DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner. Although most of these stories are set in Edinburgh, Scotland, as they work for the MIT there, Luc is currently assigned in France as Scottish liaison officer to Interpol working on tracing a human trafficking case. A Scottish national's body had been found in Flandres and all that remained of the young man was a shell -- most of his internal organs had been removed. It seems that there is something more sinister going on that might tie into a missing persons situation that Ava is dealing with. From the backroom, filthy brothels where the trafficked women are used and abused to the sterile interior of a quasi operating theater, this is a complicated investigation that is grisly and chilling.

If you haven't read the previous five books in the series, I'd urge you to start at the beginning. This is a really good collection that has interesting characters, fabulous plots, and interesting settings. The writing is top-notch and the author spins the tales and lavishes us with incredible details. The relationship between Luc and Ava is quite complex and their history together is checkered with a bit of drama, but it works well. I do enjoy these books and they are very absorbing often requiring that I read them from cover to cover in a single sitting.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend. I hope that #7 is in the works but I understand that Helen Fields is writing a standalone novel coming in February of 2021.

Another fab installment in the series from Helen Fields! I think this might be my favourite one so far - the threads of the separate cases that Ava and Luc are working on are woven brilliantly throughout the story, keeping you invested and in suspense as the novel builds towards its climax. Ava is badass and amazing as always, and I loved seeing hers and Luc's relationship develop even as they are more distant than ever. And what an ending! I can't wait to see where the next book leads...

Having initially read the third in the series, i had to go back and read the previous. Now, i freely admit an addiction. I reread this series with each new release, and am still left pleasantly surprised by how they just get BETTER with each story!

Surprising twists and turns, sometimes BRUTAL in the storyline and horrifyingly believable, this is an author that has a flair for addicting you to their work with seeming effortless ease!

They CAN be read as standalones, but after one, you really will NEED more!

this is the 6th in this series and I've never read any others in the series. However, I don't think I missed out. This can be read as a stand-alone and I really enjoyed the twists and turns

This sixth episode of the DI Luc Callanach series, unbelievably is even better than the five that have gone before.
If you havent read any of these books I can definitely recommend them.
We find Luc still attached to interpol, in Paris, on the trail of a group involved in the illegal harvesting of human organs.
DCI Ava Turner is back in Scotland investigating the disappearance of several men and women. Enquiries suggest they are being transported to France and exchanged for young women sex trafficked into Scotland.
The discovery of a photograph in France finally establishes a link between the cases and provides the break through.
At times a brutal and chilling, fast paced and cleverly played out across two countries.
An exciting and gripping read, I`m already looking forward to the next instalment.
Thank you to Netgalley and Avon books for the opportunity to read this as an ARC.

Perfect kill

A well written solid police thriller

I’ve read all the previous books, so, was pleased to continue the relationship between Ava Turner and Luc Callenach

It’s a hard hitting, at times gruesome tale but holds together well.

All in all a good read and I’m grateful to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview in exchange for this honest review.

Thanks Helen fields and net galley for letting me read this excellent detective book.
Helen Fields books are always excellent and this one was great, look forward to the next one.
The story was very gruesome going into details of body parts and Slave girls selling their bodies but could not put it down.
It’s very sad that the treatment of girls still goes on, and you hope by reading these type of books you could make a difference .

I’ve been waiting so long for my next fix of Ava and Luc, and my word, it was so worth the wait!! I loved how two very different crimes intertwined and linked up so cleverly. It had me gripped from beginning to end and I’m not sure I’m able to wait another year for the next instalment....I need to know how Natasha copes, if things progress for Ava and Luc, if Lively has finally met The One!!! Thank you for a fantastic read!!! 5 stars from me!