Rebecca Bradley returns with Blood Stained that is the first book in a new series starring DI Claudia Nunn and DS Dominic Harrison.

Nunn and Harrison share a bond that is put under stress when the latter becomes the prime suspect after his wife goes missing.

The author is a retired police officer who uses her knowledge to create a very enjoyable and readable book that flows well and has many twists and turns that keep the pages turning.

This is a book I can definitely recommend and I look forward to further books in the series

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the eARC.
Unfortunately, I didn't like the book at all: to my mind the story was implausible and way too over the top as far as the protagonist, DI Claudia Nunn, is concerned. As a police officer, her feelings shouldn't be impeding her investigation to the extent they do and as for her interviewing skills, they were questionable at best, I don't think in real life she would even have been given the case. For the rest, the serial killer angle was predictable and stale. Sorry!

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

I had a few issues with this story, the main one being the choice of DI Nunn as the officer to question DS Harrison about the disappearance of his wife. Without being too spoilery, it just wouldn't happen and this novel demonstrates many of the reasons why. I found her questioning petulant and unhelpfully hostile, and prone to violent mood swings. Then towards the end she goes out to meet the Sheffield Strangler (who helpfully phones and writes to her) without back-up, and is rewarded for this at the very end by being given a new special department.

The writing was quite repetitive in places, and the number of victims climbed so steadily that the impact was diluted. Finally, it was pretty obvious to me what had happened to Ruth, although I suppose that if you hadn't guessed, the ending was a bit of a twist.

The best book I have read in ages I loved this it had great twists and turns get this as soon as you can

What a fantastic book I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed reading it it has loads of twists and turns with a great ending all ican say is get this as soon as possible