I haven't read the first in the Sophie Kent series "Breaking Dead" and I although I personally feel that it would have been nice to read that one first, there's more than enough information in this book to bring you up to speed.
Charlie and Emily Swift are the perfect couple but when Charlie is named as the prime suspect in a murder, Emily's world falls apart. Best friend to Charlie and London Herald journalist Sophie Kent knows the police have the wrong man, she would trust him with her life. Putting her reputation on the line to clear Charlie's name she is drawn deeper into his unravelling marriage, stumbling into the religious cult 'Christ Clan' that could put her life in danger.
I have to admit that I struggled with around the first half of the book, lots of characters to get to know and with quite a lot going on to get your head around it does take a while to fully understand where exactly the story is taking you.
I'm not sure I liked Sophie Kent's character, she's obviously very troubled and I did find there was too much reading time devoted to her dead brother Tommy. Even Emily I found hard to sympathise with as her character developed through the story. If my emotions go to anyone in the plot it would be to Vanessa (Charlie's mother) who appeared to be desperate for help and I fully sympathised with why she drank to 'forget'.
"The Perfect Victim" is however, a very cleverly crafted story that during the last third of the book, totally comes together and helps to explain everything that may have had you confused at the beginning. I especially liked how the epilogue was the mirror image to the prologue which I went back to read and compare. I did finally enjoy reading this book and would happily recommend it - I found It compelling in the end and was very glad I stuck with it.
"Husband, friend, colleague......killer?" - It takes a while to get to the truth but the twist that gets you there is worth the wait.
I like Corrie Jackson's style of writing and I'd happily read any further books in the Sophie Kent series.
4 stars
Charlie and Emily Swift are the perfect couple but when Charlie is named as the prime suspect in a murder, Emily's world falls apart. Best friend to Charlie and London Herald journalist Sophie Kent knows the police have the wrong man, she would trust him with her life. Putting her reputation on the line to clear Charlie's name she is drawn deeper into his unravelling marriage, stumbling into the religious cult 'Christ Clan' that could put her life in danger.
I have to admit that I struggled with around the first half of the book, lots of characters to get to know and with quite a lot going on to get your head around it does take a while to fully understand where exactly the story is taking you.
I'm not sure I liked Sophie Kent's character, she's obviously very troubled and I did find there was too much reading time devoted to her dead brother Tommy. Even Emily I found hard to sympathise with as her character developed through the story. If my emotions go to anyone in the plot it would be to Vanessa (Charlie's mother) who appeared to be desperate for help and I fully sympathised with why she drank to 'forget'.
"The Perfect Victim" is however, a very cleverly crafted story that during the last third of the book, totally comes together and helps to explain everything that may have had you confused at the beginning. I especially liked how the epilogue was the mirror image to the prologue which I went back to read and compare. I did finally enjoy reading this book and would happily recommend it - I found It compelling in the end and was very glad I stuck with it.
"Husband, friend, colleague......killer?" - It takes a while to get to the truth but the twist that gets you there is worth the wait.
I like Corrie Jackson's style of writing and I'd happily read any further books in the Sophie Kent series.
4 stars