The Jigsaw Man

A Novel

De: Nadine Matheson

Narrado por: Davine Henry

"A heart-pounding roller coaster ride."—Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boy

*A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2021*

A serial killer and his copycat are locked in a violent game of cat and mouse. Can DI Anjelica Henley stop them before it’s too late?

On the day she returns to active duty with the Serial Crimes Unit, Detective Inspector Anjelica Henley is called to a crime scene. Dismembered body parts from two victims have been found by the river.

The modus operandi bears a striking resemblance to Peter Olivier, the notorious Jigsaw Killer, who has spent the past two years behind bars. When he learns that someone is co-opting his grisly signature—the arrangement of victims’ limbs in puzzle-piece shapes—he decides to take matters into his own hands.

As the body count rises, DI Anjelica Henley is faced with an unspeakable new threat. Can she apprehend the copycat killer before Olivier finds a way to get to him first? Or will she herself become the next victim?

Drawing on her experience as a criminal attorney, debut novelist Nadine Matheson delivers the page-turning crime novel of the year. Taut, vivid and addictively sinister, The Jigsaw Man will leave you breathless until the very last page.

Narrator drove me nuts

Each character sounded the same and so many inhales. Almost ruined the book for me. No one starts every sentence they speak with an emphasized inhale. Every single character did this.

Hard to focus on such a monotonous narration

I'm just getting into this book but I keep losing the plot because of the narrator's unenthusiastic droning.

This had so much potential

I really wanted to love this book. It's exactly what I usually like - thriller, mystery, drama. Unfortunately, it seems the author was rushed to finish the book, because the climax of the story had very little meat on the bones. It was not in the least bit plausible. The action scenes were very difficult to follow; I don't know if that's because of the narration or the writing. Also, the main characters just never developed well. In some books, you can actually "hear" the thought processes of the character. This isn't one of those books. Overall, I give it a solid meh.

Overly long with predictable plot.

Took forever to get through this book and the same ending as a thousand other crime novels, the bad guy gets away in the end so we can have sequel. Ugh!

Yes!

I want more of this series. Excellent procedural/ psychological thriller. Liked the characters and writing in general.