Today I’m joining the blog tour for The Last Days Of Kira Mullan. My review is written with thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

She thinks it was murder. 
But if she can’t trust herself, can anyone else?  

Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new flat, a new area, a new start. Because while Nancy is fine now, she wasn’t fine before. But settling into the new flat and meeting the new neighbours isn’t helped by Felix’s hovering concern. She is all right. She is sticking to her breathing exercises and doctor-prescribed help.  

So, when their new neighbour Kira Mullan is found dead by suicide, Felix is understandably worried about Nancy’s frame of mind. But Nancy saw Kira the day before she died and she didn’t strike her as someone who was suicidal – she was upset and angry, yes, but was she upset and angry enough to take her own life?  

Nancy is the only one convinced that there’s more to Kira’s death than has been discovered. But all the police and the neighbours see is a vulnerable woman who isn’t sure of what she saw, and might even be imagining things . . .  

Is Nancy imagining things, or are there more questions that should be asked about the last days of Kira Mullan?  

Review:

I’ve read a few books by Nicci French now and I’ve enjoyed them all, so I was delighted to be given the opportunity to join the blog tour for The Last Days Of Kira Mullan, especially as we see the return of Detective Maud O’Connor, who was introduced to us in Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Maud thinks outside the box and is determined to find the answers. She’s also really compassionate and frequently shows us a human side that some of her colleagues keep more hidden. This means I really like her character and I was rooting for her to succeed.

It is the characters in The Last Days Of Kira Mullan that are its strength. The central character is Nancy North and I felt immense sympathy for her all the way through the novel, and it was this sympathy that drew me into the story completely and kept me hooked. Not only was I desperate to know what happened to Kira, but I was fully invested in Nancy’s story too. There is one particular character who really resonated with me and made my skin crawl. I can’t say which one because of spoilers, but I hope you can spot them too!

There are a number of characters who live in the same building as Nancy who are suspects in Kira’s death.  loved the way that Nicci French unravels all their back stories so that the readers can make their own guesses as to how the novel ends.  Shocker – I was wrong!

In The Last Days Of Kira Mullan, Nicci French explore a number of really important themes. Each one is researched immaculately and they each add an extra layer to the story which makes it incredibly compelling.

I do hope we see Maud O’Connor again soon!

The Last Days Of Kira Mullan is available from Amazon.