Today I’m back on the blogathon for the Robert Hunter series with the fourth book in the series, The Death Sculptor. My review is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the blogathon.

Blurb:

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER

‘Good job you didn’t turn on the lights . . .’ A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless – Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind.

For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he’s ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be?

Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they’ve found a lead, a new body is found – and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they’ve made so far goes out of the window.

Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle . . . before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.

Review:

I’m really loving this blogathon and it only serves to make me question why its taken me so long to read this series. It’s quickly becoming one of my favourite series and I think The Death Sculptor is my favourite novel in the series so far. It ticks every single one of my boxes and then some: it’s so tense, it’s complex and it’s incredibly well written. The crimes are very gory and described in detail, which I feel adds to the atmosphere and takes me right to the action, but it won’t be for everyone.

Throughout the series, I feel we’ve got to know Robert Hunter and Carlos Garcia quite well, and I loved being back with them as their partnership is brilliant as they bounce off each other so well. In The Death Sculptor, we’re introduced to Alice Beaumont, who is assigned to assist Hunter and Garcia with their investigation from the District Attorney’s office. I really liked Alice’s character, and it seems like Hunter has met his match with her. She is intelligent, determined and more than a little mischievous, and I hope we see her again in a future instalment in the series.

Chris Carter is an exceptional plotter, and this really shines through in The Death Sculptor. The investigation is complex, and although this means the pieces do not come together straight away, I absolutely loved trying to understand what was going on. The chapters are quite short, so the novel is very fast paced and I found it really difficult to put down!

I can’t wait to continue reading this series!

The Death Sculptor is available from Amazon.

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