Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten
When the body of a young woman is found in a local park, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she’s dealing with no ordinary killer. The murder victim has been disfigured; her outfit changed to resemble someone else. Someone Maggie knows all too well…her close friend Dr Kate Moloney.
A determined detective…
Maggie is determined to keep her friend safe, but with Kate already struggling with a threatening stalker, Maggie now fears Kate’s life is in real danger. Who else would want to harm Kate and why else would the killer be turning his victims into exact replicas – his living dolls?
Can Maggie find the depraved killer? Or will Kate become his next living doll?
Author Bio:
Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of risk cases as well as working in a multi agency setting. She has three Hons BA’s – Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice – and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle’s hobbies include reading, attending as many book festivals as she can afford and sharing the booklove via her blog.
Dead Inside – her debut novel with One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK is an international kindle bestseller and the start of a new series featuring DC Maggie Jamieson.
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Review
I feel as if I was one of those lucky people who knew about Noelle from the start and I was lucky enough to be on the blogtour for her last book as well! I just adore this series and as soon as I got my hands on this book I devoured it in one day it was that good. It has an ability to ramp up the tension from the outset as Maggie is called to a murder scene where the victim looks scarily like her friend and colleague Dr Kate Moloney. From there is doesn’t really let go until you read that final sentence and breathe a sigh of contentment.
‘Dead Perfect’ builds upon the storyline of Kate’s stalker / admirer from the previous books. All the victims resemble Kate and Maggie is insanely worried that this killer links back to Kate’s stalker. At times it feels as if Maggie was hitting her head against a brick wall and I was internally screaming ‘listen to Maggie you idiots!!!!’. She might not always do things in the best manner but her intuition is spot on and hopefully her team will realise that.
The plot in this one still haunts me for some reason. I first read this book way back in May when it was first sent out to us and it’s crept into that little box in my mind where the scariest plots live! It’s all about how one person’s fascination can destroy lives. I loved how the probation service was involved still. I feel if you want to be a crime writer at the moment you need to have worked in probation what with Noelle and Mike Craven having worked together and emerging at the same time! Sign me up for a job there. However, a lot of crime books do forget that contact and collaboration with the probation service would actually form part of an investigation and not just for the registered sex offenders.
I have come to see releases by Noelle as an event in my reading schedule. I love her books and I love Maggie as a character! I honestly can’t wait for the next one. Also you are an idiot if you don’t read this book, just saying 🤣
