ARC REVIEW: The Songbird Girls – by Richard Parker

Title: The Songbird Girls
(Detective Tom Fabian #2)
Author: Richard Parker
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
First published: December 19th 2018
Publisher: Bookouture
Finished reading: December 2nd 2018
Pages: 269

“Must be the first time a serial killer has ever tried to empathise with the detective dealing with the crime scenes he’s created.”

*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Bookouture in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***

!! Happy publication day !!

I always seem to enjoy reading Richard Parker‘s thrillers and his new Detective Tom Fabian series is no exception. After reading the first book, I have been looking forward meeting Tom Fabian again, and it was another interesting journey. The writing style makes it easy to fully emerge yourself in the story, and the case detective Tom Fabian has to investigate this time around is without doubt fascinating. I love myself a good serial killer mystery! And there is definitely something both intriguing and disturbing about the serial killer in The Songbird Girls. I did have my doubts about certain aspects of the credibility of it all and I was surprised to see that this story was rather ‘mild’ compared to his other dark, twisted and nailbiting stand-alones… But it was without doubt an entertaining and still thrilling read. And that ending! I’m definitely impatient to find out what will happen in the next one. Because there is one thing for sure: The Songbird Girls will have some shocking surprises for you in store. Detective and serial killer thriller fans will definitely appreciate this series.

WARNING: Possible spoilers! Please don’t read this summary if you haven’t read the first book of this series yet. I’ll keep the summary super short but it’s impossible to keep it completely spoiler-free…

A ghost from the past seems to be haunting detective Tom Fabian… It’s been years since the most famous case of his career, where he managed to catch the infamous serial killer Christopher Wisher. But it’s not the last Tom Fabian will see of him, as Wisher summons him to his prison and Tom Fabian realizes his games are far from over… And when a body is found bearing Wisher’s signature, Fabian and his team are desperate to find out who is behind it all.

If you like your detective thriller fast, entertaining and slightly twisted, you should probably meet detective Tom Fabian. The serial killer in The Songbird Girls is without doubt an intriguing and quite disturbing one, and it’s interesting how big of a role he plays even though he is behind bars. There are quite a few surprises waiting for you as well as a healthy dose of action and suspense. I’m not sure everything was completely credible, but I sure had a blast reading this sequel anyway.