20/20 by Carl Goodman
Can you see a killer before it’s too late?
On the first day of her new job, D.I. Eva Harris is called to the scene of a brutal murder at the heart of Surrey society. A shocking crime by a meticulous killer – who escaped with the victim’s eyes.
With the body drained of blood and no forensic evidence left at the scene, Harris’ efforts to find the killer becomes desperate. But as her investigation is complicated by corruption at the heart of the police, she doesn’t know who to trust on her own team.
As the pressure mounts, Eva realises the murder is even more horrific than it seems, and her own dreadful history threatens to be drawn out with it…
A dark and compulsive detective novel, for fans of Chris Carter and M.W Craven.
About the author.
Carl Goodman is from Surrey and 20/20 is his first crime thriller. It introduces Eva Harris, a newly promoted DI with a computer science background, thrown in at the deep end with an especially gruesome murder. Carl likes hard-hitting, contemporary stories with dark and unusual themes and is currently working on more DI Eva Harris novels.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carl201010
Review
20/20 was just done right amazing! It was spine-tingling chilling, extremely fast-paced, with the main character who is spunky, fiercely intelligent and will to put themselves out there to get the bad guy! Basically, what I want in a crime book. All I'm saying is this better be the start of a series or I'm going to be very unhappy!
Imagine your first day at work in a new job? Boring admin, health and safety videos - check. A body that has had its eyes removed and been drained of blood - not so much. That's what DI Eva Harris is faced with when she starts at her new position in Surrey. She trained as a cyber investigator but to get her DI position she had to agree to do ‘proper’ policing. She is also faced with knowing that there is someone on her team who may be corrupt and as the pressure mounts it's hard to know who to trust!
To say I thoroughly enjoyed this book would be an understatement. The dual or is it triple narratives, weave into a tightly plotted and well-executed story. To be fair I don't think I was that interested in the corruption aspect as I was the murders! I don't know if editors are making authors through in a bit of corruption due to the popularity of Line of Duty but I feel it's all over books at the moment. But when it is done we'll - like this one it helps lift the narrative. However, it was the main narratives of the two different sets of murders that drew me in. I honestly felt as if I was able to visualise the scenes with the showdowns. Argh, it's so hard to describe how I feel about it without giving away spoilers!
Eva as a character is feisty, independent, loyal and intelligent! I'm looking forward to seeing how she develops now that she has her ex-boss off her back.
This is one that I heartily recommend - it's action-packed, intricately plotted, an exception protagonist and a great debut to a (hopefully) new series!
