#BookReview ‘Mimic’ by Daniel Cole

About the book…

In life she was his muse . . .
In death she’ll be his masterpiece

1989: DS Benjamin Chambers and DC Adam Winters are on the trail of a serial killer with a twisted passion for recreating the world’s greatest works of art through the bodies of his victims. After Chambers nearly loses his life, the case goes cold due to lack of evidence. The killer lies dormant, his collection unfinished.

2006: DS Marshall has excelled through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police Service, despite being haunted by the case that defined her teenage years. Having obtained new evidence, she joins Chambers and Winters to reopen the case. However, their resurrected investigation brings about a fresh reign of terror, the team treading a fine line between delivering justice and becoming vigilantes in their pursuit of a monster far more dangerous and intelligent than any of them had anticipated…

To be published on August 19th by Orion imprint Trapeze, in e-book and hardcover formats, ‘Mimic’ by Daniel Cole is an absolute banger!

This book is fantastic-that’s it, that’s my review!
I have been eagerly awaiting what Daniel Cole would write next after the tremendous ‘Ragdoll’ trilogy and ‘Mimic’ does not disappoint.
Starting in the late 80’s , a series of murders which are made to resemble works of art, comes to a cataclysmic end with horrifying consequences for those involved in the investigation.
9 years later, injury has forced one of the original detectives, Chambers, into a more or less desk job and the other, new Constable Winters is doing security work in Sainsbury’s. Deeply unsatisfying and being managed by ‘Dan the wanker’, Winters finds it next to impossible to move on from his first, and last case.
New Narcotics trainee, Marshall, has spotted signs that the art mimic killer has resurfaced and, being obsessed with the original case, wants to open it up again.
But no one could have foreseen the personal connections, the twisted methods and the relentlessness in an artist pursuing their vision to their magnum opus.
I loved the naturalistic banter between Winters, Chambers and Marshall, Daniel Cole has such a great ear for dialogue and it fair carries the plot along., You believe in the relationship between these three , very different personalities as they work towards taking down an evil killer with no boundaries and no regrets.
It’s about restorative justice, finishing a job using good old fashioned detective work and in their opposite number,Daniel Cole has created a truly horrific and memorable villain.

Huge thanks to Trapeze for approving my Netgalley request to read ‘Mimic’.

About the author…

At 33 years old, Daniel Cole has worked as a paramedic, an RSPCA officer and most recently for the RNLI, driven by an intrinsic need to save people or perhaps just a guilty conscience about the number of characters he kills off in his writing.

He has received a three-book publishing and television deal for his debut crime series which publishers and producers describe as “pulse-racing” and “exceptional”.

Daniel currently lives in sunny Bournemouth and can usually be found down the beach .

‘Ragdoll” is his first novel, followed by ‘Hangman’ and ‘Endgame’

Twitter @daniel_p_cole @OrionBooks @TrapezeBooks