#Review The Santa Killer by Ross Greenwood
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The Santa Killer is coming to town…
One night less than two weeks before Christmas, a single mother is violently assaulted. It’s a brutal crime at the time of year when there should be goodwill to all. When DI Barton begins his investigation, he’s surprised to find the victim is a woman with nothing to hide and no reason for anyone to hurt her.
A few days later, the mother of the woman attacked rings the police station. Her granddaughter has drawn a shocking picture. It seems she was looking out of the window when her mother was attacked. And when her grandmother asks the young girl who the person with the weapon is, she whispers two words.
Bad Santa.
The rumours start spreading, and none of the city’s women feel safe – which one of them will be next?
He’s got a list. It’s quite precise. It won’t matter even if you’re nice.
REVIEW
THE SANTA KILLER is the sixth book in the DI Barton series and I am really sad that this is Barton’s last book, but Greenwood has ended this character at good time and place and who knows we may see Barton and his team pop up in future new series from Greenwood *fingers crossed*
Barton and his team have had few months downtime following their previous case, but that lull doesn’t last long when a brutal assault on a single mother brings the team front and foremost at what should be the most wonderful time of the year as they hunt down the attacker who was seen by the daughter and described as being ‘Bad Santa’.
Told from the trademark killer and Barton perspectives we see what has triggered them to do the things they have, all whilst leaving us piecing together who the heck it could be. How Barton pieces the jigsaw together and catch them is what I love most about police procedural books – just how from one incident they can tie it to someone you never had on the radar to start with.
The banter that Barton has with Zander and our grumpy pathologist Mortis will be sorely missed but this has been a great series, one I am sad to see end but I am so excited to delve into Greenwoods new series coming soon set in Norfolk – I hope we get same kind of calibre of characters.
