Assigned a new partner due to his long term partner being on maternity leave, he must work with a team short several officers and keep them on task, as the killer leaves no signs behind to find who it is!Īn assignment as a drag-queen is taken by Dylan as a way into this 'society' in hopes to find more about the murders. With thanks to Junction Publishing, Netta Newbound and Marcus Brown for my copy and to Sarah Hardy from Book on the Bright Side for organising the blog tour.Fantastic story with some great new characters I totally love!! DI Dylan Monroe has recently been promoted, over some who believe the job should have been theirs! There have been horrific murders of transgender folks in their area, and Dylan is determined to lead the way to capture the killer. This is one of my favourite books of the year so far, and I cannot recommend it enough. I did have my suspicions about one character but was pleased to be wrong!

I did not work out who the killer was, although the clues were there all along. One scene, in particular, may make male readers wince! I did find this essential to the plot, however, as it really brought home how depraved the killer was and how mentally unstable they had become. Some of this book is not for the faint of heart as we discover how these poor women have been mutilated. Perhaps the funniest moment, though, came as his friend Bella’s waters broke, leaving him to accompany her to the hospital in full make up much to the bemusement of everyone he encountered! This book is like a breath of fresh air with its gritty, at times graphic, plot but with genuine lighthearted moments that had me laughing out loud.ĭylan is a great character, likable, hardworking and prepared to do anything to close a case, even if this means dressing up as a woman and lip-syncing in a local bar! This gave us many comic moments as Dylan tried to come to terms with applying make up and walking in high heels. Over the years, I have read hundreds, if not thousands, of books in the crime fiction genre and it is very rare to find something that hasn’t been done before, but Avaline Saddlebags appears to have managed this. With a whole community living in fear, will Dylan find the killer before more blood is shed? Unfortunately for Dylan, this means him going undercover at Dorothy’s, a drag and cabaret bar in Liverpool, and the only place that the victims seem to have had in common.

Newly-promoted DI Dylan Monroe and his team know that this is a killer who is destined to strike again so will do anything to apprehend him. It would appear that someone is targeting male to female transsexuals after the bodies of two women, Jade Kelly and Gina Elliot are discovered.

Avaline Saddlebags by Netta Newbound