Final Verdict – review (AD)
I was kindly given an advanced electronic copy of Final Verdict in exchange for an honest review*.
Final Verdict book blurb
The judge has spoken……everyone must die.
When a killer starts murdering lawyers in a prestigious law firm, and every lead takes them to a dead end, DCI Whitney Walker finds herself grappling for a motive.
What links these deaths, and why use a lethal injection?
Alongside forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, they close in on the killer, while all the time trying to not let their personal lives get in the way of the investigation.
For fans of Rachel Abbott, Mark Dawson and M A Comley, Final Verdict is the sixth in the Cavendish & Walker series. A fast paced murder mystery which will keep you guessing.
My overall thoughts on Final Verdict
Final Verdict is book six in the Walker & Cavendish series but can be read as a standalone story. I haven’t read any of the previous novels, but I was able to follow along perfectly well.
I found this to be a fast paced, twist and turn read.
DCI Walker and Dr George Cavendish make a great crime busting duo but in this story both have distractions from their personal lives looming into their decision making process.
They are racing to find a killer that seemingly has a grudge against a certain group of lawyers from a prestigious law practice.
The case they are trying to crack is a perplexing one.
A solicitor found head of a heart attack that may not be as straight forward as it first seemed.
When it becomes clear that someone is targeting the firm he worked for, it is up to our intrepid duo to discover who and why.
It was hard to feel sympathy towards the first victim the more we got to know him, but while the reasons for the murders were kept well hidden until near the end of the book, a few chapters told from the killers perspective do give the readers some kind of inkling.
I enjoyed seeing the human side of Whitney and George and watching their friendship develop.
It’s also really refreshing to have the two main characters to be strong independent women.
About Sally Rigby
Sally Rigby was born in Northampton, in the UK. She has always had the travel bug, and after living in both Manchester and London, eventually moved overseas. From 2001 she has lived with her family in New Zealand (apart from five years in Australia), which she considers to be the most beautiful place in the world.
After writing young adult fiction for many years, under a pen name, Sally decided
to move into crime fiction. Her Cavendish & Walker series brings together two headstrong, and very different, women – DCI Whitney Walker, and forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish.
Sally has a background in education, and has always loved crime fiction books, films and TV programmes. She has a particular fascination with the psychology of serial killers.
Check out her website for a FREE prequel story….. www.sallyrigby.com
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Published in paperback and digital formats on 16 th June 2020.
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