A Tapping at My Door: A gripping serial killer thriller (The DS Nathan Cody series)

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Beginning with an epigraph from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (one extra point allocated by this reviewer) reflecting the title of the book, we are immediately plunged into a nerve shredding opening, to which we must thank Mr Jackson for giving all us single ladies the right heebie jeebies.

There is so much that I want to say about this story, but a lot of it is about the characters and the plot developments and it would almost certainly ruin the story for potential readers. com crime fiction blog featuring reviews, author guest posts and other fabulous booky things (with the odd psychological thriller and horror novel making an appearance! A Tapping At My Door is a spellbinding and spine chilling read that had me literally on the edge of my seat. Many thanks to Bonnier Publishing for providing me with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. When Latham’s murder is investigated further, events from her recent past lead to the revisiting of a contentious case centred on police brutality.Even though this book is more scary and, in parts more gruesome, than I like to read, I did finish it, and enjoyed it for the characters and the plot.

While "A Tapping At My Door" was a good book and a decent read, I found it to be very dragged down in places. Despite the obvious trauma that he has gone through, trauma that is at first held back from the reader but slowly revealed as the story progresses, he is actually quite a humorous character in places with a similar sense of humour and outlook on life as myself. Our murderer, the photographer Chris, was a little boy at a soccer tragedy caused by police incompetence. He's such an intriguing and multi-layered character, and one who even after learning so much about in this first novel, is one that David Jackson will hopefully continue to explore alongside the main plot of each subsequent novel. I so wish it was possible to discuss what happened in this story because that last third especially just needs talking about.My blogging friend Raven over at Raven Crime Reads shared a brilliant guest post from David about the Liverpool setting and I highly recommend you give it a read. I’d like to say a big thank you to Bonnier Publishing for my copy of this book, this review is my unbiased thank you to them. I had a feeling that the Liverpool accents weren't quite right, but my only reference point is the Beatles. There is also a lot of great suspense, with the author building fear and tension cleverly, by making you care about even minor characters that we meet briefly.