Title: The TeacherAuthor: Katerina Diamond
Type: Paperback
Read: 5th March - 10th March 2016
Rating: 5/5
Published: 10th March 2016 by Avon
You think you know who to trust?
You think you know the difference between good and evil?
You’re wrong …
A LESSON YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
The body of the head teacher of an exclusive Devon school is found hanging from the rafters in the assembly hall. Hours earlier he’d received a package, and only he could understand the silent message it conveyed. It meant the end.
As Exeter suffers a rising count of gruesome deaths, troubled DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles must solve the case and make their city safe again. But as they’re drawn into a network of corruption, lies and exploitation, every step brings them closer to grim secrets hidden at the heart of their community. And once they learn what’s motivating this killer, will they truly want to stop him?
Warning: Most definitely *not* for the faint-hearted!
Having been sent a copy from the lovely people at Avon in time to read before the blog tour kicks off, I really couldnt' wait to start. I've seen plenty of PR for this book over on twitter for ages now. The cover, instantly draws your attention, it kinda screams Snow White. But this isn't any fairytale.
The book even has warning: Not for the faint hearted. That totally means you have to read it no matter what, right?
Now i love my crime books and whodunit type stories. I can even take a little bit of murder at times. But this book blows every crime book i've ever read out of the water. It is gruesome, the detail is very descriptive and leaves little to the imagination. But if you can get past the hideous crimes, the wonderfuly detailed tourture, then its a bloody brillant book. It makes you want to read more just because its so demanding.
At the start there felt like way too many characters to remember, as the chapters move from present time to past and it was only as the story went on that i made connections to the characters, and could understand how they all entwined with each other. I loved DS Grey and DS Miles, as a team, they were great together and i was routing for them from the start to be the ones to solve this case. I also liked Abbey as a character. I appluade the girl for coming out of her shell when all felt like the end and I think her payback was just cracking!
This book is certainly one that meets all the hype around it. It goes where no other author (i've read) has gone so far with pushing limits. Katerina has done an amazing job with this book, I really can't wait to see what's next. I dont' want to give a lot away, as this is a book that just says, read me.
Do you dare?
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