Detective Inspector Anjelica Henley is back on active duty, after undergoing a brutal stabbing by a criminal she put behind bars. Day one, dismembered body parts from two victims are found by the river in London. Far too similar to the MO of the criminal she put behind bars, Henley is also dealing with her own PTSD, her husband’s inadequacies, and training the new guy.
Nadine Matheson captures the multiple tiers of not only being a police detective, but being a woman with a spouse trying to force her to make a decision about her family versus career. Matheson lays the ground work for a complicated story, often setting up the reader to think that the case is almost solved, only to add a new or bizarre complication. I found myself wanting to slap her husband multiple times, but that’s besides the point.
The Jigsaw Man is now available from Hanover Square Press.
