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Description
Elaine Napier, an investigative journalist who is made redundant from her job, decides to record a true crime podcast. All she needs is a story.
When Elaine stumbles upon the five-year-old cold case of Katrin, she begins an investigation that will quickly become a fixation.
After an early breakthrough, Elaine’s investigation leads her to Hannibal Heights, an apartment building that Katrin helped to design. The building is home to a sinister taxidermy museum, a host of intriguing residents, and more than its share of secrets.
But despite the obvious danger, Elaine’s obsession continues to grow.
As her investigation threatens to spiral out of control, Napier receives threats and police pressure to shut the broadcast down.
Can Elaine solve the mystery and keep her own sense of right and wrong intact?
Or will the shocking truth distort everything Elaine holds dear?
When Elaine stumbles upon the five-year-old cold case of Katrin, she begins an investigation that will quickly become a fixation.
After an early breakthrough, Elaine’s investigation leads her to Hannibal Heights, an apartment building that Katrin helped to design. The building is home to a sinister taxidermy museum, a host of intriguing residents, and more than its share of secrets.
But despite the obvious danger, Elaine’s obsession continues to grow.
As her investigation threatens to spiral out of control, Napier receives threats and police pressure to shut the broadcast down.
Can Elaine solve the mystery and keep her own sense of right and wrong intact?
Or will the shocking truth distort everything Elaine holds dear?
Review
The book centres around Elaine Napier and her quest to find out what happened to a girl called Katrin several years ago. It's the first time I've read a book which uses a podcast as a mechanism to tell the story and as it's a fairly new medium I doubt there is another book like this.
We go back and forth like in a normal crime novel as Elaine tracks down witnesses and interviews people. She is also as background to Katrin training to fight in the ring and part of the story also involves her journey as she trains.
What is different is that every couple of chapters the book takes the form of the audio of the podcast as Elaine and her sound technician and sidekick Isaac broadcast what they've learnt so far. This is where it gets trickier than a usual crime novel where a private investigator may be nosing around. Elaine is putting this out there, all her ideas and theories - who knows who is listening....
The writing for me had an American feel to it and so every time somewhere like Leicester was mentioned I had to refocus that this was actually taking place in the UK. The format of the story certainly lends itself to you wanting to keep reading on and on - as I did. Little cliffhangers at the end of each chapter making you want more. Until that ending - wow!
I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Bloodhound Books for the ARC to review.
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