This wasn't a bad read but is the third installment in a series and I feel I was missing a bit of the back story. I imagine fans of the series will be thinking "what is she on about"? I personally prefer to read novels as standalone books even when they're part of a series but this is just my personal opinion.

As for the mystery itself, I felt a lot of the procedures were not standard procedures and Maggie let her personal circumstances get in the way of her expertise. Again, I feel I am missing part of the story here. She kept trying to justify her actions, but she didn't really explain why she came up to be. I imagine something has happened in the previous two books but what was this? A small introduction would be nice, even if it's a short paragraph recalling previous events or traumas in the form of a brief flashback.

The ending is also a bit too open for my liking, as it kind of leaves you hanging for the next installment but I am not familiar enough with Maggie yet to care about what she gets up to next. Again, personal preference. I am sure fans of the series will be looking forward the next installment.

All in all, I finished the book as I wanted to honour the generosity of Netgalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC. However, this is not a bad book at all. I just feel it is too specific to a particular series and you kind of need to read the previous books to find a connection with the main character.

Well written story. Kept me engaged the entire time. A page turner for sure! Looking forward to reading more books by this author!

Another well written book in the DC Maggie Jamieson series. Plenty of twists to keep me engrossed and i love the main character Maggie who is likeable and who i can can really relate to. A good ending keeps me hanging on and eager for the next book in the series to see who its going to pan out. Don't keep us waiting too long!

The third DC Jamieson novel follows on directly from the dramatic events of book two. Kate’s stalker has raised the stakes and the police are floundering. His behaviour has escalated to murder and it’s only a matter of time before Kate is next. The lengths that the villain goes to catch his prey is suitably creepy and disturbing. You will never hear the song Living Doll in the same way every again after reading this book.

I had the same reservations that other reviewers had with the conflict of interest. I know the main character has skirted this before but this seemed too big of a leap that she would be able to work on this case. It was also slightly unbelievable that Kate was allowed to continue moving about so freely, instead of working from a safe house with such a credible threat. Though that plot change wouldn’t have allowed the sequence of events that lead up to the conclusion.

However, I did enjoy the story even with the above reservations as Maggie is a character that I warmed to straight way in the first book and I do truly look forward to seeing how her experiences in Dead Perfect shape her for future novels.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the arc, which I have enjoyed reading.
Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten is the third in the DCI Maggie Jamison police series and is yet another well written and accomplished novel .The storyline is very interesting and intriguing and it isn’t until the end that you find out for sure who the villain is. The next book in the series is also hinted at towards the end of the book and again looks to be another good read.
Highly recommended.

I didn’t love this. I found it quite disjointed. I guessed who the killer was very early on and wasn’t taken with any of the red herrings.

Maggie didn’t seem as rounded a character as she has been in previous books and I found her rather irritating.

The writing wasn’t as strong either- waffly in places and annoyingly lacking in details elsewhere. Not my favourite work by this author. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my copy of this book.

Called to the scene of a murder Dc Maggie Jameson is shocked to discover the victim resembles her friend Dr Kate Maloney, struggling not to scare her friend Kate when shes her Maggie has no choice but to tell her of the crime scene she has just witnessed

This book follows on from the second Dead inside and leaves you itching for number 4

This is the third Maggie Jamieson crime procedural and though I haven’t read the first two, it didn’t impact on my enjoyable of the novel. Maggie is concerned about her friend Kate, who’s been subject to unwanted attention from a stalker who is turning decidedly more threatening. She wants Kate safe, but who wants to harm her? The worrying thing is, while the stalker is still out there, they’re murdering innocent women, who share a passing resemblance to Maggie’s friend. Couple this with feelings around relationships, flirting and considering someone in a different light and this is the recipe for a fast paced thriller where things change quickly and facts necessitate lightning speed reactions. I must read the first two in this series. I think Maggie Jamieson is a great character and a great role model for women in crime.

Dead Perfect sees the very welcome return of the gutsy and determined DC Maggie Jamieson as she and the team of multi-agency colleagues, who all bring their intriguing and different characters into the story, must all play their parts in bringing a twisted and dangerous serial killer to justice before they can strike again.

The murdered and mutilated body of a woman is found in a local park, but the horror that the dead woman is made to resemble her good friend Dr Kate Maloney frightens and deeply upsets Maggie and makes her more determined than ever to catch the perpetrator quickly.

Tightly plotted, plenty of twists in the storyline and very engaging and believable characters, Dead Perfect is another gripping and thoroughly enjoyable read that certainly kept me turning those pages and guessing all the way through.
And with that cliffhanger of an ending I can't wait to meet up with Maggie and the team again.

Brilliant- loved it and would definitely recommend !!

Many thanks to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and Netgalley for an ARC for my honest review.

Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten is another excellent read, and a wonderful addition to the addictive series focused in DI Maggie Jamieson. I have enjoyed this series from the very start, and I would venture to say that this is the best one yet.

DI Maggie Jamieson is called to investigate when the body of a woman is found in a local park. The victim bears an eerie resemblance to someone Maggie knows quite well, her close friend Dr Kate Moloney. It seems that Kate is being stalked, and the killer is sending a clear message that she is in his sight. Maggie is determined to keep her friend safe at any cost, but must also grapple with feelings that have moved beyond friendship with the other woman.

This is another compelling story from Ms Holten, and I cannot wait for a fourth installment to see what comes next for Maggie, both personally and professionally. 4.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for this ARC.

I really enjoy this crime procedural series by Noelle Holten. It's entertaining, suspenseful, the characters are complex, and the plots are all very well developed is it has everything you want in a great seies. I was expecting great things when I started reading, but in the first few chapters I had the bad guy nailed, it was overwhelming obvious.
I kept reading, completing the read, I did enjoy the book, it was very well written, but just not satisfying knowing I had the case solved in the first thirty pages.
#netgalley #deadperfect

Really, really creepy! I have never like the Cliff Richards Living doll song and this book has merely confirmed my opinion of it as wrong in so many ways!
When a body of a young woman is found in the park with her appearance dramatically altered it becomes rapidly apparent that the victim is modelled on Kate, friend to Maggie, a detective investigating the case.
A second body results in the case ramping up and a race to find the killer before he targets Kate herself.
The voice of the killer is heard throughout the book and the author captures that obsession perfectly. all the while managing to conceal his identity despite the hefty hints dropped during the investigation.
A great read and I look forward to more from Maggie in the future.

Wowser this book was bloody fantastic! Each book has got better in the series, this was my favourite by far. It was really tense and suspenseful and kept me on the edge of my seat as I read this in super quick time because I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed everything about it, the storyline, the characters and the way the writer made you feel a little afraid to look over your shoulder in case someone is watching you. Thoroughly enjoyed this book, it really does deserve 5 stars!

Noelle Holten: Dead Perfect

After Dead Wrong ended on a massive cliffhanger, I was bursting to get into Dead Perfect and see where Ms Holten would take us. I loved being back with Maggie and her colleagues, including those from different departments who we have seen before in previous instalments, and reading as their relationships grew. The procedural element of the novel is incredibly detailed and I also enjoyed feeling a part of the office politics.

As the investigation gathers pace, there are chapters from the viewpoint of the killer and boy, is he creepy! I loved the insight into what he was capable of, and it made me desperate to get to the bottom of what was happening.

Dead Perfect is wonderfully plotted, with lots of little hints placed in the build up to a massively tense finale! By the end, the tension could be cut with a knife and although I was hooked from the beginning, I definitely sat up and began to take more notice!

In true Holten style, Dead Perfect ends on yet another cliffhanger and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I have really enjoyed Noelle's previous books Dead Inside and Dead Wrong.
Dead Perfect is the third in the Detective Maggie series and this one packs a punch.. twists and turns to the very end keeping you on the edge of your seat! I look forward to the next one Noelle!

This is the third in the DI Maggie Jamieson series – which incidentally picks up where the previous novel in the series ended. Maggie is attracted to her friend and colleague, Dr Kate Maloney and when she is called to the park where a woman’s body has been found she at first thinks it is Kate. As the plot develops Maggie and Kate are thrown together more and more – and Kate moves into Maggie’s home as an added measure of safety. Slowly Maggie senses that her brother (who is currently lives with her) and Kate are getting closer to one another and another strand of tension is added to the mix.

Sadly this just didn’t gel with me. Would Maggie be able to work on this case; would Kate be allowed to move into Maggie’s home; and finally both Kate and Maggie seem to have forgotten about basic safety measures – keep your phone with you, don’t go off on your own. Also I was irritated by Kate – words spring to mind; words like, ungrateful, selfish and improbable.

Sorry but this just didn’t chime with me as much as the previous two books, and I was more than a little disappointed. Mind you, that will not stop me checking out the next in the series.

Thank you to the author, publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

#DeadWrong #NetGalley
A fun read.
When the body of a young woman is found in a local park, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she’s dealing with no ordinary killer. The murder victim has been disfigured; her outfit changed to resemble someone else. Someone Maggie knows all too well...her close friend Dr Kate Moloney.
How Maggie will solve the case?
I loved every Noelle Holten's book. This is a step further in plotting crime thriller.
Thanks to NetGalley and One More Chapter for giving me an advance copy.

Noelle Holten has conjured up a magnificently relatable woman in Detective Maggie Jamieson and I feel like she is an old friend in this third installment of one of my favorite series. Now, before you read this one, you should have read the first two ‘dead’ novels as each picks up from where the previous one left off and you really need the background from them to fully enrich the next outing.. The writing flows so easily, you could read this one in one sitting, but that would be a shame, cos you will be jonesing for the next one, presumably already in the authors mind just waiting to spring on us. Is it perfect? - Dead Right it is!

Dead Perfect is the 3rd book in the Maggie series. I have enjoyed all 3 books, although a little scattered at times. I had hoped for a little more of how Lucy is doing now added to the story. Overall a good book with a cliffhanger at the end of each book in the series.
Thanks to netgally, Noelle Holten and the publisher for the arc

I thought this book was just ok. It was a little all over the place and some of the interactions between the characters seemed off. The storyline was good but between the jumble of it all it just seemed dragged out unfortunately.