Trick or Treat by Katerina Diamond

It's Halloween and Marcus Carlyle who is 6 is out playing on his bike . He doesn't come home ( every parents nightmare ).
They receive a call that proves he has been kidnapped , a ransom is asked along with a threat not to contact the police . Unfortunately a member of the public has witnessed the kidnap , and does exactly that.
This is the first time I've read a novel by this author , and loved the way she has the knack of bringing the reader right into the storyline.
Trick or Treat can be read as a standalone , but Katerina Diamond has already wrote about D'S Imogen Grey in her many other titles.
As I enjoyed this one immensely , I shall search out all her previous ones. Excellent.

Trick or Treat is the 7th book in Katerina Diamond's DS Imogen Grey series and as one who has followed it from the start it's a book I've really been looking forward to.

The book begins on Halloween when 6 year-old Marcus Carlyle is kidnapped while riding his bicycle..His parents are called by the kidnappers asked for a ransom and warned not to call the police, which they agree to. Unknown to both parties someone else has seen Marcus' fate and does exactly that.
DS Imogen Grey investigates and it's obvious to her that all is not as it should be in the Carlyle household and her and her crew find themselves in a race against time to find Marcus.

This being a Katerina Diamond book there's no such thing as a straightforward crime and things very quickly escalate ,twist and turn ,throw up red herrings and keep the reader on their toes.
While this book can be read as a standalone you'll get a lot more pleasure from it if you've already read the other books in the series. Adrian Miles has now left the police and his story-line from the shocking events of the previous book continues. There is also the welcome re-appearance of a couple of other characters from earlier books ,who I won't mention so as not to spoil the enjoyment of fans of the series.......but at least one big surprise.

If you're already a fan of Kristina Diamond you'll love this one,if you're new to her books expect twists,shocks ,dark subjects and some pretty explicit violence..

Wow, how am I only discovering this author now! This might be book 7 in the series but it can easily be read as a stand alone thriller. At one point, about halfway through the book, I did wonder how the author would stretch out the story but I had reckoned without the imagination and cunning of Katerina Diamond. The kidnapping of Marcus Carlyle is only part of a spectacularly clever story. The detectives really have to work as a team to bring down what turns out to be a criminal mastermind. As soon as I finished this book I purchased the entire Katerina Diamond back catalogue so I think I'll be sitting up for a few nights to come.

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A good read.
Marcus is taken from outside his house on Halloween it shakes his quiet neighbourhood to the core.
Everyone was ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Now the unthinkable has happened.
TRUTH OR LIES?
As Detective Imogen Grey arrives to question Marcus’s parents, they tell her there has been a mistake. Their son is just fine.
But if that’s true, where is Marcus?
NNOCENT OR GUILTY? mogen becomes locked in a race against time to find the missing child and uncover the truth. Can she discover what’s happened to Marcus before it’s too late?
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for giving me an advanced copy of this book.

I previously enjoyed The Heatwave so was excited to pick this up. The autumn cover looked intriguing but I will admit, I quickly discovered I was not a huge fan of the topic matter in this one; a young boy being abducted. It was the gritty crime element that I realized wasn’t what I was looking for from this author, I wanted something scandalous and entertaining as opposed to sad and someone dealing with trauma. I did think the writing was very easy to get in to but it just wasn’t what I was looking for. Thanks to Netgalley for the arc.

I have loved every book in this series and this latest one did not disappoint. Fantastic catching up with what happened with Imogen and Adrian. Plenty of twists and turns that kept me guessing. Definitely worth reading