Excellent read, always go to author. This book kept me gripped throughout it was a fast paced thriller

Jane Slater has broken away from her parents and severed all contact, and who can blame her - her father is a serial killer known as the painted lady and her mother is a control freak. She changes her name, trains to be a vet and rebuilds her life. Now she is married with two children.
Then her life begins to unravel when the person her husband had a brief affair with vanishes. Tensions increase in the book and the reader wonders if Jane is a killer and has she inherited her father's killing gene.
This was an interesting book to read, it was quick moving but there were a few plot holes in my opinion.
Thanks to netgalley for this read

The serial killer’s wife was a page turner for me so I was excited about this sequel.

I enjoyed the suspense and how the author has created a thrilling story with twists that hold up my interest at all times. Mostly because I really wanted to see for myself if my theory was right. And it was, and that’s a nice feeling.

Jenny is the daughter of a serial killer. She is trying everything to make her past stay there, in the past. But someone is not letting her go.

There are some similarities in a recent murder case that point out to a copycat of her father’s modus operandi. And that scares her more than anything.

It is twisted and gripping, a story that will make thriller readers enjoy it as a standalone, if not part of the series.

🆓📖Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy through NetGalley

I read the first book in this series and couldn’t wait to read this one when it came out. I think I enjoyed the first book more than this one but it was still a really enjoyable read with plenty of twists and turns although I did have an inkling about how it was going to end. Will definitely be reading the next one.

Plenty of twists.
Jane`s father was a serial killer known as The Painted Lady Killer and is now in prison.
Jane is now a vet and happily married with two children though life seemed perfect she suffered from blackouts and her husband Mark had an affair.
When a local girl goes missing the police come knocking and Mark finds out her past and starts to wonder if she is guilty and even Jane thinks she might be guilty.
It is repetitive in places which takes away from the story though has plenty of twists to keep you thinking.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC
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The Serial Killer's Daughter by Alice Hunter

I received an advance review copy for free thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK and I am leaving this review voluntarily

Is murder in the blood?

In a sleepy Devon village, a young girl is taken from the streets. Local vet, Jenny, is horrified. This kind of thing doesn’t happen here.

But it’s not the first time she’s been so close to a crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she’s spent her whole life running from who she really is.

And the crime is harrowingly similar to those her father committed all those years ago…

WOW! I have previously loved The Serial Killer’s Wife and was eager to see what Alice had done with the sequel. Jenny is trying to hide from her past but it seems that someone is trying to out her secret. When a local goes missing, Jennifer begins to worry if she could be behind the disappearance as it is very similar to something her father would have done.

I did not see some of the twists coming in this book. I was gripped from the very start. I would not recommend reading this as a standalone - however I would highly recommend reading this series. I am now eagerly awaiting the next book in the series as I just love the way that Alice Hunter has written these books.

Rating 5/5

3.5 ⭐️‘s
Jenny Johnson (aka Jane Slater) is the daughter of The Painted Lady serial killer, Paul Slater. It’s been years since she’s had any contact with him, but she’s still suffering from night terrors and blackouts. She has beat the odds and moved on with her life by changing her name, getting married, having children and becoming a distinguished vet. She has left her past behind, or has she? When a woman goes missing, Jenny is soon questioning everything she knows, is there a chance she’s following in her fathers footsteps? As her blackouts increase so does her anxiety. Her husband, Mark, is becoming increasingly suspicious as well, after all he does have a connection to the missing woman. Was leaving her past in the past and not sharing with those she loves going to be her downfall, is there even the slightest chance that she’s innocent? Hunter, once again writes an intriguing tale, and while a good follow up to her debut, it wasn’t quiet as compelling.

Good story that kept you guessing however I felt it was more slow paced than previous book. I found the characters difficult to warm to. I would recommend it to others as overall it is a good read that does grip you on the end. Can be read as stand alone although I did read the other book previous.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion

In a sleepy Devon village a woman is snatched from the street. Local vet Jen is horrified. What nobody knows is that Jen's father was a serial killer and she has spent many years building herself a new life. This abduction is very similar to her father's MO. Jen suffers from blackouts and she is now becoming increasingly worried that she might have something to do with the crime. Or is someone trying to frame her? This is a good story but I didn't warm to the characters and didn't really like the style of writing. Thanks to Netgalley for a preview copy.
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I was lucky to receive an advance copy of The Serial Killer's Daughter by Alice Hunter from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review and opinion. Great read, lots of twists and turns that will keep you guessing. All in all, I loved this book and can't wait to read more by Alice!

A quick paced gripping thriller!

I was kept guessing right until the end and really enjoyed this book.

We meet Jane, who has become Jennifer. She is the daughter of infamous serial killer, The Painted Lady Killer. Jane has been having blackouts, and now a woman is missing. Could Jane have had something to do with this?

This story was a fast-paced thriller with dual povs. I wish I had been warned about the animal mutilation, though. Overall, it was a good suspense story!

I had read The Serial Killer's Wife back in the spring of 2021 and while I openly admitted that it was not for me, I did promise to give the author another chance. Added to that I'm a sucker for a well done serial killer in the family novel.

Which this sadly was not (at least for me).

Let me start off by saying that you DO NOT have to have read The Serial Killer's Wife in order for this one to make sense as it would appear that the two books are not connected in any way. This is not a sequel to that book where the child is all grown up, this is merely the story of another person (this time the daughter) who has the misfortune of having a serial killer for a family member.

There were a few issues I had with this one, the first being Jenny's paranoia and constant blackouts. I get it. These are real issues that real people have to deal with, but this was just so constant and over the top that I quickly became bored. Perhaps instead of trying (and obviously failing) to deal with them on her own, Jenny should have sought help. She definitely made a lot of stupid mistakes throughout this novel (the biggest of which is hiding a crucial piece of evidence in the disappearance of Olivia inside of her own house nonetheless). Her husband Mark is just as bad harboring his own secrets, but of course instead of actually TALKING to his wife about various issues, he chooses to bury his head in the sand and avoid confrontation for most of the story, just to jump to the complete wrong conclusions when he does decide to finally do something.

Most of the background characters are also somewhat shady, which while it does provide the perfect red herrings for who is possibly responsible for what is going on (if it's not Jenny herself), it became tedious after awhile. Having one or two characters potentially up to something is one thing, but every single person you come across (aside from Mark and Jenny's two children of course, although I will touch more on that later).

The plot itself sort of plods along. At no point did I feel particularly glued to the pages, nor did I feel like this was the thriller it had promised to be. It was all sort of boring actually. Even the big reveal at the end was more of a what the heck moment than an oh heck moment. This could be in part due to the fact that I was never quite sure how old Jenny was supposed to be. I knew she had left home for university, and has been gone from her mother's house for 20 years (or longer), and married for around 11 years, which made the reveal kind of weird... without giving spoilers I can't really go into detail, just that it didn't make sense to me how it could have happened.

The final nail in the coffin for me was the absolutely unnecessary epilogue in which one of Jenny's children cruelly pulls the wings from a butterfly only to smash the poor thing into the table. This was supposedly to cause Jenny to wonder if the "serial killer gene" skipped a generation to "infect" her child, but due to the fact that there was a lot of talk about animal mutilations in this book just leads me to seriously wonder about the author herself.

DISCLAIMER: I received a complimentary copy of this novel from the publisher. This has not affected my review in any way. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.

I forgot some of my frustrations with this author’s first book. They were resolved in this one but the pace was still a bit slow.

These serial killer’s (fill in the blank - daughter, wife, plumber, 2nd cousin) books seem so similar that it’s starting to turn me off. All of the narrators are unreliable and can’t account for periods of time.

That being said, and pacing aside, this was actually pretty good. The changing perspectives worked well with the infrequent flashbacks and newspaper articles. There is a random additional perspective (voice) that is the culprit. There are many excellent red herrings and some great twists.

The final twist/resolution was fine, didn’t love or hate it. Based on the story arc I feel that the reveal was a bit bizarre, unexpected. The rest of the plot was satisfactory. Overall, it was entertaining and enjoyable, give it a go.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Avon Books, UK for a copy in exchange for a review.

Well, this is the first time I have read Alice Hunter and although this is a sequel to her previous book, I am happy to say that this did not prove to be a problem as this can easily be read as a standalone.

Such a clever plot, very likable characters, especially Jenny the vet, who is driven almost to distraction by events that begin happening at her house, trying to keep them secret from her husband who knows nothing about her past.....

Gripping and intense, the ending totally unexpected. Thoroughly recommend

My thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy in return for an honest review.

This was the story of Jen, whose close to perfect but not quite perfect life is rocked when someone she knows, and not in a good way, is abducted and Jen, who had a horrific backstory and who has been having blackouts, is a possible suspect. The other pov is her husband. I loved having both povs, but the other, that of someone speaking to her father, well, it just had issues, mostly formatting and editing ones, where the pov was just suddenly upon you! If you can put this aside, and also some strange gappy moments, you have a book that absolutely does not let you go!! I had no idea who had done what, and was itching to read on and so thoroughly enjoyed it in that way! Warning that this has some tough moments in it but all in all a book I enjoyed, but had issues with too. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the book in return for an honest review.

2.5 stars

The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Alice Hunter is a psychological thriller, and the second in The Serial Killer's Family series.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Avon Books and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.


My Synopsis:   (No major reveals, but if concerned, skip to My Opinions)
Jen and Mark have had a few ups and downs in their marriage, mainly because of secrets, and the affair that Mark had a year ago with Olivia.

Now, Olivia is missing, apparently taken from the street after leaving the local pub.

Things are tense, and both Jen and Mark are starting to worry.  Jen has night terrors, and black-outs.  Then there are the dead animals that are showing up in garbage bags on their property.

Could Jen be responsible for everything that is going wrong?  After all, her father is a serial killer....not that she has ever told Mark.  Is she following in her fathers footsteps?


My Opinions:
I had a lot of problems with this book.  First, I'm not sure how this can be part of a series....when the characters are different?  Yes, they both dealt with serial killers, but a series?  That is like saying King's It and Tolkein's The Hobbit are a series because they both have spiders in them.

Next,  I didn't like ANY of the characters.  I couldn't even feel sorry for Jenny/Jane.  Then, there was the age old -- husband and wife keep secrets from one another, and their marriage suffers.  Woman suffers from blackouts, so is automatically the perpetrator.  She decides to find the culprit herself.  Lots of suspects, but in the end, it was the obvious one.   Everything was so predictable.  Therefore, the twists and excitement didn't hit home for me.

Now, what worked well.  The writing was fine.  The actual plot was okay.  The story being told from both Jenny and Mark's points of view was really good.

However, I am probably in the minority (so don't take just my opinion), but I couldn't wait for this book to be over.

I have read the first book called The Serial Killer's Wife and I had really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to reading this one. Both books are standalone so it doesn't matter if you haven't read the first one.
This book follows the story of Jenny, the daughter of a serial killer, she is now a lot older with a family of her own but she suffers from blackouts from time to time. Strange things start to happen and she questions what she is doing during these blackouts, or what her husband is doing.
Events start happening that relate to her past, and considering she hasn't told anyone about who she really is, she starts to think it must be herself who is doing them!

The book is a little slow paced at times, but I did still enjoy it. I think I preferred the first book to this one, but if there are ever any more books in this series, then I would definitely give it a read.

‘Is murder in the blood?’

My thanks to Avon Books U.K. via NetGalley of ‘The Serial Killer’s Daughter’ by Alice Hunter.

I enjoyed Hunter’s first book, ‘The Serial Killer’s Wife’ published in 2021. Both novels are standalones under the series heading of ‘The Serial Killer’s Family’.

Given this is a crime thriller, just brief details in order to avoid spoilers. When a woman is snatched from the streets in a sleepy Devon village, local vet Jenny is naturally horrified. It’s not the kind of crime that happens there.

However, it’s not the first time that Jenny has been so close to a crime scene as she is the daughter of Paul Slater, known as the Painted Lady Killer for his signature of pinning a butterfly of that name to his victims. She has spent her whole life running from this; changing her name from Jane to Jennifer, cutting contact with her controlling mother, and not even telling her husband. Yet when a series of disturbing packages with animal remains (*shudder*) are left outside her home that include butterflies pinned to them she suspects that someone close by knows her secret.

Complicating the situation is that Jenny/Jane is experiencing blackouts. She isn’t sure what she is doing during these but is increasingly worried about that she may have inherited a ‘murder gene’ from her father.

Even though sometimes a bit over the top, this was certainly a page-turner though at times I was so frustrated with Jenny/Jane. I kept saying to my Kindle: ‘no Jane talk to the police … talk to your husband please Jane’. Did she listen to me? Of course not, though it indicates that I was pretty immersed in the story and couldn’t put it down.

A third book in this series is scheduled for next summer, ‘The Serial Killer’s Sister’. I will be looking forward to it.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

This is my first Alice Hunter book and certainly won't be my last. The Serial Killer's Daughter had me gripped from page one, although I kept trying to guess what the outcome would be I got it wrong. This is a five star read and a true page turner