Fabulous sequel.
Saffy Huntley-Oliver's life is going great until it all starts going wrong!
Great twists, funny and brilliantly well written characters.
I really cannot wait for the next one, please make it soon Julie Mae Cohen.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.
Easy five stars from me.

My favourite serial killer is back - "I am Justice, I am Karma, I am Woman" oh hey there Saffy!

I absolutely loved Bad Men, so I was thrilled to read Body Count. As hilarious as ever, possibly even more so than its predecessor, Body Count is everything I needed and more.

I just adore Saffy - she's wickedly funny, absolutely bad-ass and underneath that cool and polished exterior is actually a total sweetheart. But shhhh, don't tell her I said that!

I laughed from start to finish on this wild ride. It picks up three weeks after Saffy and Jon solve the bin bag murders and they embark on their new relationship, with a few severed heads, dead bodies and twists and turns on the way - standard! As Saffy says "I might have become a serial killer anyway, in the end. I like to hope I would, because I enjoy my hobby very much and my life would be very boring without it."

I loved getting to know Saffy more and also her sister Susie and the intricacies of their relationship. The plot is exciting and I couldn't put this book down - a real page turner full of twists and turns as Saffy lurches from one calamity to next. I can not wait for the next one, Julie you can't leave us hanging like this! There's far too many more Bad Men out there who need their just desserts!

I honestly can't recommend this series enough and would give it 10 stars out of 5 if I could! Just brilliant - an absolute must read!

Having read and utterly loved Bad Men, I was keen to get my hands on this new book, and I wasn’t disappointed! Body Count is absolutely hilarious; Saffy is her usual amazing self: a sarcastic bad ass with a wardrobe I would kill for. However, this time, we also get to see a more vulnerable side to her, and to be honest, it just made me love her more. I simply cannot wait for the next one. Very highly recommended.

For some unknown reason I haven't read Bad Men and didn't realise this fabulous early edition from Netgalley was a sequel. However there is plenty of backstory to get the jist of what happened in the previous book.

Saffy is mega rich, smart, beautiful and likes to kill bad men. Rapists, child molesters, human traffickers, she will hunt them down and chop them up. She has just started a new relationship with Jonathan who was a crime writer/podcaster who investigated crimes with no idea what his new girlfriend does in the shadows.

Saffy has her eyes set on Sir Thomas West, an ageing, beloved celebrity who may or may not put you in mind of a certain tracksuit wearing, cigar smoking personality. She wants him dead, but so does someone else...

If you're a fan of Sweetpea, How to Kill Your Family, How to Slay etc etc etc (there's so many of these now and I live them) then you will enjoy Body Count. I'm off to catch up on the first installment.

Thanks NetGalley

My favourite serial killer from last year Saffy is back, and as the title may imply, her body count is definitely on the rise.

This is a wonderfully twisty story, where we get to know more about what makes Saffy really tick, her fledgling relationship with Jonathan, and I am absolutely loving hearing and discovering just how she seems to be multiple steps ahead of everyone. I also enjoyed getting to know Susie better.

If you were to judge her by appearances you would never believe what was is actually capable of, which is probably her secret weapon.

I was totally hooked on this book, from first page to last, I couldn't get enough of it. I think Julie Mae Cohen is really getting into her stride with these really dark but humorous stories, and I'm totally there for it.

Especially as Saffy is so good at highlighting all the ways that men can suck, and she only really kills the ones that totally deserve it. Always good to see a killer with a conscious, and she also has some great self awareness about what she does.

Just another totally brilliant book, and I really hope this isn't the last we have seen of these characters, given how it ended!

Thank you to Zaffre and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

A fabulous sequel to Bad Men with Saffy doing what she does best - killing!

Still filled with humour but this sequel had much more depth and let us understand her character on a deeper level.

I even loved Finn!

A brilliant, laugh out loud serial killer, romcom and I can't wait to read what happens next.

Three cheers for the return to the world of Saffy! My favourite serial killer has returned - with style.
A few years ago, I read "Bad Men" and I was a little unsure, because while there was a global explosion of interest in the area of revenge killing/female serial killers in crime fiction. And despite trying numerous novels, I struggled to find one that I enjoyed - and believe me, it's rare that I DNF a book. But then, I came across "Bad Med" by Julie Mae Cohen and suddenly, I could understand the phenomenon. Here was an intelligent, funny, sarcastic (uber-stylish) and romantic heroine. And one who was on a serious mission.
And so, you can imagine my excitement at the news of a sequel, "Body Count".
Now, it's not necessary to have read "Bad Men" in order to enjoy "Body Count", as the author provides a good background, but I would recommend doing so as it will help the reader to understand Saffy and Jonathan's relationship, plus the events of the previous novel that continue to have repercussions.
So what is happening in "Body Count", well, Saffy (or Seraphine Huntley-Oliver) is our main protoganist and she talks directly to the reader, bringing a refreshingly honest dialogue to the storyline as she outlines her reasons and actions. She is also down-right funny on occasion when explaining her reasons for removing blood from fabric. And dealing with the dog that dislikes her - the cute creature was previously used by Saffy to engineer a 'cute-meet' with Jonathan. Now, Jonathan plays a greater role in this novel as he is receiving messages about a serial killer. Saffy. And as he starts to investigate, Saffy's secret life is beginning to unravel. This is not helped by the insufferable and hilarious Finlay, who is dating her sister.
All in all, Body Count is a laugh out loud, serial killing rom-com. I loved it!
And I can't wait for the next adventure for Saffy and co.