Not for the faint hearted – but I guess that should be obvious from the title. I made the ‘mistake’ of getting the audiobook, which is great if you’re in a household of adults, but I had to keep shutting doors and pausing when my kids were around as the language and sexual references are definitely 18+

Suzanne Tyler barely knew her father. But when she’s given a series of secret diaries and eight mysterious photographs of women from his possessions, she knows she won’t be able to rest until she knows the truth about him.

To Suzanne’s shock, one of the photos is of her friend Sophie, who died ten years ago in an unexplained and devastating fire.

But Don only met Sophie once, on an unsettling visit he paid Suzanne just days before Sophie’s death… So why did he have a picture of her?

Unable to let Sophie’s memory alone. Suzanne begins to dig into her father’s life. What horrors is she about to unearth in his diaries? And who is it that’s out there, watching her every move?

It was a fast paced unveiling of the exploits and motivation of a serial killer through the eyes of his daughter and himself. I enjoyed listening to the book, even if it made me feel a little uneasy or unsettled – which I guess means Lesley succeeded in getting across the deranged mind of a psychopath quite well.

I did find some of the reactions of the characters to be understated. The lead, Suzie, witnesses some very traumatic events but doesn’t seem to bat an eyelid. This could be because the author is saying she’s inherited some of her father’s characteristics, but others are also a little ‘calm’ in some very traumatic circumstances.

There is lots of killing, but not in a blood thirsty way, it’s more the sexual nature of the deaths that is shocking. A lot of action, I was expecting a bit more psychology and emotion, but all in all a good read that kept me wanting to know what was going to happen and how the story would end and the characters survive.

BLONDE PLOTTERS STAR RATING 7/10