Shed no tears : Cat Kinsella #3 / Caz Frear.

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Title:

Shed no tears : Cat Kinsella #3 / Caz Frear.

Author:

Frear, Caz

ISBN:

9780062979858

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Harper, 2020.

Physical Description:

359 p.

Series:

Cat Kinsella #3

Abstract:

"Christopher Masters, known as 'The Roommate Killer', strangled three women over a two-week period in a London house in November 2012. Holly Kemp, his fourth victim, was never found. Until now. Her remains have been unearthed in a field in Cambridgeshire and DC Cat Kinsella and the major investigation team are called in, but immediately there are questions surrounding the manner of her death. DCI Tessa Dyer, the lead on the 2012 case, lends the team a hand, as does DCI Steele's old boss and mentor, the now retired Detective Chief Superintendent Oliver Cairns. With Masters dead, Cat and the team have to investigate every lead again."--Publisher description

Subject Term:

Kinsella, Cat (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Serial murders -- Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

Acclaimed and internationally bestselling crime novelist Caz Frear returns with her third superb novel featuring Cat Kinsella, a cop "on par with Susie Steiner's and Tana French's female detectives" (Kirkus Reviews).

Four victims. Killer caught. Case closed . . . or is it?

Growing up in a London family with ties to organized crime, Detective Constable Cat Kinsella knows the criminal world better than most cops do. As a member of the city's Metropolitan Police, she's made efforts to distinguish herself from her relatives. But leading an upstanding life isn't always easy, and Cat has come close to crossing the line, a fact she keeps well hidden from her superiors.

Working their latest case, Cat and her partner Luigi Parnell discover a connection to a notorious criminal: serial killer Christopher Masters, who abducted and killed several women in 2012. Though the cops eventually apprehended him, his final victim, Holly Kemp, was never found and he never confessed to her murder, despite the solid eyewitness testimony against him. Now, six years later, the discovery of Holly's remains near Cambridge seems to be the definitive proof needed to close the case.

Still, a few key items of evidence don't quite line up. As Cat and Parnell look closer, they find discrepancies that raise troubling questions. But someone will do anything to keep past secrets hidden--and as they inch closer to the truth, they may be putting themselves in jeopardy . . .

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The discovery in a remote area of Cambridgeshire of a missing woman's remains reignites a cold case, in British author Frear's middling third novel featuring Det. Constable Cat Kinsella (after 2019's Stone Cold Heart). In 2012, in what was dubbed the Roommate Case, the confessed killer, Christopher Masters, lured four women to his house by advertising a room for rent and killed three of them. The fourth, Holly Kemp, escaped and went missing. Six years later, Kinsella and her partner, Det. Sgt. Luigi Parnell investigate Kemp's murder now that her body's been found. Because Kemp was killed in a different manner than the other victims, and her body was found miles away from Masters's house, the partners suspect that someone else murdered her. Parnell visits the only witness to the roommate case, but he finds her retelling unconvincing. Kinsella and Parnell's interview with a gangster, who falsely denies knowing Kemp, is also unproductive. Eventually, the pieces come together at the cumbersome conclusion. Kinsella remains frustratingly underdeveloped beyond her family's history of ties to organized crime, and the narrative can be confusing at times. Frear has done better. Agent: Eugenie Furniss, 42MP. (Dec.)

Library Journal Review

Det. Cat Kinsella is back in Frear's latest (after Stone Cold Heart), working on the Roommate murders, in which Christopher Masters lured women to his home with the ruse of a room for rent. He admitted to killing all of the victims, yet he waffled on his admission of killing Holly Kemp. Years later, when Holly's remains are finally found, her cause of death is different from that of the other victims. Cat and her partner, veteran detective Luigi Parnell, are assigned as fresh eyes on this cold case. Can they link Masters to Kemp, or is there another killer that the original detectives missed? This is the third novel to feature Cat, and while it can be read as a stand-alone, readers who are interested in her backstory may want to start with the first two books; some of Cat's quirks and her relationships with her dad and her boyfriend may be more clear. Much of the text is dialog between the detectives as they try to solve the case, but readers will also enjoy Cat's humorous asides and sarcastic thoughts. VERDICT Frear creates an atmosphere of tension among the detectives and witnesses and in Cat's personal life that will make readers want to devour this mystery in one sitting.--Natalie Browning, Longwood Univ. Lib., Farmville, VA