When a six-year-old child picks up a mysterious letter left on a park bench, she discovers a confession from a man who claims to have spent his entire life committing murder after murder after murder.
It's almost certainly the ravings of a fantasist, but DI Beth Jordan is the undervalued detective sent in to make sure. Yet when she's able to connect the few actual details in the text to real-life cases, Jordan has the opportunity to solve crimes that have baffled her colleagues for decades.
But there's a reason why the killer is confessing now - and it's not to give himself up. As more letters are discovered it becomes clear he is planning one last, terrible murder. Jordan is forced to dive deep into the killer's mind to identify him before he can strike. But at the same time, the killer is studying her right back, using her to find the name of his final victim.
Because - in this twisted and dark novella - the dividing line between good and evil, right and wrong, is far less clear than it might first appear.
Can DI Jordan discover the real reason why he kills, before it's too late?
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Emilia Smithson was a good reader for her age. CHAPTER 1
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(Self-Published, 2 December 2018, ebook, 96 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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Killing Kind is enjoyable at times but not as good as the author's other works. On one hand, it's a compelling read but it just lacked something for me. I wasn't overly fond of the structure with each chapter including extracts from the killer's letters as well various scenes with the police trying to unmake his identity and find his last intended victim. The layout was confusing at times. It would have worked better with each letter as a separate chapter instead of being mixed through a chapter. It was an okay read but a bit disappointing.
