Grave Intent by Alexander HartungAuthor Website Amazon (UK) Amazon.com I got this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. AmazonCrossing (ebook), 2016
320 Pages
Late one night, a man calls the local emergency line. He's in a cemetery, and he's just discovered a freshly dug grave marked with a wooden cross bearing his name. The dispatcher thinks it's the ravings of a drunk-until the police find the man's body the next day.
What seemed like a morbid prank soon becomes a living nightmare for Berlin detective Jan Tommen. Recently reinstated to the force after a harrowing case's tragic conclusion, Jan enlists his friends-debt collector Chandu, hacker Max, and medical examiner Zoe-to help. Yet the unconventional team can't get any closer to finding the killer, and new open graves keep turning up, each with a promise of murder. Can they find the cunning killer before the deadly predictions are fulfilled?
From Alexander Hartung, author of Until the Debt Is Paid, comes another heart-stopping instalment of the Jan Tommen Investigation series.
'I'm standing at my own grave'. The voice was shaky and hard to understand over the phone.
Grave Intent is a great thriller packed with suspense and intrigue. I loved the opening of the novel. The story fairly rattles along as more graves are discovered and bodies start to pile up. I loved the idea of a crazed killer who created a freshly dug grave for their intended victims. You can't say they weren't warned something bad would happen. I really like the characters, who were all complex and well-drawn. Grave Intent ticks all the boxes of the kind of mystery/crime thriller I love to read. Although this is the second novel in a series I don't feel like I got half the story or have missed out by not reading the first book about Jan Tommen. Grave Intent is definitely a page turner.
