Review ‘A Tapping at my Door’ by David Jackson

From the
bestselling author of Cry Baby, the beginning of a brilliant and gripping
police procedural series set in Liverpool, perfect for fans of Peter James and
Mark Billingham

A woman at
home in Liverpool is disturbed by a persistent tapping at her back door. She’s
disturbed to discover the culprit is a raven, and tries to shoo it away. Which
is when the killer strikes.

DS Nathan Cody, still bearing the scars of an undercover mission that went
horrifyingly wrong, is put on the case. But the police have no leads, except
the body of the bird – and the victim’s missing eyes.

As flashbacks from his past begin to intrude, Cody realizes he is battling not
just a murderer, but his own inner demons too.

And then the killer strikes again, and Cody realizes the threat isn’t to the
people of Liverpool after all – it’s to the police.

Following the success and acclaim of the Callum Doyle novels, A Tapping at My
Door is the first instalment of David Jackson’s new Nathan Cody series.

I love reading crime novels. I don’t really get to read them as much as
I used too when I was in my teens, but crime novels are still one of my
favorite genres to read. I devoured a lot of the Karin Slaughter novels, and
J.D. Robb is definitely also one of my favorite Authors. So when I was asked to
read the David Jackson’s new Nathan Cody series, I couldn’t say yes fast
enough.

In ‘A Tapping At My Door’ we follow DS Nathan Cody on a new case of a supposed
cop killer, who’s leasing some weird messages. This is Cody’s first case back after
he was involved with a undercover mission that went terribly wrong. Now Cody
doesn’t only have to find out who the murderer is that is brutal killing his colleagues,
he also has to find a way to cope with his own demons. Thankfully Cody gets
some help from his new colleague, and old girlfriend Megan Webley.

I had some high hopes before I started reading ‘A Tapping At My Door’.
It was the first crime novel I read in a while, and I really wanted to be swept
away into a interesting murder investigation. And thankfully my high hopes were
met, and I completely devoured this book.

Not only was the murder investigation really good, and kept me on the
edge of my seat, I also really loved getting to know the main character Cody.
There was a lot of mystery about what happened to him on his last case, and I
was really intrigued about finding out the truth about him. Off course the
Author made sure we still have some thing to wonder about, but we also got some
answers which really made me happy.

David Jackson, really made this into a great read that keeps you
interested till the very last page. The murders are gruesome and really weird,
their are several suspects and there are some personal problems for the main
characters. That’s definitely a combination I love. And I for one can’t wait to
read the next book in this series.

David
Jackson is the acclaimed author of the crime thriller series featuring New York
detective Callum Doyle. Pariah, his debut novel, was Highly Commended in the
Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger Awards. It is published in the UK by Pan
Macmillan, and various audio and foreign rights have been sold. Follow-up novels
in the series are: The Helper, Marked, and Cry Baby. The Guardian newspaper
said of David’s writing: ‘Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is
the better writer.’

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information about David Jackson please visit his website. Or visit him on
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