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What the bloggers thought:
Joanna Larum’s Reviews
This is a fast-paced book with many twists and turns which are so unexpected and I couldn’t read it fast enough. A thoroughly good read which has left me eager for more. Read more here
Jessica Belmont
I was on the edge of my seat as Mike Croft returns to find a ruthless serial killer. This kept me up late reading, and I kept thinking about it after I was finished. Jane Adams has created a strong cast of characters, and a really riveting plot. Read more here
Ginger Book Geek
I was hooked on this book from the moment I read the synopsis, never mind from when I began to read. By the time I got to the bottom of the first page, I knew that reading the book would be an addiction and the book would prove to be unputdownable. Read more here
Black Books Blog
The book is a bit different to normal as it is split in two parts, part one follows DI Croft as he investigates a string of rapes, all young, blond women with no links to each other. Whilst investigating this, the forensic team work out that there are in fact two rapists, the original one and then a copycat, which makes the whole case a lot trickier than normal. Read more here
The Word is Out
A great story with unexpected turns and so many well woven strands all coming together. I just wish there were more DI Croft books! Read more here
Musings of a tired mummy
In book 2 of the series, I had warmed to Mike as a lead character and part 2 of this book firmly puts his personal life in the spotlight as it is affected directly by the case. The latter part also focuses on the personal life and childhood of the killer which contrasts with the happy life of the child he snatches. Read more here
Linda Strong Book Reviews
This author has another winner in this series. Although third in line, this is easily read as a stand alone. Lots of action and plenty of twists and turns keep the reader engaged. Plenty of suspects, but not everyone is who they say they are. Read more here
Jen Meds Book Reviews
Overall Their Final Moments is an enjoyable read and I hope to see more of Mike Croft in the future Read more here
Book Worm
Their Final Moments (Detective Mike Croft #3) by Jane Adams
Available from AMAZON
DISCOVER A BRILLIANTLY GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FROM A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Please note this was first published as “Fade to Grey” and “Final Frame.”
HE WANTS TO CAPTURE THEIR FINAL MOMENTS ON FILM SO HE CAN WATCH THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN
DECEMBER: Detective Mike Croft is in pursuit of a serial attacker whose victims are all young blonde women.
But forensics on the victims reveals an even more horrific scenario.
Many miles away, in Wiltshire, a young woman dies in a burning car.
In Norwich, an actress is found dead in her own home and a teenage boy runs away from a past he doesn’t know how to face.
Can DI Mike Croft work out what links these events?
Then a greater threat emerges.
JAKE BOWEN: filmmaker and serial murderer. There is no pattern to his victims. He doesn’t care who dies, so long as their final moments make good film, and Jake is very imaginative in deciding how his victims will die.
MIKE CROFT FACES A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A KILLER. BUT THEN THE KILLER COMES FOR HIM.
THEIR FINAL MOMENTS: An epic and unputdownable crime thriller full of heart-stopping twists and turns.
Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Damien Boyd, Rachel Abbott, Patricia Gibney or Mark Billingham.
Praise for JANE ADAMS, author of the sensational best seller THE GREENWAY.
“Few debut novels achieve this level of suspense. The Greenway lingered in my mind for days. It takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery.” Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
“A haunting debut.” Minette Walters
“Compellingly told and rich with psychological insight.” Independent
“Nail-biting stuff.” Ms London
“An assured first novel, with a strong cast and a plot which twists and turns without a glitch.” Yorkshire Evening Post
DETECTIVE MIKE CROFT SERIES
Book 1: The Greenway
Book 2: The Secrets
Book 3: Their Final Moments
My Review
This is book 3 in the Detective Mike Croft series that is being republished by Joffe Books and I have read all of them. However, it will work perfectly as stand alone so if you haven’t read the previous books it wont be a problem.
Dead bodies are being discovered but with nothing to link them no common factors in the murder method and eventually it is discovered there is more than one murderer. Add the fact that the murders are being carried out in various locations up and down the country and Mike Croft has his work cut out trying to join some dots and find a way forward.
The characters continue to gain depth and are all complex and realistic. There is plenty of suspense built in to the story especially when people close to Mike get dragged in to the tangled web.
This was a really good read, however, I did find a little complicated and slow going in places. That said I am still looking forward to future books in this series.
Jane Adams Author Bio
Why do I write?
Like most writers, it’s a kind of compulsion. The stories are there and I have to try and grab hold of them and pin them onto the page. Most of the time, I enjoy the process; sometimes, I’d rather be doing just about anything else, up to and including the ironing – and I hate ironing.
I started writing when my youngest child went to school. I was incredibly lucky and my first novel, The Greenway, was picked up by Macmillan in 1994 and published in 1995.
I currently write two series; Naomi Blake and Rina Martin. Rina was a character I’d had in mind for years before committing her to paper. An elderly, ex thespian who had played the part of a popular TV detective, she had retired to the seaside and bought a boarding house for other ex performers. Rina’s feisty, no nonsense character is, I suppose, based on the rather powerful and opinionated ladies I grew up surrounded by – mother, teachers in the all girls school I attended, aunts and pseudo aunts, all of whom had opinions about everything and made sure these were unstintingly shared.
Naomi Blake, on the other hand, was the brainchild of my late agent, Bob Tanner at International Scripts. ‘You should write a blind detective,’ he said ‘ and she needs a big, black guidedog, called Napoleon’.
I thought it was a daft idea, and told him so. I just couldn’t see how to do it. But, like a lot of seemingly daft ideas, this one wormed its was into my brain and I realised he was right. It could work and so, the Naomi Blake series came into being.
I have always written in other genres too, short stories in the SF, Fantasy and Gothic Horror genre, and am working on longer projects when time allows. I also teach Creative Writing and have had the great priviligde of being a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at three different universities.
Links
Twitter: @JaneAdamsAuthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jane.adams.16547
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5158042.Jane_A_Adams
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