The Dead Tell Lies by J F Kirwan is a psychological thriller about which I will be discussing today. I have read the author’s Nadia Laksheva series but this one, I must say, is my favourite!An adrenaline pumping page turner which will not allow you to rest until you’ve finished it, that is guaranteed! For a thriller fan like me, it is so satisfying to come across these reads and this year, I have been particularly lucky. This book has already made it to the list of my top books.Okay, enough ramb...

I absolutely love discovering new authors and J. F. Kirwan is definitely a new author for me. Judging by how much I enjoyed reading 'The Dead Tell Lies', I can guarantee that I will be reading more of his work in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'The Dead Tell Lies' but more about that in a bit.The main character is a man called Greg Adams, who as the story begins works as a criminal psychologist at New Scotland Yard. I was so jealous of his work as becoming a criminal psychologist has t...

Before, I wouldn't read many Thriller, except for a couple of authors I absolutely love. Recently that as changed and I sound out that I quite enjoy reading thriller/crime/mystery novels in the late afternoon. Especially now with the summery weather here in Portugal. I get tired and a thrilling book is what I need to get my energy levels up."The Dead Tell Lies" caught my attention immediately when I read the title. Who wouldn't be curious to read the synopsis and, knowing it's a crime/thriller n...

A psychologist who works with New Scotland Yard profiling serial killers, Greg Adams has figured out the pattern of the latest spree serial killer, The Divine, and rushes with law enforcement to stop the man from killing his next victim. However, only moments after seeing the psychopath led away in handcuffs, Greg’s world is upended when he learns his wife, Kate, was just murdered by another serial killer known as The Dreamer.The hunt for The Dreamer goes nowhere. Burdened with grief and guilt, ...

THE DEAD TELL LIES is a psychological crime thriller by J.F. Kirwan. This is one novel that you will not be able to put down until you finish the last page. A definite winner! A predator is on the loose! Greg Adams, a criminal psychologist at Scotland Yard, specializes in catching serial killers. He tracks down a serial killer nicknamed the Divine, who has already killed six teenage girls and is about to kill a seventh. Greg works out the location where he is hiding and joins a raid. The police ...

Plot/NarrativeGreg an ex psychologist/criminologist who worked at Scotland Yard who get inside the minds of serial killers and hunts them down stopped when his wife Kate was brutally murdered in the most sickening way by the serial killer, The Dreamer.  He successfully put away a few serial killers in his career. After handing in his license, and so very near to ending his own life not being able to go on with his life without Late. He receives a phone call just at the right time.  He has now be...

Serial killers in London are a bit like buses in this book - they certainly all seem to have come at once for Greg Adams who has now been involved in the capture of no less than six. In true serial killer fashion, they are all given names like The Torch and The Gravedigger. Not only that but whilst he was helping catch number six, The Divine, yet another one known as The Dreamer was murdering Greg's wife Kate. Or at least that's what everyone has believed up till now. Three months before the sta...

Greg Adams is a criminal psychologist and works at Scotland Yard. When Greg’s wife, Kate is found murdered by a killer called The Dreamer, Greg tries to find him. When he can’t, he quits his job and feels he can’t carry on without Kate. As he is about to kill himself, he receives a phone call stating that The Dreamer is dead and he didn’t kill Kate! This phone call makes Greg go back to work and start hunting for who did kill his wife.This is the first book of J.F. Kirwan’s that I have read and ...

Greg Adams is a criminal psychologist known for his ability to get into a killer's head. He is at the top of his game, having just put away his sixth serial killer when his wife is brutally murdered by another killer known as the Dreamer.A year later, his wife's killer has not been found. Greg has quit his job and is contemplating suicide. He only stops from pulling the trigger when the phone rings. It's a man who states the Dreamer is dead and that he wasn't the one that killed his wife.He retu...

Another author who is new to me courtesy of the dependable Bloodhound Books and an absolutely cracking novel! Greg Adams is a psychologist who works with Scotland Yard and he is responsible for the incarceration of a number of serial killers. When his wife is murdered by one of the aforementioned Greg is tempted to end it all but is persuaded to take the case on, at great risk to himself. The narrative is tense and taut, the twists and turns of plot are plentiful and I hope there is more to come...