This was a cool book to read. It read like an episode of The Blacklist almost. I love when an Inspector needs the help of an imprisoned serial killer!

Olivier wasn’t just a serial killer, he was a true masochist and would chop up his victims body parts with a jigsaw! Yikes ( )

Ooh, this was a twisty mystery of a police procedural and I can't wait to read The Binding Room. I love how Nadine brings realistic scenarios into this novel. The divorce rates and mental health injuries (like PTSD) are higher in police, military, and first responder jobs, so the fact that she included discussion about these issues was wonderful. ( )

De blurb klinkt erg wreed maar, misschien doordat ik een thrillerlezer ben, ik vond het allemaal wel meevallen. Er worden wel veel lichaamsdelen gevonden, maar dat zijn in mijn beleving alleen maar woorden en letters. Waarschijnlijk had ik het als film een stuk akeliger gevonden.
Inspecteur Anjelica Henley heeft ruim twee jaar voor de gebeurtenissen al een heftige aanvaring gehad met Peter Olivier, de puzzelman genoemd in de media. Zij heeft daar ernstige verwondingen aan overgehouden en had ook bijna haar ongeboren kind verloren. Nu krijgt de politie van Londen opnieuw te maken met de vondst van een aantal lichaamsdelen van minstens drie verschillende mensen. Anjelica ziet zich genoodzaakt om samen met Salim Ramouter, een jonge detective waar zij de mentor van zal zijn, de confrontatie met Peter Olivier aan te gaan. Want kan Olivier vanuit de zwaarbewaakte afdeling van een gevangenis opdracht geven om weer te gaan moorden op zijn manier of is iemand hem aan het nadoen? En wat doet deze confrontatie met haar gemoedsrust? ( )

This is a first in a series. There might have been a couple too many characters, but it sorts itself out ( )

The Jigsaw Man is one of the best beginnings to a new police procedural that I've read so far this year! This book is dark and won't be for every reader - I think the above summary should give you an idea of how dark this book really is. The mystery is compelling though and despite it being a chunkier book I flew through the pages. I just didn't want to set it down. I really enjoyed the fact that the author showed the struggles that Henley had with balancing motherhood and her job. The guilt that she felt at times when her job took her away from her daughter more than she wanted it to. It was something that I definitely could relate to as a mother myself. I found myself racing through this book eager to see how it would all end. And that ending....all I can say without giving anything away is that I NEED the next book in this series ASAP. So good! I cannot emphasize enough how strong I found this beginning to a new detective series to be - it's one that I have been recommending over and over!

Overall, this is an author to watch and a must read for mysteries and thriller lovers like myself. I wouldn't recommend this one though if you cannot handle gore or don't care for darker reads. If you read and enjoyed The Chestnut Man though (I feel like that's a pretty good comparison with how dark this book gets), then definitely get your hands on this one. Highly recommended!

Bottom Line: This book is very likely going to be on my top reads for 2021 - it was that good!

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. I ended up reading a print copy from my local library. Honest thoughts are my own.

CW: Attempted rape ( )