Victoria Jenkins is an Australian author who has made a name for herself writing the highly popular Detective King and Lane series of novels. The first novel in the series was The Girls In The Water that Jenkins first published in 2017 to much critical acclaim and popularity among crime fiction fans. The series of novels features Detective Constable Chloe Lane and Detective Inspector Alex King who are the lead investigative characters that solve some mysterious murders in their hometown. Even though Jenkins’ writing has only come to the fore in the recent past, she has always been a writer. Right from her childhood, she would write stories and went on to win her first literary prize aged only ten. The novel that she co-wrote with her father …show more content…
The two police officers are divided by a huge age gap but that never stops them from becoming the best of friends and partners. Their investigations typically involve dead bodies whose story usually ends up having more than meets the eye. Over the course of the novels, Lane has an obsession with resolving the mysterious death of her brother which often introduces two intriguing plotlines into the novels. The novels provide an intriguing backstory on both characters, which helps explain their different motivations and why they become the best of friends. The novels are well-paced with strong plotlines that are well thought out setting the stage for intriguing character development and investigations. The novels provide detailed description s of the settings around the city of Cardiff that offers a sense of realism and …show more content…
The body of Lela Evans is found in a local park and now DI Alex King and her newest employee DC Chloe Lane have to find the perpetrator. For th killer, the first kill had felt like something of an accident as killing the girl had never been his intention. However, looking at the body of his victim, he had the horrifying feeling that he would soon have a second victim. When a second girl disappears, the detectives discover that the two victims came from the same support group and had a shared history, making plausible the case that there could be a killer preying on the group. As the detectives begin piecing together the clues, Chloe finds that her own life is in danger as secrets about her brother’s death comes back to haunt her Someone who knows how her brother died is determined to kill to keep the secret hidden. They are now fighting a war on two fronts, determined to find the killer before he can kill again or take out