The Jigsaw Man

A Novel

By: Nadine Matheson

Narrated by: Davine Henry

"A heart-pounding roller coaster ride." (Tami Hoag, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Boy)

*A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2021*

A serial killer and his copycat are locked in a violent game of cat and mouse. Can DI Anjelica Henley stop them before it’s too late?

On the day she returns to active duty with the Serial Crimes Unit, Detective Inspector Anjelica Henley is called to a crime scene. Dismembered body parts from two victims have been found by the river.

The modus operandi bears a striking resemblance to Peter Olivier, the notorious Jigsaw Killer, who has spent the past two years behind bars. When he learns that someone is co-opting his grisly signature - the arrangement of victims’ limbs in puzzle-piece shapes - he decides to take matters into his own hands.

As the body count rises, DI Anjelica Henley is faced with an unspeakable new threat. Can she apprehend the copycat killer before Olivier finds a way to get to him first? Or will she herself become the next victim?

Drawing on her experience as a criminal attorney, debut novelist Nadine Matheson delivers the page-turning crime novel of the year. Taut, vivid and addictively sinister, The Jigsaw Man will leave you breathless until the very last minute.

©2021 Nadine Matheson (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Narrator drove me nuts

Each character sounded the same and so many inhales. Almost ruined the book for me. No one starts every sentence they speak with an emphasized inhale. Every single character did this.

Good central characters but slow plot

Love the narrator of this as well as the central main police characters. But the plot brought in too many "suspects" with little for me to care about in solving the mystery. Wanted to just skip to the end about 3/4 in. Will skip the 2nd book bc of it's subject matter (don't do cult ritualistic stuff) but hope to catch Henly (in the same voice as here) in future books.

not bad

it moved well but for the first time ever I have to say that the narrator's deep sighs and breathing was distracting to the point where I would get confused about which character was talking. overall enjoyed the theme/concept. Sure we'll see Olivier in the future.

Horrible narrator

I couldn’t even get through 4 chapters. The kindle read was so much better. Wish i had read the reviews before wasting a credit

This had so much potential

I really wanted to love this book. It's exactly what I usually like - thriller, mystery, drama. Unfortunately, it seems the author was rushed to finish the book, because the climax of the story had very little meat on the bones. It was not in the least bit plausible. The action scenes were very difficult to follow; I don't know if that's because of the narration or the writing. Also, the main characters just never developed well. In some books, you can actually "hear" the thought processes of the character. This isn't one of those books. Overall, I give it a solid meh.

Overly long with predictable plot.

Took forever to get through this book and the same ending as a thousand other crime novels, the bad guy gets away in the end so we can have sequel. Ugh!

Hard to focus on such a monotonous narration

I'm just getting into this book but I keep losing the plot because of the narrator's unenthusiastic droning.

Fantastic Detective story!

Normally, I listen to audible when driving, long commute, but with this novel I could not stop listening once the car stopped!
I had to know what was next and just couldn't stop!
Angelica Henley is a very, very good female character and I already can see Cush Jumbo playing her in a Neflix adaptation of this novel!
I cannot wait for the next Inspector Angelica Henley novel!

New author but great story

Narrator was pretty much spot on, story moved smoothly. the ending left you guessing, is he dead, will he return. I guess I'll have to see.

Amazing storyline, monotonous narration

The story kept me intrigued, tens throughout the whole book. Loved the graphic descriptions.

The narrator was not so good. Almost all characters sounded the same. One tone used for most if the book. Could have spiced up the act a little.

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