Nadine Matheson

‘This book is gruesomely good’ Lesley Kara, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rumour ‘A spellbinding game of cat and mouse . . . with chilling echoes of Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs’ Daily Mail

The Jigsaw Man

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i wanted to like this book way more than i actually did, i just felt like it was super slow and i could tell it was building up to something but i eventually stopped caring when the twist happened. also it is very very british and i had to stop and google a lot of things for context.

A serial killer and his copycat are locked in a violent game of cat and mouse. Can DI Angelica Henley stop them before it's too late? On the day she returns to active duty with the Serial Crimes Unit, Detective Inspector Angelica 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 Angelica 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 page.

Denaiir

loved it, the characters were well-defined, the plot was cool, the killers were completely wicked
4.5 stars

A great murder mystery with lots of twists and turns! 

Haley Kirinsky 

Allie Bilawchuk

I enjoyed this book until the 80% mark. It was so interesting hearing two serial killers go after each other but the ending was bland and felt like there was too much unneeded information added for scenery. Would give this a 3.5

James Eaton

I found this book randomly at my local library. I was just browsing looking for something interesting and this book caught my eye. I found it really interesting and the twists and turns were good. 

I enjoyed the writing style and the London vibes. I think there is another book in this series and I will totally read it!

Jackie Siegel

** spoiler alert **
           Although this book was suspenseful and a bit gory at times, it didn’t hold up the way I expected it to. The ending was pretty disappointing and there were a lot of twisting plot lines and pieces that made it hard to follow.

Annalee Harris

Intense and intriguing, The Jigsaw Man is definitely riveting, but it feels like it's the second or third book of the series. Not enough information is given about the characters, so even by the final page I wasn't entirely sure who was who or what their jobs were. The use of acronyms to describe job titles or units was confusing and made it difficult to visualize what exactly was happening in the story.

There was also a lack of unity in the story. The motives felt muddy, especially when most of the characters were a bit interchangeable with another so it was hard to understand the who's and why's of the story. The Jigsaw Man would have definitely benefitted by having more information given, seeing as a lot of the story was about Henley's troubled marriage or dissing Ramouter.

The random instances where the novel went back in time felt misplaced. The story should've been told chronologically; it would have still maintained the suspense and made more sense than just suddenly being thrust four months earlier or twelve hours earlier; it didn't fit well in this novel.

The Jigsaw Man was a page-turner with enough mystery to keep the reader engaged, but suffered with the lack of background information and one too many characters.

Nash

“I always find it odd when people say that of the dead. They had their whole life ahead of them. Clearly, they didn't because they're dead. We may not like the method of disposal but when it's your time to go, then it's your time to go.” 
― Nadine Matheson, The Jigsaw Man


Holy crap, the rollercoaster that was this book. I am obsessed with Matheson’s writing style. She got me hooked from page one and I literally groaned every time I had to put the book down. I just wanted to devore the whole thing in one sitting. This book is almost 500 pages long but let me tell you something... It is absolutely worth it. You won’t even feel them. You literally won’t catch a break because one thing we can say for sure is that Henley did not catch a break. I got mad at her at one point because what she was doing was completely irrational. Hypocrite beyond measure, but a decent book-detective. This double serial killer thriller is one to have in your bookshelf and definitely re-read. I know I will and I cannot wait to see what’s on DI Henley’s future.

Heather Harrington

I wanted to like this so much, but it just didn't work for me at all. The premise sounded super interesting, and while it did have this dark, twisty vibe to it, I was bored the entire time. It was just so long and drawn out. I felt myself losing interest about halfway through but forced myself to finish hoping it would get better, and unfortunately, it didn't. I loved the idea of this copycat serial killer, but the execution just wasn't for me. There were gruesome bits but no suspense. I also had an issue with the characters feeling flat and one-dimensional. You can tell the author was going for a Silence of the Lambs vibe with a police officer and serial killer playing cat and mouse with one another, but it just wasn't developed enough. Sadly, this was just one big miss for me.

Deborah Kerr

Listen, y'all, I'm a total simp for British Procedural Murder Mysteries.

While there wasn't anything particularly new or original, but it was still enjoyable as hell.

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"A heart-pounding roller coaster ride."--Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times bestselling 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 page.

The Jigsaw Man

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