Snakes and Ladders

Written by Victoria Selman

Narrated by Karen Cass

Psycho meets Silence of the Lambs

“A taut, thrilling mystery.” —Dominic Nolan, author of Past Life

From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Blood for Blood, perfect for fans of James Patterson, Lee Child and Thomas Harris.

A serial killer is terrorising London, removing a body part from each victim and leaving in its place a single pink rose.

Dr Vernon Sange, a multiple murderer awaiting extradition, seems to know the culprit’s identity—but he’ll only talk to profiler Ziba MacKenzie, the woman responsible for putting him away. Though there’s something he wants in return from her. And time is running out.

With one killer whispering in her ear and another running rings around the police, Ziba must play a game in which only her opponent knows the rules, and the forfeit is death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Dec 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9781799751311

Victoria Selman

After graduating from Oxford University, Victoria Selman studied Creative Writing at the City Lit and wrote for the Ham & High and Daily Express newspapers. In 2013 she won the Full Stop Short Story Prize, and her first novel, Blood for Blood, was shortlisted for the 2017 Debut Dagger Award. Victoria lives in London with her husband and two sons.

Reviews for Snakes and Ladders

[vanessacw · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The third in the Ziba Mackenzie thriller series. I haven’t read the first two books but it can be read as a stand alone, although the ending is left on something of a cliffhanger. A serial killer known as the PRK (Pink Rose Killer) is having a killing spree in London. Meanwhile another notorious mass murderer incarcerated in HM Wakefield Prison seems to know the killer’s real identity and is predicting what they’re going to do next.I read this story via the Pigeonhole app where the book is split into ten daily staves and I looked forward to receiving each instalment. I’m not a fan of serial killer thrillers but I was quite gripped by this one. It’s fast paced with some great characters. There is a puzzle to solve and coded clues to decipher which I enjoyed. It’s a cat and mouse game with a race against time sort of tale which kept me turning the pages. There’s not much more I can say without giving the plot away, so overall a it’s a good thriller which will appeal to fans of Thomas Harris and Robert Bloch.