A double murder in the past and now in the present day a family is held hostage and a police officer is haunted by his missing brother. Can Jack stay focussed on his policework and save the family?
Wolf is the 7th book in the Jack Caffery series but the first that I have read. I watched the TV adaptation last the summer and wanted to read the book too.
The book begins with a girl finding a dog in the woods but then goes back in time to show the Archer-Ferrers family as they make a sinister discovery in their garden and two police officers arrive. Meanwhile Jack has a new lead in his brother’s disappearance but he needs to locate the owner of a missing dog in order to find out more and get peace of mind.
I think the TV version had more of the wow factor as the twists were stunningly revealed and the baddies are vividly depicted. The book is more of a slow burn but the tension of the trapped family is highly dramatic. I preferred the Caffery plotline in the book as he is more focussed on the missing dog. The ending is terribly sad for Jack but I liked the conclusion for the house-based characters.
Wolf is dramatic and has a fabulous dark tension. I now want to catch up on the earlier books and see Jack’s character development over the series.
Book blurb
SHE’S LOCKED THE DOOR BUT THE KILLER’S INSIDE
I believe, from what I can hear, that either my daughter or my wife has just been attacked. I don’t know the outcome. The house is silent.
Fourteen years ago two teenage lovers were brutally murdered in a patch of remote woodland. The prime suspect confessed to the crimes and was imprisoned.
Now, one family is still trying to put the memory of the killings behind them. But at their isolated hilltop house . . . the nightmare is about to return.
