a debut novel also published under the title M For Murder. The book is set in Oregon & California jumping back & forth between 1963-1997. A search for a serial killer who hunts on a college campus and uses the alphabet to pick victims. An eight year hiatus between murders reignites an investigation with too many characters, unprofessional police & FBI officers, and disjointed language and errors. After reading I looked up the author who is apparently British but with the book set in the U.S. Language such as "whilst" way too many times, bin liner, packet meals, take away food, football pitch, & a character named Lawrence who was called Larry on some pages & Lawrie on others. Disjointed with too many characters but an actual OK mystery and surprise the killer ( )

What a great book with some surprising twists in the story. I just wanted to keep reading to see what would happen. It is well worth a read if you haven't done so. It is the first book I have read by Keri Beevis and am now keen to read more. ( )

I downloaded this on to my kindle as the title appealed to me and within two days I had read the entire book, given it normally takes me at least two weeks to complete a book! I just could not put it down, the plot kept you on your toes and the twist at the end I really did not see coming. Having just read some the other reviews I had no idea that this was the author's first book it read as if it was written by a very experienced writer. I will be looking out for this author in the future ( )

I left this book at the 21% mark, with some things about it irritating me, including the incongruous English writing voice for an American small town setting, and the lengthy description of the police guys' backgrounds (wives, ex-wives etc) which I felt should have been part of character (show don't tell). The plot seems promising, but I picked the book up after a break and just couldn't get into the gossip in the school again.
So I've abandoned it, sorry. Good luck with the next book.