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Bye Bye Baby
It all began in Brighton. Now there is a killer on the loose. Scotland Yard′s brightest talent is chosen to head up the high-profile taskforce, a DCI who must confront his own past as the body count rises.
There are few leads and Jack Hawksworth can only fall back on instinct and decades-old cold cases for any clue to the killer′s motive ... and identity.
With his most loyal team member threatening to betray him, a Chief Inspector pushing for results, a hungry British media clamouring for information, and a restless public eager for a conviction, the high-pressure operation can only end in a final shocking confrontation ...
A searing story of brutal revenge
There are few leads and Jack Hawksworth can only fall back on instinct and decades-old cold cases for any clue to the killer′s motive ... and identity.
With his most loyal team member threatening to betray him, a Chief Inspector pushing for results, a hungry British media clamouring for information, and a restless public eager for a conviction, the high-pressure operation can only end in a final shocking confrontation ...
A searing story of brutal revenge
- GenresCrime
First published January 1, 2008
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Lauren Crowe
2 booksA pseudonym of Fiona McIntosh which has since been dropped and Bye Bye Baby republished under own name (along with its sequel Beautiful Death)
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January 7, 2022
Good plot and easy to read BUT it would have rated better if the author hadn’t turned the main character - Detective Chief Inspector Jack Hawksworth - into a Mills and Boons cringe worthy caricature.
A nasty serial killer is on the loose and Gods gift to women is being followed around by doe eyed police women.
If she cut the swoon worthy shit the book could of been 100 pages shorter and the plot wouldn’t having been tangled up with so much unrequited love.
Shame really. It had so much potential.
A nasty serial killer is on the loose and Gods gift to women is being followed around by doe eyed police women.
If she cut the swoon worthy shit the book could of been 100 pages shorter and the plot wouldn’t having been tangled up with so much unrequited love.
Shame really. It had so much potential.
May 3, 2019
I loved this book!
I knew nothing about the author, but I was hooked after page 4.
Wonderful characters, and deffo worth a read if you enjoy good crime fiction. Set in Brighton, England there is a serial killer on the loose... I will say no more unless I give the plot away. Worth a read.
I knew nothing about the author, but I was hooked after page 4.
Wonderful characters, and deffo worth a read if you enjoy good crime fiction. Set in Brighton, England there is a serial killer on the loose... I will say no more unless I give the plot away. Worth a read.
July 11, 2008
Thirty years ago there was a victim. A victim of unbearably cruel actions who never saw justice. Now there's a serial killer on the loose.
DCI Jack Hawksworth doesn't know any of this when he is assigned the case. Jack is young for his rank and good-looking which makes him interesting to the media. He's also the subject of considerable interest and speculation amongst his female colleagues which doesn't help.
As if that's not enough, there's an officer in the "Ghost Squad" who seems intent on re-opening an old complaint against him.
BYE BYE BABY is a very thick book. At just over 500 pages, perhaps too thick.
The basic plot is pretty good, but there seems to be just a little too much window dressing. Jack is attractive to women, his past problems demonstrate that. His deputy, DI Kate Carter has a crush on him and is extremely jealous of attention he pays to any other female, despite the fact she is engaged to be married. I didn't like this particular plot thread, I felt it detracted from the story and made a character central to the book unlikeable when she didn't need to be. And perhaps its a sign of the author's inexperience with the crime fiction genre that many plot developments are telegraphed to the reader long before the police discover the clues. At times I felt like shouting at them not to be so dopey.
That aside, BYE BYE BABY differs from many books dealing with serial killers. There are shades of grey in this book which are missing from most other books with a similar theme.
Lauren Crow is a nom de plume for Fantasy author Fiona Macintosh who is making her first foray into crime fiction.
DCI Jack Hawksworth doesn't know any of this when he is assigned the case. Jack is young for his rank and good-looking which makes him interesting to the media. He's also the subject of considerable interest and speculation amongst his female colleagues which doesn't help.
As if that's not enough, there's an officer in the "Ghost Squad" who seems intent on re-opening an old complaint against him.
BYE BYE BABY is a very thick book. At just over 500 pages, perhaps too thick.
The basic plot is pretty good, but there seems to be just a little too much window dressing. Jack is attractive to women, his past problems demonstrate that. His deputy, DI Kate Carter has a crush on him and is extremely jealous of attention he pays to any other female, despite the fact she is engaged to be married. I didn't like this particular plot thread, I felt it detracted from the story and made a character central to the book unlikeable when she didn't need to be. And perhaps its a sign of the author's inexperience with the crime fiction genre that many plot developments are telegraphed to the reader long before the police discover the clues. At times I felt like shouting at them not to be so dopey.
That aside, BYE BYE BABY differs from many books dealing with serial killers. There are shades of grey in this book which are missing from most other books with a similar theme.
Lauren Crow is a nom de plume for Fantasy author Fiona Macintosh who is making her first foray into crime fiction.
July 27, 2015
DCI Jack Hawksworth is too smooth by half...
1. Dresses well;
2. Loves musicals;
3. absolutely charming to ladies (apparently not in a 'player' sort of way)
then... after a hard day at work, he was lying down on the sofa trying to gear up to cook dinner. Nothing meaty, no... but grilled mushrooms burger thing with rockets. Err... I just feel something's off (ie. not realistic)
The mystery was also revealed way too early in the piece; within the first 1/4 of the book... I still had 350+ pages to read and really had to wonder if it's worth it or if I could be bothered. I finished it so I could claim the book read for a challenge but otherwise, I'm not sure if I would've at all.
umm-ing and aah-ing about book 2... **shrugs**
1. Dresses well;
2. Loves musicals;
3. absolutely charming to ladies (apparently not in a 'player' sort of way)
then... after a hard day at work, he was lying down on the sofa trying to gear up to cook dinner. Nothing meaty, no... but grilled mushrooms burger thing with rockets. Err... I just feel something's off (ie. not realistic)
The mystery was also revealed way too early in the piece; within the first 1/4 of the book... I still had 350+ pages to read and really had to wonder if it's worth it or if I could be bothered. I finished it so I could claim the book read for a challenge but otherwise, I'm not sure if I would've at all.
umm-ing and aah-ing about book 2... **shrugs**
April 17, 2013
A brilliantly crafted story of brutal revenge.
Lauren Crow, you've brought West Pier to life . . . Love you for it!
Lauren Crow, you've brought West Pier to life . . . Love you for it!
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