Book Review: Dead Silent (Poppy Sinclair series) #2 *Contains Spoilers*

Author: Sharon Jones
Release date:
Dates read: October 15th – October 17th 2019
Book Format: Paperback
Star Rating: 4  out of 5 stars

Synopsis on Goodreads

A snow angel etched in blood. An elite society. A secret dying to get out.
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The second Poppy Sinclair Thriller.

When Poppy Sinclair and her boyfriend visit snowy Cambridge, she doesn’t expect to discover the body of a student – arms outstretched in the act of smearing bloody angel wings on the chapel’s floor.

Suddenly, Poppy is faced with the possibility that the one closest to her heart might be the one committing the most malicious of crimes.

Dodging porters and police, dreading what she might find, Poppy follows the clues left by a murderer bent on revenge…

Long-hidden secrets are chillingly revealed, an avenging angel seeks forgiveness and red-hot vengeance must be quelled in the amazing new Poppy Sinclair thriller.

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I really liked this book, it didn’t come up to par with Dead Jealous but I liked it all the same. What I liked about this series was that it was a mix of fiction and real stuff, like the first book had quite a few things to do with Paganism and this book had stuff to do with the Cambridge Apostles and Trinity College which both exist, Sharon Jones added a historical note at the end of the book that you can find out about the Cambridge Apostles on the internet or a book by Richard Deacon: The Cambridge Apostles: A History of Cambridge University’s Elite Intellectual Secret Society which I think was a really cool idea.

The story itself is set roughly 4 months after the events of Dead Jealous and follows Poppy and Michael (now officially together) in Cambridge where he has an interview with King’s College and poppy goes to support him but also to see her father as he is a priest at Trinity, but a couple of murders happen to people that they meet and there’s suspicion around this whole secret Cambridge Apostles. Around half way through you think you get an idea of who the murderer is but it’s a common case of ‘the person you least expected’ but it gives that character a reason behind the ‘madness’ and you can’t help but feel a little sorry for them. ( I would also like to apologise for the vague review but I really don’t want to spoil too much of the plot in case anyone reads this who hasn’t read the book and ignores the spoiler warning)

Unlike Dead Jealous which could be read as just a stand alone novel you would need to read that one first before diving into this one, as it mentions some things related to that book but I feel like the premise of Dead Silent could have worked as a stand alone idea. I really liked this series and I’m extremely gutted that there are only two books, would have been nice to get a third and maybe another Poppy Sinclair murder mystery but alas the next time I want a good thriller series to read, I’ll definitely re-read this. Another thing to add is that both of these books would make great movies or a short tv series, someone needs to get on that and get the rights