“If you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone”

This is the eighth book in the DI Helen Grace series. It depicts a serial killer that is at large in the New Forest, sourcing its victims and brutally murdering them deep within the woodland. Are the victims connected, or are they just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Whilst this investigation is developing we also get an incite into the lives of our regular characters as well as an introduction to a handful of new ones.

I, for one, am a big fan of these stories but I can’t help but feel that they are all becoming very similar. Down to the Woods for me was a typical Helen Grace novel which as an avid reader of the previous books I found a little too predictable. How many serial killers can be in Southampton? Maybe its time for Helen to move to a different force in order for the collection to strengthen and keep me interested. I feel that if you are a first time reader this book would gain 5 stars and be a brilliant read however as somebody who has followed DI Grace from the beginning the most recent book does not keep me as gripped as previous ones have.

This is a very fast paced book and can’t say that I disliked it. In my opinion there were a few flaws within it that made it a little less enjoyable than previous books.