The Red Dahlia is 2nd in the Anna Travis series by Lynda La Plante, and after reading Above Suspicion (#1) last year I don't know why I took so long to pick this one up from the library. After giving Above Suspicion 5 stars I did have high expectations for this book and as you can see from my rating I was very impressed with this sequel.
The plot surrounds a gruesome murder by a copycat killer of an old unsolved case from LA. Anna Travis is yet again working with DCI James Langton from her first case in Above Suspicion and this follows on their relationship so I definitely recommend reading the series chronologically.
The case itself is very interesting, very disturbing and at some points graphic and hard to read. It is London crime fiction perfection, so well developed. I think that both the writing style and plots of these books are very similar to the Jack Caffery series by Mo Hayder which is one of my favourite series of all time, so very high praise from me.
I have got the third book on order with the library now and I'm very much looking forward to carrying on this series.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5