The Dangerous Kind (Paperback)

We all recognise them. Those who sit just on the fringes of society. Who send prickles up the back of our necks. The charmers. The liars. The manipulators. Those who have the potential to go that one step too far. And then take another step.

Jessamine Gooch makes a living from these people. Each week she broadcasts a radio show looking into the past lives of convicted killers; asking if there was more that could have been done to prevent their terrible crimes.

Then one day she is approached by a woman desperate to find her missing friend, Cassie, fearing her abusive husband may have taken that final deadly step. But as Jessamine delves into the months prior to Cassie's disappearance she fails to realise there is a dark figure closer to home, one that threatens the safety of her own family . . .

What if the people we trust are the ones we should fear?

General

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

My review

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 | Review by: Breakaway R.

Is it possible to spot and stop the individuals who will one day go on to commit murder? Jessamine Gooch worked in the newsroom at The Times until she adopted her daughter, Sarah. Sarah’s father killed her mother and thanks to Jessamine she was not put into care but came to a loving home. Jessamine needed a job that allowed her to be a full-time mother without running all over the country covering the news, so when she was offered a job presenting the radio show “Potentially dangerous people” – which takes you inside the criminal mind and looks at signs that killers left throughout their lives – it was ideal, the job was part-time and allowed her to spend time with her daughter. One cold day a woman comes up to her outside the broadcasting house and asks her to look into the disappearance of her friend, Cassie Scolari, who has gone missing, leaving behind a husband and eight-year-old son. Jessamine is initially reluctant but after her show is put under review, she decides to investigate the disappearance and ventures into the sordid world of child sex-abuse. A great read and I really identified with the lead character – I too know what it is like, as a fifty-something woman, to be looked through as if you are invisible and dying your hair ash blond because it hides the grey. The storyline exposes the depraved, usually powerful, men who prey on under-age girls and boys, especially those that, due to no fault of their own end up in care. The story weaves many threads which the author masterfully brings together in the end to a conclusion that I was absolutely not expecting. Saphira Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes (0) | No (0)