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Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie) Paperback – February 1, 2019

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“For fans of a stylish fast paced thriller, Blood for Blood delivers on the nail” ―Kate Hamer, bestselling author of The Girl in the Red Coat

Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award.

A gripping, twisty serial killer thriller. Perfect for fans of James Patterson and Lee Child.

Ziba Mackenzie profiles killers. Now one is profiling her.

Rush hour, London. A packed commuter train is torn apart in a collision. Picking through the carnage, ex-special forces profiler Ziba MacKenzie helps a dying woman who passes on a cryptic message: He did it. You have to tell someone.

When a corpse is found bearing the gruesome signature of a serial killer dormant for twenty-five years, Ziba is pulled into the hunt for the perpetrator. As the body count rises it becomes clear he’s on a new spree. But what’s brought the London Lacerator back after such a long hiatus? And does his sudden return have anything to do with the woman on the train?

Ziba scrambles to profile the killer in the hope of predicting his next move. But time is running out. And the closer she gets to uncovering his identity, the closer he gets to destroying hers.

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“This suspense-filled twisty thriller will grab you from the first page and keep you guessing until the end.” —Woman’s Own

“I raced through this gripping, dark thriller and loved the central character. Can’t wait for the next installment.” —Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request

“A storyline that speeds along at a rate of knots—a bloody good thriller!” —John Marrs, bestselling author of When You Disappeared

“Blood for Blood sets in motion a complex and thrilling plot, and with Ziba MacKenzie it introduces a fascinating protagonist who’s sure to develop a legion of fans.” —Kevin Wignall, bestselling author of A Death in Sweden

“For fans of a stylish fast paced thriller, Blood for Blood, delivers on the nail.” —Kate Hamer, bestselling author of The Girl in the Red Coat

“I LOVED this book…I cannot recommend it enough and can’t wait for the next in the series!” —Niki Mackay, author of I, Witness

“Victoria has created characters that are all complex and captivating, and the plot was fast-paced and totally thrilling.” —Elle Croft, author of The Guilty Wife and The Other Sister

“Ziba MacKenzie emerges from an explosive opening, propelling the reader on a fast, tense, and emotionally eviscerating journey!” —Caroline England, author of My Husband’s Lies

“Ziba MacKenzie is tough, smart and funny—I loved her!” —M. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show

“I loved it from start to finish and can’t wait to see more of Ziba MacKenzie.” —Alex Lake, bestselling author of After Anna

“High octane, high stakes, high speed. With energy and panache, Selman’s heroine goes it alone in this serial-killer thriller, perfect for our time.” —Jo Furniss, author of The Trailing Spouse and All the Little Children

“A gripping thriller with a fabulously original main character. It grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go!” —Roz Watkins, author of The Devil’s Dice

“A brilliant explosive opening and a thrilling plot that kept me gripped and guessing to the end.” —Lisa Gray, author of Thin Air

“Intense and captivating, this book had me completely gripped from the first page.” —Zoe Lea, author of If He Wakes

“A punchy page-turner. Victoria Selman is definitely one to watch.” —Robert Scragg, author of What Falls Between the Cracks

“Blood for Blood is a great, pacey thriller with a compelling heroine and enough twists to keep you hooked to the very last page. I thoroughly enjoyed it.” —Marianne Holmes, author of What A Little Bird Told Me

“This book was utterly compelling! I loved the opening: a train crash that propels us straight into the action. I'm looking forward to reading more from Selman.” —Elizabeth Mundy, author of In Strangers’ Houses

About the Author

After graduating from Oxford University, Victoria Selman studied Creative Writing at the City Lit and wrote for the Ham & High and Daily Express newspapers. In 2013 she won the Full Stop Short Story Prize, and her first novel, Blood for Blood, was shortlisted for the 2017 Debut Dagger Award. Victoria lives in London with her husband and two sons.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (February 1, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1503905055
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1503905054
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,467,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,389 in Serial Killer Thrillers
- #18,544 in Murder Thrillers
- #19,022 in Police Procedurals (Books)

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Lando

Great story

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024

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Really solid storytelling. The plot is believable, and the characters are real. I literally couldn't put it down. Well worth your time.

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Mel San

Serial Killer Smorgasbord

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2019

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So much information on so many serial killers.

Losing Duncan was out of the blue, there wasn't enough time for Ziba and Duncan. Life and her career didn't stop for Ziba when he passed after such a short time. I wish I had more background on the why he was gone.

Jack Wolfe, journalist and friend extraordinaire has always and will always be by Ziba's side.

When after 25 years of being dormant, The Laceratot, a demented serial killer begins to kill again Ziba Mackenzie is yanked out of her mourning funk. This time around he has taken an special interest in Ziba Mackenzie. A highly credited profiler, she is brought into the investigation by Scotland Yard withoit question. Will she catch her man before he unleashes his full potential?

This bool had so many things going on at once, it was hard to keep track of what crisis to deal with first. The story and plot had great potential, but the mix was a bit brimming. It was like when you felt you were getting to the climax another wrench was thrown into the fan. The details were muddled and the gore of the scene were disproportionate. No death was more dreadful than the next, but to the detectives, it seemed like it was always the worst thing they'd ever seen. I loved the references and backgrounds it gave for other serial killers, although it got to a point where I felt there could have been a whole other book written just for that.

Great read, just felt it was a bit weighted with so many depravities going on at once.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2019

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Mixed Bag

Blood for Blood came with a list of professional accolades, and as serial killer psychological thrillers always appeal to me, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to read it.

I come away from it not really knowing how I feel about it.

The villain’s motivations are fascinating and compelling. The heroine is damaged yet dedicated. There are an abundance of clues, suspects, and red herrings that kept me guessing for quite a while. And the secondary characters are almost more endearing than the main ones.

But I just couldn’t get into it. And I think it was the language.

I read a lot of fiction from “across the pond” and I don’t get tripped up by our different meanings for things like trunk/boot, elevator/lift, fries/chips, etc. In fact, I find those differences help immerse me in such stories. I also don’t have a problem with “salty” language. In fact, I think for military and police and other alpha characters, it’s realistic even if sometimes excessive.

Those weren’t the issue. This story had a different problem. The main character used such odd turns of phrase, particularly when she got worked up, that it felt forced and contrived. It seemed like the author wanted the main character’s language to be creative and stand out. And it did stand out—but not in a good way. Not for me, at least. It pulled me out of the story. I also thought the explanations of her conclusions (from a profiler’s perspective) felt telling and heavy-handed.

In the end, I suppose it depends on what matters more to a reader: plot or voice. I highly recommend the story from a plot perspective, but not so much with respect to voice. I might try another book by this author, as she knows how to weave together threads of a story, but I don’t think I’ll be continuing with this series.

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024

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A few twists and turns to keep the book open! I highly recommend this book and can’t wait to read the next one

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2022

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This is the first in a series about Ziba McKenzie. She is on the train and silently noticing the people around her, Ziba is a profiler and can tell things about each person. When the train has a terrible accident, some people are killed, some injured and Ziba with her training tries to help everyone.
Ziba worked as a special forces profiler.

One women who is dying whispers to Ziba "You have to tell someone. He did it". Now, Ziba must find out the message that the woman was trying to give her, but she doesn't even know her name. At the same time, she is being called in at the local police department to head up a team, as a serial killer that has been dominant for 25 years, has just committed another brutal murder.

Ziba hopes to have a profile of the killer so his killing spree will end, but is the serial killer now targeting Ziba and why?

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smplocher

Excellent read, non-British readers get it on a e-reader

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019

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I really enjoyed the story. Fast paced, good character development, tough to figure out who exactly the bad guy was and there were a few loose ends which might come up in future books. One thing that sort of bugged me is there wasn’t really a good physical description of the characters. I like to picture who I’m reading about. Still, not a deal breaker since she developed the characters so well. We get a bit more visual description of the various bad guys. Only one thing took me out of the story. I’m not British so literally every other page I had to click on a word or phrase to figure out what the author was saying. The cuss words were strange as well. Please note that is not a negative on the story, just a note for non-British readers. I imagine people from other countries must think US slang, descriptions and casual language are odd as well when they read books written by Americans. So, excellent story. I’m eager to read the next installment. I’ll just make sure to read on my Kindle and enjoy broadening my vocabulary.

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Marianne

Weakly Written

Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2023

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I do not recommend this book.

Jacob Collins

Highly addictive!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2022

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If you love a good serial killer thriller, you need to add Blood for Blood, by Victoria Selman to your TBR pile, if you haven’t read it already. This is such a pacy, addictive read, and I was hooked right from the first page. I really wish that I got round to reading it sooner.

Victoria Selman is a writer who knows how to hook her readers in right from the first chapter. There is an explosive opening when profiler, Ziba Mackenzie, is involved in a train crash after the train she is on derails. Even after the horrifying train accident, Ziba wastes no time in getting back to work, and she is soon on the hunt for a terrifying serial killer, who has been on a long hiatus. He has suddenly come back into the spotlight.

Victoria Selman kept the pace flying forward and I had to know what was going on here. As Ziba gets to grips with the case, Victoria Selman also delves into the mind of an intriguing mystery voice, a young boy. It is clear that the boy is going through something traumatic, and I wondered what impact these scenes would have on the events taking place in the present. There are some tough topics that Victoria Selman explores in this book, which makes it a very dark read.

I loved Ziba’s character. Victoria Selman writes humour really well, and I thought this did well in bringing Ziba’s character to life on the page. This was especially the case with the interaction she has with her colleagues.

The plot is so cleverly constructed and I liked how Victoria Selman gradually revealed what was going on. Everything did begin to become very clear, and I could see the real significance of the first chapter.

I really enjoyed Blood for Blood. It is an engaging and a highly addictive serial killer thriller. I’m now going to be bumping the next book in the series, high up my TBR pile. I can’t wait to read it.

Kindle Customer

A 'can't put down' thriller

Reviewed in Australia on February 3, 2019

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Right from the first page this book held my attention and really was hard to put down. Keeping you interested and involved with the main character Ziba having her faults like everyone else and not the 100% super hero. Looking forward to her next story.

Bob Pollock

Slowwwwwwwwww

Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2019

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This is not a strongly written or gripping novel.

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Bill M

Delve into the intense daily grind of a profiler in the middle of a serial killing spree.

Reviewed in Australia on January 9, 2019

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While reading I thought the author must have been a profiler herself as she appeared so knowledgeable about the topic. I liked how she introduced early on the possibility of of someone close being the serial killer. Her writing is clear and concise and so one can appreciate why her first book was shortlisted for the 2017 Debut Dagger Award. I bought my copy from Amazon's "First of the Month" offering and would suggest any reader make use of it for inexpensive, new to the market books. "Blood for Blood" I highly recommend to police procedural crime readers.

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