The bodies of the victims are found mutilated, no clues left behind. Walker and her team aren't even real sure of the motive until the killer sends a letter to a local news station. In the letter, the killer states that there are many more to follow ... if the law can't put them away, then the killer can. Really, really bad. I did like the growing friendship between the police officer, DCI Whitney Walker, and the forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish. They are quite different, with Whitney being a working class single mother who dropped out before taking her A-levels when she got pregnant very young, and George being a well-educated, middle-class academic. They clash at first (mainly because Whitney has a huge chip on her shoulder, but also because George is pretty entitled and just cannot understand why the police aren't rushing to accept the help of a random psychologist who's never worked on a real-life investigation), but then their friendship develops quite organically and in a way that felt believable.

Well she is taken off the case and talks to George as their relationship starts to build after a stiff talking to from George they decide to team up all under the radar with key trusted members of the team away from the station.

The Cavendish & Walker Series in Order (12 Books)

Against her wishes, Walker’s boss brings in officers from another force to help the investigation and prevent more deaths, but she’s forced to defend her team against this outside interference.

This student is not the only one to be found .... very similar to the first girl. Alternating chapters give the reader an insight to the mind of a killer .. and to how law enforcement go about looking at possible suspects. And with an entire college to look at, the suspects are plenty. Wouldn't there have needed to be a bit more of an argument, with him being a bit more persuasive? And is it really likely that an academic with no police experience whatsoever would almost immediately be taken on as an unpaid advisor and given access to all the case details? I don't know, I don't really have any police or legal knowledge either. So perhaps it would. But if I'd been arrested as part of this investigation, I'd like to think that my solicitor would try and challenge it in court. Finally, the 3 first books in the Cavendish and Walker series have been put together in a box set. If you haven’t bought the individual books yet, this is a great and cheap opportunity to meet this dynamic duo This was a mystery where along with Walker and Cavendish the reader also tries to figure out who-done it. Two uniquely different characters are drawn together to solve a murder..then another...and another... Then there is a problem with Tiffany, Whitney’s daughter. She wants to put her university education on hold and travel to Australia for a working holiday. She knows that this will hurt her mother and asks George for advice. She tells her to inform her mother ASAP but agrees not to say anything to her friend yet. George is a terrible actor and this secret puts a big strain on her relationship with Whitney who sees right away that something is up.Not a bad story, but I had several problems with this book. To start with I don’t particularly like investigations where I have more sympathy with the perpetrator than the victim. Not that I approve of vigilantes, but it does take the edge of my interest. I’m aware that I’ve not outlined the plot of Last Breath. It’s not something I’m inclined to do, as a synopsis covering that is always provided by the publisher. What I want to do is highlight the reasons why I’ve awarded this book five stars and a strong recommendation. If you enjoy UK-based police procedural crime fiction, then this is a stand-out series of books that I’m confident you’ll enjoy.