Lastnight by Stephen Leather Review

Reviewed by David Savage

Jack Nightingale, a private detective, is back for another chilling supernatural thriller in the fifth book of the Jack Nightingale series.

It seems a serial killer is on the loose killing Goths, butchering and skinning them. The police and Jack’s nemesis, Superintendent Chalmers, are getting nowhere so asks Jack for help as they need a new lead.

Jack soon finds that all they murdered Goths have one thing in common and that a child-sacrificing Satanist group, the Order Of Nine Angels, is killing them for this reason and to protect their secrets. But the closer he gets to the killers the more danger he, his family and his friends are in and soon people around him start to die with messages left at crime scenes saying they are coming for him.

Jack soon realises that the only way to stop the killing of his friends and family is to take his own life.

Overall, Lastnight by Stephen Leather is a superb thriller and probably one of the best novels I have read this year so far. A story of good versus evil involving Satanists, devils and evil spirits, gangsters, the police and of course one private detective who has the ability to track and stop them using whatever means necessary. Jack using his resources in this world and the spirit world to try and stop the cult and the killings.

The book starts with the death of Jack Nightingale but is this the end?

A very well written story that keeps you gripped and totally absorbed from the opening pages. The supernatural, occult and everyday life are blended very well making it a very thrilling story.

I would highly recommend it.

Rating: 5/5

RRP: £19.99 (Hardback) / £8.99 (Paperback) / £5.99 (Kindle)

Available to buy from Amazon here.

For more information about books by Stephen Leather visit www.stephenleather.com.