Book Review - Body Count by Julie Mae Cohen

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Title: Body Count

Author: Julie Mae Cohen

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Zaffre

Publication Date: 14th August 2025 

Rating: 5 Stars

Serial killer Saffy Huntley-Oliver's life is going great.

She's got a fabulous new boyfriend, Jonathan. She has literally got away with murder. And now that she's no longer single, she can get back to her favourite hobby: killing bad men.

Particularly Sir Thomas West, a children's TV star who truly deserves to die.

But there are a few little snags. For one, her beloved sister Susie is still dating that insufferable Finlay. For another, Sir Thomas has a very large bodyguard. And Jonathan himself has given up his job investigating true crime, despite all the tempting corpses that Saffy keeps putting in his way.

All of this would be easy to ignore in the flush of new love. Except Saffy's never been in love before, and it's weird. She's having difficulty separating romance from homicide. Especially when someone discovers Saffy's secret hobby and starts sending Jonathan coded messages about her crimes.

Is someone trying to break them up? Or trying to hunt her down?

My favourite serial killer from last year Saffy is back, and as the title may imply, her body count is definitely on the rise. 

This is a wonderfully twisty story, where we get to know more about what makes Saffy really tick, her fledgling relationship with Jonathan, and I am absolutely loving hearing and discovering just how she seems to be multiple steps ahead of everyone. I also enjoyed getting to know Susie better.  

If you were to judge her by appearances you would never believe what was is actually capable of, which is probably her secret weapon. 

I was totally hooked on this book, from first page to last, I couldn't get enough of it.  I think Julie Mae Cohen is really getting into her stride with these really dark but humorous stories, and I'm totally there for it.  

Especially as Saffy is so good at highlighting all the ways that men can suck, and she only really kills the ones that totally deserve it. Always good to see a killer with a conscious, and she also has some great self awareness about what she does.

Just another totally brilliant book, and I really hope this isn't the last we have seen of these characters, given how it ended! 

Thank you to Zaffre and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.