Author: Sarah Hilary
Published: October 2017 by Headline
Category: Crime, Murder, Mystery, Thriller, Book Review
It’s winter, the nights are dark and freezing, and a series of seemingly random assaults is pulling DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake out onto streets of London. When Marnie’s family home is ransacked, there are signs that the burglary can have only been committed by someone who knows her. Then a child goes missing, yet no-one has reported it. Suddenly, events seem connected, and it’s personal.
DI Marnie Rome, DS Noah Jake and the team are investigating a series of violent vigilante type assaults. Nothing was taken from the victims and the connection between them seems to be they all have a criminal record. There are no witnesses, no DNA found at the scenes and no CCTV footage. When one of the victims dies the case escalates, turning into a full-blown murder enquiry.
There are several threads running simultaneously, including the abduction of a ten-year old boy by someone as yet unknown, being held at an unspecified location. These sections make for uneasy and sometimes distressing reading. Personal aspects are brought into play concerning Marcie and Noah. Marcie’s parents’ home is ransacked and the tenants attacked, badly enough to need hospitalization. It was what hadn’t been trashed, what had been taken, that rang bells for Marnie and despite her best efforts, checking the house brought back the horrific scenes from six years ago.
Noah’s brother, Sol, is out of contact leading Noah to suspect his younger brother’s gang affiliations are still active, despite his protestations to the contrary. Noah is desperately hoping his brother isn’t implicated in the ongoing case.
Sol’s sixth phone in a month. Upgrades, or something worse? Gang members changed their phones daily, afraid of surveillance. Eight months ago, Sol had said he was getting out, shaking off the last ties to the gang he’d run with since they were kids. What would Trident’s DS Kennedy make of Noah’s brother? Was Sol on his radar? He’d been close to any number of crimes, always swearing he stood wide of the serious stuff. Thank God he’d never served a custodial sentence, since their vigilante appeared to be targeting Londoners with violent pasts.
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks for the reblog 😊💖
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Sounds like another winner from my favourite crime writer!
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It is!
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It was Sarah who inspired my first book, Nine Lives…
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I’m really quite enjoying seeing some of my favourite authors pop up on your blog. I love this series but like you, I do feel the Stephen storyline has run its course. Time to wrap that up and focus on something else.
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Quite a lot of the similarities are due to you 😁 so serious thanks. I have the next one lined up so we’ll see….
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Such a relief. I’d hate to think I’m making your TBR topple over with books you’re not enjoying 😂
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😂😍
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