A gruesome find. A missing colleague. A case that hits closer to home…
As winter settles over Yorkshire, DCI Emma Gardner is hoping that work will calm down for everyone.
Distracted by the continued disappearance of DI Paul Riddick Emma can’t seem to get her head back in the game. But when a human skull is discovered in a local pub, Emma knows it’s time to get a grip.
With no one local reported missing, and with no body to be found, the team have their work cut and no obvious clues to follow. Who could the skull belong to and what message is the killer trying to
leave them? And then the first body is found…
As Emma and the team try desperately to identify the body and the killer, secrets from the past begin to reveal themselves. A home for single mothers. Babies who tragically didn’t make it. A coverup at
the highest level.
With the clock ticking, winter has one final cold reveal for Emma. Her old friend Riddick…
Wes Markin is the bestselling author of the DCI Yorke crime novels, set in Salisbury. His new series for Boldwood stars the pragmatic detective DCI Emma Gardner who will be tackling the criminals of North Yorkshire.
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My thoughts: When a real skull appears in the props box of a local storyteller, during a performance in a local pub, right in front of DCI Emma Gardner and her colleague, it sends them on a hunt for a body, the identity and into the past in search of a motive.
The trail leads to a former homeless shelter, where truly shocking secrets have been buried, but perhaps not deep enough. Someone is determined to drag all of the terrible things that went on into the light, and they’re using murder to do it.
Emma and her team are working hard, despite not having enough manpower – and one of the team having a personal connection to the case. It’s a tough one for everyone.
As well as the case, Emma is still trying to find Riddick, she’s asked a former colleague to hunt him down, and he’s in a bad situation. A very bad one, but it might just be enough to get him to leave it and finally make contact with Emma.
Gripping, shocking, filled with twists, this is the best in the series so far. Can’t wait for the next one.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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