Meet Detective Sophie Allen. She’s an expert on murder and violent crime. Her brilliant mind works tirelessly to put the most vicious criminals behind bars, but conceals dark secrets from her own past.
A dark, wet night on a lonely road in west Dorset. Bryony O’Neil stops her car when she spots a distressed young woman by the side of the road. But all is not as it seems . . .
The following day, keen rambler Robin Pryor sets off along the clifftop path from the pretty seaside town of Lyme Regis — and never comes home.
The subsequent search reveals a badly beaten body hidden in the undergrowth beside the path.
It’s the third time that week the police have been called out to the quiet little town. First an attempted car-jacking. Then a break-in — where nothing was taken. And now murder.
Detective Barry Marsh’s instincts tell him that a particularly callous killer has descended on his patch. And their timing couldn’t be worse. His boss and mentor, Detective Sophie Allen, is still in hospital, recovering from the injuries she sustained in their last case. Not that she’d let that stop her!
Then a second body is discovered, a few miles further along the coastal path. And the case takes a terrifying new twist . . .
Discover a captivating crime mystery which will have you gripped from start to finish.
If you like Joy Ellis, Ann Cleeves, J.D. Kirk, J.M. Dalgliesh, or Pauline Rowson, you will love this thrilling crime mystery.
I try to write thoughtful, contemporary crime novels and include several plot layers in my books. The adult novels feature DCI Sophie Allen and her close-knit team of detectives. I don’t write simple whodunnits, nor violent, all-action, gun-toting thrillers
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My thoughts: When a woman is forced off the road in a nasty accident, followed by the disappearance of one of her colleagues and a break in at another’s home, the police start to think there might be something very weird going on. All three work at a company developing an eco park for a South American country, one that clearly has some objections. And not from local protesters but dangerous criminals.
Sophie Allen is in charge of the team, but currently in hospital, where she meets the first victim. It also allows her to gather some evidence the victim hasn’t shared with the police. As they dig into the company and it’s new project, they uncover an international conspiracy, which calls in Sophie’s old friend, the Home Secretary and the consulate. People are at serious risk and there seems to be someone on the inside. Can they team crack the case before anyone else gets hurt?
This was so clever, totally gripping and intense, lots of twists, red herrings and moments where you just can’t guess what they might uncover next. Totally had me hooked from the first page.
*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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Thank you so much for being a part of the tour x
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