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Our last mystery for the year!
Synopsis:
Beneath a quiet village, dark crimes lie buried.
When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning: It’s time to pay for your crime.
The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the village thirty years earlier. Hart’s instincts tell her there is something untoward about this rural Lincolnshire community—especially when she uncovers evidence suggesting that, although Fox was a victim, he certainly wasn’t innocent. As the extent of Fox’s crimes becomes apparent and the web of lies continues to unravel, almost nobody in the village is above suspicion.
When there are whispers of child abuse in connection with the case, it’s clear someone is willing to do anything to keep the sinister truth buried. Can Hart find the culprit before more lives are lost?
Review:
I like Karen. She's flawed, but honest, and she knows her way around a mystery! This is book 2 in the series, and it's just as great as the first. it does pick up after it, but enough background is given, that the reader can read this book as a stand alone. you read enough police procedurals, you tend to pick up themes, and they can run together. But Butler does a good job in keeping this book fresh from the field by letting the tangled web of lies show itself, a la Agatha, and then show how each step of the way as she unravels a bit Hart stumbles upon an even deeper web. It's a quick read that will have you rapidly turning pages,and a great entry for the last mystery of the year!
About the Author:
Born in Kent, D. S. Butler grew up as an avid reader with a love for crime fiction and mysteries. She has worked as a scientific officer in a hospital pathology laboratory and as a research scientist.
After obtaining a PhD in biochemistry, she worked at the University of Oxford for four years before moving to the Middle East. While living in Bahrain, she wrote her first novel and hasn’t stopped writing since.
She now lives in Lincolnshire with her husband.
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