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D. S. Butler writes crime fiction. She has worked as a scientific officer in a hospital pathology laboratory and as a research scientist. She draws on her scientific background to give her books a unique twist.
After obtaining a PhD in biochemistry, she worked at the University of Oxford for four years before moving to the Middle East and living in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is currently based in the UK.
A dark secret. A haunted past. And a house full of lies.
Synopsis:
When two teenage girls vanish without a trace from an educational retreat at Chidlow House in Lincolnshire, the students and teachers are put on high alert.Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart questions everyone who came into contact with the two girls, Cressida and Natasha, in the days leading up to their disappearance.
Stories of Chidlow House being haunted abound, but Hart—still coming to terms with the suspicious circumstances surrounding the tragic loss of her own family—knows that while the house might be otherworldly, the crime is grimly real.
But nothing is quite as it seems at Chidlow House. When it becomes clear that someone at the estate must know more than they’re letting on, Hart faces a race against time to find the culprit and save the girls.
While there is no shortage of suspects, Hart comes up against one dead end after another. And when she too begins hearing eerie whispers in the walls, she is forced to wonder: was she too quick to dismiss Chidlow’s supernatural reputation?
Review:
This fourth book in the Hart series brings back feelings of a good Agatha Christie novel; you have characters that may not be likeable, you have all your potential suspects and victims in one house, you have a Gothic exterior, and you have a lot of secrets. As of secrets start coming out, more understanding of what could have happened to the two girls evolves. Then one comes back, and things are not as they should be. This is a page-turner that will keep you reading long until the night, and a good entry to keep the series evolving. it is definitely a standalone read, and a good introduction to the series, don't miss this one!
About the Author:
D. S. Butler writes crime fiction. She has worked as a scientific officer in a hospital pathology laboratory and as a research scientist. She draws on her scientific background to give her books a unique twist.
After obtaining a PhD in biochemistry, she worked at the University of Oxford for four years before moving to the Middle East and living in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is currently based in the UK.
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