Synopsis: The little girl reached for her mother’s face with one pudgy hand. But the eyes stayed closed, and the blood continued to trickle across the floor.
When the body of a young woman is found, tied to her bed and the victim of a brutal attack in her own home, Detective Morgan Brookes is sickened by what she finds as she searches the house. And unprepared for the nightmares it inspires about her childhood.
When the DNA collected gives a positive ID, Morgan can’t wait to put the attacker behind bars. But the person it matches to is already in prison. How could the DNA of someone who has been locked up for over twenty years have shown up in Morgan’s crime scene? And then they make another close match. To Morgan herself.
Faced with the impossible proof that she is somehow connected to this case, Morgan delves deep into the crimes of a killer who stalked the Lake District two decades ago. But distracted by the old case, she misses the signs that he has found a new victim. And when he strikes close to home, Morgan finally realises that she has been living on borrowed time. To find this killer, it’s clear she must confront the nightmares in her past…
My Rating: 4/5
My Review: Having read the first book in the series and engaging with the characters I was keen to read the whole series and play catch up. Morgan Brookes is part of the team run by DS Ben Matthews and although at 23 she young and relatively inexperienced she has fit right into the team.
When the body of a young woman is found Morgan attends the scene and shockingly the DNA found at the scene links to a killer already but he is already behind bars and has been there for 20 years? It becomes clear very quickly that the DNA also links to Morgan somehow.
Once again this book is well written with short sharp chapters that keep you hooked. There are once again issues if you prefer your fiction to be by the book like it is in real life. For me it’s a minor issue and the story and characters mean more so for me I enjoyed catching up with the team and how the relationships developed among them. The only downside for me was that I saw where this was going early on but that didn’t lessen my enjoyment of the book, so it’s straight onto book 3 for me!
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