The story starts with a shocking incident
and rapidly moves into damage limitation.
In an effort to forget the traumatic event
the narrator heads for the hills, and the coast; in other words, the cliffs of
South Wales. There she ekes out a
solitary and frugal existence, at least until new possibilities dawn.
Meanwhile DI Ray Stevens and his sidekick DC
Kate Evans are throwing resources at the case, without much luck. Even when the case is officially shelved they
continue to work on it out of hours. And
that is not going to ease the marital tension at the Stevens home any.
The two narratives work out side by side,
inexorably moving closer. A breakthrough
occurs that seems to crack the case – or does it; DI Stevens has his doubts
(that the readers probably share). A
third voice joins the narrative and things get more complicated and much, much
darker.
Pace gathers, pages turn, tension ratchets
up; and twists twist until they can twist no more. Then there is a resolution, and satisfaction
in a well plotted, assuredly written first book from this ex-policewoman.
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