4 Stars from me
You’ve got to love it when you read that a hardened and experienced copper like DCI Emma Gardner has relocated to a smaller town for a quiet life… Just knowing that the universe won’t be following that plan and things are about to get… interesting.
As she tries to embrace her new life, and shake off her relationship with DI Paul Riddick, albeit with so much left that she needs to say to him, Gardner heads straight into the arms of danger.
Much like in The Graveyard Killings she is soon up to her neck in it, as she tries to get to the bottom of the case, in doing so she draws the attention of some of the most unsavoury characters imaginable – putting herself and her family at risk.
My thanks to the author, NetGalley and BoldwoodBooks for an ARC in return for an honest review.
Blurb: To expose the truth, she must risk everything she has left.
DCI Emma Gardner has retreated to Salisbury, leaving North Yorkshire – and her complicated relationship with DI Paul Riddick – behind her.
But when local whistleblowers and journalists are brutally killed Emma realises that she simply can’t walk away from the fight. In fact, if she has any chance of rebuilding her life, she has to face everything that has brought her here once and for all.
That is, until two elite assassins set their sights on her and her young family, plunging Emma into a desperate fight for survival and eventually forcing her to confront the ultimate question:
How far will she go to protect her children, and what is she willing to sacrifice to finally drag the truth into the light?
