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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Classic detective with troubled past which he doesn't want to share with new colleague Jess. Despite the cliches an entertaining read with a surprising final twist. ( ) Five weeks ago three year old Lucy Green disappeared. Albert Sykes confessed to her murder and is now awaiting sentencing, but Lucy has just turned up, alive. Meanwhile local villain Nick Sutton has disappeared. But is his arch rival Andy March behind it. The case gets more complicated as DI Harry Lennox and DS Jess Wilde investigate. An interesting and well-written crime story. A good start to the series with its cast of varied characters. Recieved an ARC from the publisher. no reviews | add a review
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A little girl, presumed dead, turns up playing happily in the park. She is barefoot but otherwise unharmed. The child's mother who lives on a notorious local estate doesn't seem bothered that her daughter has returned alive. Meanwhile, a man is tortured by a ruthless criminal. The victim's severed hand is left on his wife's doorstep. Detective Harry Lennox and DI Jess Wilde investigate. How do the cases connect and who is using threats to drive people out of their homes? Harry Lennox is battling his own demons, trying to bury a secret from his past with alcohol. He stays in a rundown campervan on a friend's driveway. Jess wants to know why he's living like this but he refuses to tell her anything. What's he hiding? No library descriptions found. |
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