Caroline
The Secrets We Hide is one of the twistiest police procedurals I've read recently, and that's how I like them. I also like that Slaughter got straight down to business with the prologue. Opening with the murder was always going to reel me in. 🎣
We're back in North Falls for this, the second book in the Emmy Clifton series. It's six weeks since the events of We Are All Guilty Here came to their shocking conclusion, and when we meet Emmy, she is at her mother's funeral. On the way to a family gathering at cousin Taybee's house, Emmy, accompanied by son Cole and sister Jude, takes a short cut through a residential area of North Falls. That's when they hear a gunshot. 🚔
The investigation that follows takes many turns, and has a rogues gallery of suspects, from the abusive husband, to the former lover with a temper he can't control. The final reveal is a heartbreaker. 🚔
As with all of Slaughter's books, the themes, and people, are dark. Domestic abuse, crooked cops, blackmail and murder feature heavily. 🚔
Character wise, I'm glad Jude stayed in North Falls. She, rather than Emmy, is my favourite character, and I'm interested to see what she does going forward. 🚔
All told, I really enjoyed this book, and I love that it ended on a cliffhanger because that means there will be another instalment. 🚔
Thanks to HarperCollins UK and Netgalley for the ARC.
This title will be available on June 18th.
The Secrets We Hide is one of the twistiest police procedurals I've read recently, and that's how I like them. I also like that Slaughter got straight down to business with the prologue. Opening with the murder was always going to reel me in. 🎣
We're back in North Falls for this, the second book in the Emmy Clifton series. It's six weeks since the events of We Are All Guilty Here came to their shocking conclusion, and when we meet Emmy, she is at her mother's funeral. On the way to a family gathering at cousin Taybee's house, Emmy, accompanied by son Cole and sister Jude, takes a short cut through a residential area of North Falls. That's when they hear a gunshot. 🚔
The investigation that follows takes many turns, and has a rogues gallery of suspects, from the abusive husband, to the former lover with a temper he can't control. The final reveal is a heartbreaker. 🚔
As with all of Slaughter's books, the themes, and people, are dark. Domestic abuse, crooked cops, blackmail and murder feature heavily. 🚔
Character wise, I'm glad Jude stayed in North Falls. She, rather than Emmy, is my favourite character, and I'm interested to see what she does going forward. 🚔
All told, I really enjoyed this book, and I love that it ended on a cliffhanger because that means there will be another instalment. 🚔
Thanks to HarperCollins UK and Netgalley for the ARC.
This title will be available on June 18th.