As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children. He is gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a 12-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox (his partner and closest friend) find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
Oh this book!! It’s a fab crime novel, a real jaunt! The rest of the series is well worth a read too! I’m super happy to hear some of you who hadn’t read any of the previous books had read this one!
I took so much time and thought when planning what books to include in our library and tried to cover most genres so that everyone would have at least one they recognise.
The haunting cover had beautiful hidden colours that make this skein a beauty even in the pan… I mean its gorgeous!
Teal greens with navy and warm greys against the ivory cream… It’s an absolute triumph!
Scroll all the way down for the day 7 pattern spoiler!
How on earth has it been a week?! Day 8 tomorrow… 😁
xxx Jess
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