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Cat Kinsella, a twenty‑six‑year‑old detective with the Metropolitan Police, is drawn into the investigation of Alice Lapaine’s strangulation in Islington. While her team initially suspects Alice’s husband, a mysterious phone call connects the victim to Maryanne Doyle, a teenage girl who vanished in Ireland eighteen years earlier. Memories of her father’s denial during the Maryanne case surface, casting doubt on his honesty. Cat must navigate ethical boundaries and probe her own family's past to determine whether her father’s lies hide an older crime—and whether he might have slaughtered Alice. The case forces her to confront unsettling truths about truth, deception, and the bonds that bind families.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Caz Frear
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