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In the second book of Sarah Hilary’s DI Marnie Rome series, the determined detective faces a chilling mystery that mirrors her own past. After two boys are found dead in a bunker beneath a London garden, Marnie and her partner, Detective Sergeant Noah Jake, investigate the unsettling case. The victims’ owners, Terry and Beth, have two biological children and are fostering a troubled boy named Clancy—an echo of Marnie’s foster brother Stephen, who is believed to have killed her parents. When the children disappear, Marnie confronts her own history and the relentless pursuit of justice.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Sarah Hilary
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