Review: A great crime novel!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
Jacinta Deller had just lost her job as a reporter with the local paper; downsizing they called it! So she decided she would go solo for awhile, it was something she had always aspired to, so all over her kitchen table were papers, notes, her laptop - she was deep into her research of a cold case which was ten years old. Kirsty Edmonds had disappeared from her home one night, with her husband Craig waking with a terrible hangover, no memory of the night before, and covered in blood. He was immediately arrested for murder but with no body and after an extensive courtcase, Craig was acquitted.Jacinta's boyfriend Brett had just moved in with her, and when she discovered he worked with Kirsty's sister Narelle, who was now married to Craig, her investigative antennae tingled! Then she found that Narelle and Craig had been having an affair *before* Kirsty went missing; suddenly she was planning a dinner party with guests including Narelle and Craig - much to Brett's horror...When she inadvertently let Kirsty's best friend know of the couple's marriage, the ramifications were horrific! Was she a psychopath? Was she involved? And when Jacinta's feared step-brother Daniel, whom she hadn't seen for many years, turned up on her doorstep, as the investigating Detective Sergeant no less, she wondered what she had set in motion!What a fantastic crime novel! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, with a plot which was electric, a pace which was full-on and an incredible twist at the end! This is my first book by Aussie author Vicki Tyley and it won't be my last!For those who love a good mystery, a great crime fiction novel, I have no hesitation in highly recommending this book.