Hanging Hill [by] Mo Hayder
978-0-80212006-9; $25.00
A beautiful and popular teenager, Lorne Wood, is found on the towpath of a canal in the picture-perfect city of Bath
Zoë Benedict, independent Harley-riding police detective, believes that the Department is on the wrong track, and needs to look farther than the usual domestic motives, and begins to investigate on her own. Soon it looks like Lorne’s interest in breaking into the modeling business has led her astray into the dangerous world of amateur porn, and there is danger that a secret Zoë has kept for years will leak out to sabotage her career.
Meanwhile, Sally Cassidy, Zoë’s estranged sister, has suffered a devastating divorce, and is trying to support her daughter – a friend of the victim’s, and not lose her little house. She has started cleaning houses, when a strange man, who lives in the biggest house she helps to clean, asks her to become his housekeeper. She is delighted with the increase in salary, until this eccentric man becomes more and more repugnant. And why are his friends hanging around her daughter’s school?
Sally and Zoë have been estranged for many years because of an incident in their childhood, which hardly remains, except for the deep-seated guilt on both sides. They reconcile as best they can, and share their secrets, discovering that each holds a piece of the puzzle that is threatening the peace of their town and its families. They also realize that there are even more secrets to uncover and that the very lives of their loved ones hang in the balance.
This is a great procedural in the British vein, with wonderful characters, both good and evil, and shocks and surprises all around. Exciting and unsettling. Highly recommended. ~ lss-r.
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