This was a fast-paced crime thriller, where it’s hard to figure out who you can trust and who is protecting the guilty party.
Set in Northern Ireland, eight-year-old Kelly Doherty went trick-or-treating 25 years ago and never came home. Instead, her body was discovered three days later, face-down on the banks of the local reservoir, by twin brothers who were her classmates. A local man was accused and convicted of the crime, but he’s sworn to his innocence to this day. On the anniversary of the murder, Ingrid Devlin, a journalist and another schoolmate of Kelly, is writing a story for the local newspaper about the murder, but now she’s being hunted, and she doesn’t know what she might uncover next or who she can trust.
I liked how the author wrote several chapters from other characters’ perspectives, rather than just focusing on Ingrid’s. I thought it gave more depth to the book, and it allowed the reader a better glimpse into the lives of most of the suspects. I also liked how she took the time to develop the twin brothers’ relationship more and how much this crime (and being the ones to discover the body) really affected them for the rest of their lives.
This book was definitely more violent than what I normally read. I could have done without the torture scene, to be honest, so just fyi, there’s a pretty explicit description of torture buried in the book. But I did like the twists in this book, and it definitely held my interest throughout.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Avon Books UK in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.