“Rose was lit but the sun, her beautiful face giving nothing away. Even back then, she was a mystery that I wanted to solve.”

In a rural town, the murder of a high school teacher found strangled and floating in a local lake is the something everybody is talking about. Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is investigating the case, however the victim, Rosalind Ryan, is an old class mate of hers. As DS Woodstock dives further into Rosalind’s life she uncovers several mysteries and numerous suspects to her murder. Will DS Woodstock be able to find who is responsible? Will her past come back to haunt her?

I did enjoy reading this book however I don’t feel like it kept me gripped like other thrillers I have read. It took me over a week to read this alongside other reads as I was happy to pick it up and put it down. Normally with a thriller I cannot do this and i just want to read it all straight away. The ending I felt was realistic which is a bonus, too many thrillers nowadays pose a far-fetched conclusion which ruins it for me, so this was refreshing. I actually didn’t see the ending coming, but I’m not sure whether that was down to the fact that I wasn’t very invested in the book so I missed key points that held relevance to solving the mystery. All in all I did enjoy the book I’m just not sure it should be classed as a thriller.