When Adam Fawley first encountered Daisy Mason the eight year old had gone missing from her family home before a party. Eventually, for those of us who’ve read Close to Home will know, we are told who’s held responsible for her disappearance and things are wrapped up.
Now, eight years on, our characters are about to get a shock. When a body is discovered in local woodland there is nothing to help police identify it. DNA testing reveals a hair is found at the scene. A hair belonging to none other than Daisy Mason. How can her hair be found at a crime scene when she is believed dead and someone is in prison for her murder?
The simplest answer is sometimes right…Daisy is, in fact, not dead.
So begins a curiously fascinating case. Fawley, as lead on the original investigation, is required to help the review of evidence of the time. Alongside this we have the investigation into the body discovered in the present. The two blend brilliantly, and the story is an absorbing read.
From start to finish I was hooked, as I have been with each of the other books in the series. The blending of narrative and other media once again works well, and links nicely to the focus of Hunter’s stand-alone book of last year. I won’t give away details but the ending is artfully ambiguous, hinting at a potential chance to revisit certain elements of this case if the occasion should arise.
Thanks once again to the publishers for granting me early access to this on NetGalley in exchange for my honest thoughts.