A missing baby. A murdered girl. A case where everyone has something to hide….
On the first day of her new job in the West Country, Detective Sergeant Kate Redman finds herself investigating the kidnapping of Charlie Fullman, the newborn son of a wealthy entrepreneur and his trophy wife. It seems a straightforward case…but as Kate and her fellow officer Mark Olbeck delve deeper, they uncover murky secrets and multiple motives for the crime.
Kate finds the case bringing up painful memories of her own past secrets. As she confronts the truth about herself, her increasing emotional instability threatens both her hard-won career success and the possibility that they will ever find Charlie Fullman alive….
This Book This book was a very good mystery. No blood, no gore, just a good old fashioned mystery. Solid police work with a touch of woman’s intuition. Kate Redman is a very likable character.I read this book in one sitting and did not guess whodunit until the end.
Murder, Intrigue, Human Frailties, Real People My title says pretty much how I feel about this book. The author has done an extremely good job in bringing true life to her characters. In other words, her characters could be anyone we know in real life. Some authors show their characters as living the perfect life with the perfect mate, with the perfect house and the perfect kids… you get the idea. Other authors don’t give their characters a humanity. Celina Grace does and it pays off in the depth of her story.Â
A Mystery That Delivers At last, a mystery that delivers and doesn’t creep you out. I’ve had my fill of crucifixions, mutilations and acid baths, all graphically described. Must dead body be pilled on dead body (a minimum of six) to have a mystery? Of course not, and Hushabye is proof. Someone murders the nanny and kidnaps Charley, a three-month-old baby. Detective Sergeant Kate Redman (a newbie) is assigned to the case, a puzzling one indeed, for no ransom note is forthcoming. Everyone is a suspect. The person…