This was a brilliant book although I'm not sure where the author got their ideas for the storyline which was original and pretty gruesome. The chapters with Annabelle contrasted very well with the day to day murder enquiries by Monica and her team. Crawford and Fisher were excellent, well rounded characters, you knew little about them but what you did find out was interesting and very real.. Once I was two thirds of the way through I was eager to reach the conclusion and when this didn't arrive, even as far as 80% through the book, I knew that more revelations would appear. The police trio reminded me of another book I read recently with Weaver and Ross. Some of the characters were certainly scary and Annabelle's captivity was played out to such an extent that you could feel yourself in that lonely room unbelievably frightened that you would never be able to escape. I look forward to reading more from this excellent author.

DI Monica Kennedy has two mangled bodies in her case load. Still dealing with her own personal demons from the last case which saw her and her young daughter, Lucy, in danger can Monica be focused enough to solve the crimes?

A young girl has been in a car accident and wakes up being held captive and she starts to fear for her life and before long Monica has more in her plate to deal with.

I absolutely loved the first book but this one was even better. Very savage and dark, exploring how crazed some people are! Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

A well written novel with a clever plot and intriguing characters, wasn't too keen on the mythical elements but an enjoyable read. Works well as a stand alone as I've not read the previous book and didn't find that an issue but it would be useful to know what the previous case was.

A very interesting read with some creepy sounding characters in it and some very strange ones, had a slight his have eyes feel to it