Member Review

In true domestic thriller noir tradition, this story opens with a disappearance. When Julianne Hillier swings by her friend Piper’s palatial home to go for their usual morning run, she discovers no sign of Piper, her husband Gray, or fifteen-year-old twins Riva and Artie. Chillingly, though, there is a message on Riva’s bedroom mirror. Make Them Stop, it reads – and it’s written in blood!
From there, the tension only increases as the narrative takes us back and forward in the weeks leading up to the family’s disappearance to unfold a story with so many plot threads that you wonder just how the author is going to untangle them all!
Fortunately, Fiona Cummins’ masterly pen keeps the reader on course towards enlightenment as she delves deep into the darkness of humanity, reintroducing a character from one of her previous books, young Saul Anguish now a serving police officer working on the Holden case. With a past that continues to haunt and shape him, Saul’s investigatory methods – and his ways of delivering justice – aren’t always by the book.
Meticulously plotted with characters you’ll love to hate – don’t be surprised if you’re drawn to the dark side yourself by the time you finish this read!