Member Review

I’m a massive fan of this author so was excited to be able to read this 2nd book in the new series about Detective Emmie Clifton.
In this one there is a murder and an attempted murder, all on the day of Emmie’s mother’s funeral which means that she is traumatised and distracted, particularly when the murder victim turns out to be a friend of hers, a retired police detective and her daughter.
As Emmy struggles to solve the case, several suspects appear, a violent husband and a bent cop are the front runners but Emmy cannot put it all together and work out what actually happened.
Her sister, Jude, whom she has not seen for 42 years also has her own secrets which makes forming a relationship with her extremely difficult. Emmy cannot forgive her for staying away, particularly with the death of both their parents coming so closely together and the dementia diagnosis which had plagued the last years of their mother’s life.
This book had many characters but all were well rounded and entirely believable- Karin Slaughter is excellent at characterisations.
As the suspense built up I could barely put the book down and the ending………it had me on the edge of my seat. I can’t wait for the next book in the series! I think these novels are just as good if not better than the Grant County ones and I loved every one of them!
I definitely recommend “The Secrets We Hide” as a five star read.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my advance copy.