When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But a closer inspection reveals ligature marks around the victim's throat - death is never that simple.
Doing what she does best, Vera pulls her team together and sets them interviewing staff and those connected to the victim, while she and colleague, Sergeant Joe Ashworth, work to find a motive. While Joe struggles to reconcile his home life with the demands made on him by the job, Vera revels being back in charge of an investigation again. Death has never made her feel so alive.
And when they discover that the victim had worked in social services and had been involved in a shocking case involving a young child, then it appears obvious that the two are somehow connected. Though things are never as they seem...
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(@panmacmillan, 26 November 2020, ebook, 368 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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I'm a fan of the Vera TV series but haven't read all the books. This is one of the earlier books. I really enjoyed this book. Each time I read a Vera book, I have Brenda Blethyn in my head as the character. I really enjoyed Silent Voices. Like other books in the series, you are led in different directions and there are twists and turns before you find out who the killer is and what their motive is. I really enjoyed this and would recommend it.
