When a young woman makes a distressing middle-of-the-night call to 911, apparently running for her life in a quiet, exclusive beachside neighbourhood, miles from her home, everything suggests a domestic incident.
Except no one has seen her since, and something doesn't sit right with the officers at Hampstead County PD. With multiple suspects and witnesses throwing up startling inconsistencies, and interference from the top threatening the integrity of the investigation, lead detective Casey Wray is thrust into an increasingly puzzling case that looks like it's going to have only one ending...
And then the first body appears...
For fans of Susie Steiner, Peter Swanson, M J Arlidge, James Lee Burke and Tana French***
Casey staggered across the beach towards the access tunnel, Maggie's am draped over her shoulder. PROLOGUE
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(@OrendaBooks, 28 May 2021, 305 pages, ebook, copy from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 23 September)
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I enjoyed the author's novel, Blood Red City and was looking forward to reading Black Reed Bay. I love thrillers and this offer exactly what I enjoy the most; fast paced, excellent characters and lots of twists and turns. I liked the premise of the book, a distressing 911 call in the middle of the night and very little information about why the call was made or where the woman is now. The investigation is anything but straight forward with few clues and an indication that there may be corruption at the very top of law enforcement. I was engrossed in this book. At the end, the author confirms they were inspired by the unsolved Long Island Serial Killer, a case I'm familiar with from the book Lost Girls and the movie. I suspected this was I was reading.
