Noah Jake has seen dead bodies before but when a young woman falls to her death from a London tower block, landing in the bonnet of his car, everything changes for him. Has he witnessed an accident, suicide, or something worse? Whichever, it affects him deeply.
London's young people are being trafficked into gangs, exploited, and killed. Thirteen-year-old Raffa Jordan was shot in the street, an innocent bystander in a gang war, or so it seems. It looks as if Samantha Haile is just the latest victim in the wave of violence sweeping the city. Only Noah feels the need to treat her differently, to chase down the truth of what happened that day.
Marnie Rome wants to help, but even she cannot grasp why Noah is risking so much for the sake of this stranger he never knew. As Marnie finally finds peace with her own past, she is faced with the far harder task of bringing Noah back from the brink of self-destruction.
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The car alarm was still shrieking when Marnie reached the crime scene. 1
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(@headlinepg, 16 May 2019, ebook, 380 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I thought this was a riveting, fast-paced and intense read. This picks up quite soon after the last case, Come and Find Me with Noah struggling to cope with his brother's Sol's death, stabbed and left to die alone in a prison yard. I was impressed by the way the author handle's Noah's grief and his coping mechanism which I won't discuss as it's a major spoiler. I thought this was a unique angle to take and worked really well. I also liked the fact Marnie and her team clash with the people involved in the case, especially Raffa's father whose grief manifests as anger, rage and racism which threatens to become something darker. This is a definite page-turner.
