At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street - well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, children playing together.
But there are dark secrets behind the neat front doors, hidden dangers that include a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing.
It's up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to uncover the truth. Posing as a couple, they move into the Close, blurring the lines between professional and personal as never before.
And while Maeve and Josh try to gather the evidence they need, they have no idea of the danger they face - because someone in Jellicoe Close has murder on their mind.
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All murder investigations were different and yet all of them began the same way, at least for me: standing in silence near a body, trying to catch the faintest echo of what had happened.- 1
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(HarperCollins, 2 March 2023, e-book, 416 pages, #ARC from the publisher via NetGalley)
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I enjoyed The Close at lot. I've read other book featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan so was looking forward to this latest case. The premise is a bit different from other crime books I've read with Kerrigan and Derwent going undercover to find out if something nefarious is happening in Jellicoe Close while Kerrigan works remotely on another puzzling murder. I liked the way the two cases run throughout the novel. This is a well-written crime novel. I had a good time with it.
