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4.5 ⭐️. Jane Harper had done it again. A slow burning mystery with an atmospheric and moody sense of place, well written characters and enough red herrings to keep you guessing. You may need a bit of patience to get through the beginning- but the payoff is well worth it.

This will break you. Again and again. The misery is relentless and yet there are moments of hope and light that keep you going.

I have a feeling I will be thinking about this book for some time.

This is a moody, character driven, slow burn mystery. The kind that Tana French does so well. She builds the scene, creates the tension and leads you down a dark garden path. There are twists along they way (one that I did not see coming). The ending, however, did not satisfy - it felt a bit bland. I wanted the resolution to be darker.