Their Little Secret

This is the 16th procedural featuring DI Tom Thorn and his team, who are now responsible for investigating sudden suspicious deaths. One such case is Mary Fulton, who jumped in front of a train. Most everyone assumes this was a suicide ... but Thorn has other ideas. Questioning her family, he finds that Mary had been 'ghosted' by a new man in her life. The man, known as Patrick Jennings disappeared from her life. He quit calling and answering her phone calls and texts. He took away a lot of her money before he left ... after wiping all records of his existence. Thorn believes the man needs to be charged .... Patrick has moved on ... albeit, using the name Conrad.... and meets Sarah ... a woman who also has secrets. ... secrets that she will kill to keep hidden. Sarah and Gordon should never have met .... their unusual union leads to calamity after calamity. It's a twisted plot filled with suspense from the very beginning to the very surprising end. Suspense grows and expands as the book proceeds. I really enjoy how the personal and professional life of Thorn is weaved through this well written novel. Although 16 in the series, this is easily read as a stand alone, as are all of the books in this series. Many thanks to the author / Atlantic Monthly Press / Edelweiss for the digital copy of this excellent police procedural / crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.