Darkside
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By Belinda Bauer
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It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Holly’s first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job. Taunted by the killer and sidelined by his abrasive senior detective, Jonas has no choice but to strike out alone on a terrifying hunt …but who is hunting who?
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This is Book 2 in Bauer’s Exmoor trilogy and it's a dark, gritty police procedural featuring village policeman Jonas Holly. In the dead of winter an elderly woman is murdered in her bed in a village called Shipcott. It’s an extraordinary happening because Shipcott is the sort of place where no-one can move without being noticed, and the killer left no trace. Senior cops are drafted in to lead the investigation but someone in the village doesn’t want Holly to be side-lined and he starts to receive taunting notes blaming him for what’s happened. I found this completely absorbing, although I kicked myself for not working out who the villain was before the end! 4 Stars.
Reviewed by Calendar Girl, Oundle Crime
