The Darkest Place: (An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery Book 4)
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By Jo Spain
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From the bestselling author of With Our Blessing and The Confession comes a gripping and chilling new mystery
‘Horrifyingly dark . . . a deeply satisfying read’ – Sunday Times
Christmas day, and DCI Tom Reynolds receives an alarming call. A mass grave has been discovered on Oileán na Caillte, the island which housed the controversial psychiatric institution St. Christina’s. The hospital has been closed for decades and onsite graves were tragically common. Reynolds thinks his adversarial boss is handing him a cold case to sideline him.
But then it transpires another body has been discovered amongst the dead – one of the doctors who went missing from the hospital in mysterious circumstances forty years ago. He appears to have been brutally murdered.
As events take a sudden turn, nothing can prepare Reynolds and his team for what they are about to discover once they arrive on the island . . .
‘Deft plotting and expert handling of tension make for an intelligent mystery’ – The Guardian
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I loved this book! Having so enjoyed 'Dirty Little Secrets' by Jo Spain, I found 'The Darkest Place' to read, which is Book 4 in the Inspector Tom Reynolds series. Don’t be put off by it being part of a series because you’re given enough backstory in each novel to make you feel that you’re fully up to speed.
These are really dark and clever stories, told with humour. This one takes place over one Christmas when a mass grave is discovered on an island that used to be the site of a psychiatric institution. Of course nothing is straightforward, and this is a very satisfying plot with a surprise ending. And like Jo Spain’s other books, it’s full of really human and believable characters. I will be looking for other books in this series and give this one 5-Stars.
Review by: Feebs
