December, 1988
Christmas beckons
What should be a time of excitement and joy is forever tainted when a teenager's body is found in the graveyard of Ossett's Holy Trinity Church.
A suspected suicide
As they respond to the devastating event, WDCs Louise Miller and Elizabeth Hines, together with psychologist Karla Hayes, each use their own experiences of suicide to help the wider community as it struggles to understand the terrible choice that was made.
Another missing teenager
Louise starts to believe there is something even more sinister behind the events...
From Sorrow's Hold is the second book in the Louise Miller Crime Series but it can definitely be read as a standalone. I really enjoyed the first book, Dirty Little Secret, and From Sorrow's Hold is even better so I'm very excited to see this series go from strength to strength.
Set in the 1980s, it's incredibly nostalgic but it's also shocking the way that women are treated, especially those in the police force. Louise Miller and Elizabeth Hines are fantastic detectives but it feels like they constantly have to prove themselves to be worthy of working in a man's world.
Touching on themes of mental health and suicide, it is dark and difficult to read at times. It is, however, important to keep reminding us of the pain that people can carry inside them and how they keep it hidden from the outside world. I found this quite emotional to read but it is written very sensitively and respectfully.
I really enjoyed getting to know more about Louise in this book and her adopted cat provides some light entertainment to balance the dark storyline. The plot is sharp and gripping and the writing is word perfect; I raced through it, devouring every single word and enjoying every second of it.
From Sorrow's Hold is an outstanding novel in a very exciting new series. I'm delighted to hear that Jonathan Peace hopes to write 41 books in the Louise Miller series, covering the years 1987 to 2023, and I'm really looking forward to seeing where the series goes.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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