A young girl is in a coma after a tragic road accident. Another young girl has washed up on a remote beach, her identity unknown. An old man is murdered and hastily buried in a makeshift grave. A tormented pastor is unable to erase old misdeeds.
Different souls, but with one common link – the past.
Detective Inspector Lara Arden has her own demons to deal with. But as she investigates this raft of seemingly disparate crimes, she begins to suspect there’s a further common link at work here – her own past.
When all roads lead back to a former children’s home called Kenwood – and a macabre half-size windmill sited in its grounds – suspicion hardens into conviction.
Lara always believed that Kenwood had to be destroyed. Its old stories haunted it too strongly, like spirits yet to find their voice.
But do the tendrils of its past cling to everyone associated with it, too?
And do they need to be destroyed as well?
What did I think?
Wow! I really enjoyed this fantastic book. Private Investigations is the second book in the Lara Arden crime series but you can read it as a standalone as it has its own contained storyline. I was introduced to DI Lara Arden in the first book of the series, I'm Not There, and I absolutely loved it, so I was looking forward to virtually visiting the Isle of Wight once again.
The bodies are mounting up for DI Lara Arden and her team and Lara thinks she sees a link, one that is very personal to her. This is where it is beneficial to have read the first book in the series, but enough of the story is recounted for anyone who hasn't read it.
As well as the gripping storyline of the former children's home and anyone with links to it, I was completely hooked by the intriguing story of Amy Waite who was involved in a hit and run and left in a coma. Amy has a special link with her brother Aaron and my heart totally went out to Aaron as he felt the severing of that link so severely. The big question is what or who was Amy running away from?
There are so many layers of intrigue in this story that keep the pages turning so rapidly it's a wonder I didn't end up with a million paper cuts. Even though it's only the second book in a series, the characters of Lara and her team are so wonderfully developed that I feel as if I know them well. They all have their own demons to contend with whilst fighting crime on the Isle of Wight.
Incredibly intriguing, blisteringly fast-paced and completely unpredictable, Private Investigations is a stunning crime thriller that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I absolutely loved it and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
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