Thursday, March 14, 2019

The Betrayal of Trust

A massive rainfall has resulted in the bones of a young girl who had disappeared several years ago being washed clear of her burial site.  Simon Serrailler is on his way to tell the father of the missing girl that her remains have been found when he is called back to where she had been found.  Another grave has been found nearby.  In it is the body of another woman.

Simon Serrailler will have to work both cases, which could be related, or separate cases on his own as the powers that be have declared that they will not be hiring a new DCI due to budget constraints.

Fortunately, the pathologist, Gordon Lyman, has a friend who is able to generate a computer model of what the second woman might have looked like.  Will it be enough to identify her?

Serrailler has two cold cases on his hands, but he is relentless.  Author Susan Hill’s murder mystery has three other threads going on throughout, and the reader wonders what connection they have to the story, however she binds those threads neatly together leading to a surprising conclusion.  A thoroughly enjoyable read.

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