In the Dark

DS Quinn and DC Gislingham have been called out to a house under renovation in North Oxford.  The owner of the house claims he saw the face of a girl through the basement wall, which was crumbling.  Upon breaking into the house next door they find an old man who might be suffering from Alzheimer’s, and locked in a room in the basement they find a woman, badly dehydrated and a little boy.

DI Adam Fawley, after studying the evidence so far gathered, suggests that the woman could be a woman who went missing about two years ago.  The age of the boy who had been trapped in the room with her would appear to match the time she has been missing.

Then the forensic investigators discover a body underneath a shed in the back of the yard where the woman and toddler were found.  The pathologist, Colin Boddie, provides Fawley with some interesting evidence, which he suggests Fawley keep quiet about.  Dental records show that the body is the woman who went missing a couple of years ago.

As the investigation progresses new information is discovered, so new lines of inquiry are opened.  But, where will they lead?

Author Cara Hunter’s latest murder mystery is another convoluted story, which seems to lead everywhere, yet nowhere.  Fast paced, non-stop investigation, which keeps the reader involved.  I enjoyed this read and highly recommend it.