DCI Gerry Heffernan and DI Wesley Peterson have been handed the case of a
missing seventeen year old girl. She abruptly left the drama school
she was attending and hasn’t been heard from since.
On top of that, they have a double murder to contend with. A man and a
woman were found shot to death not far from each other in a remote rural
area. They likely have been dead for a few days. There seems to be no
connection between the pair.
Meanwhile, archeologist Dr. Neil Watson and his team have just opened a
recently discovered child sized lead coffin and found a doll of sorts
inside it, which seems to have mechanical clockworks inside it.
Some time later, the police have another shooting on their hands. This
time it appears to be a vicar, but why would he be living in a down and
out house? Do they have a madman in the area randomly killing people?
Author Kate Ellis has written many threads into this murder mystery, but
many seem to just dangle there leaving Peterson with a dead end. In
addition, Peterson has family difficulties to deal with, which interfere
with his investigation. A good quick read.
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