Series: Detective Rebecca Ellis #1
Published by Inkubator Books on 15th January 2023
Format: eARC
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Also by this author: A Frozen Grave, The Dead Lake, Leave No Trace
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing…
Detective Rebecca Ellis has some big shoes to fill. Her father was the legendary detective, Hank Ellis, now retired from the Bangor Police Department. Emerging from his shadow hasn’t been easy.
So when she’s assigned to work with new hire, Detective Euan McCallister, Ellis is determined to keep their investigation right on track.
The explosive fire in a church parking lot looks straightforward at first. Claire Allen, a volunteer at the church, burned to death in her car. But then Ellis discovers the seatbelt had been rigged, trapping Claire in the inferno. This was no accident. It was murder.
Why was Claire at the church that night? Who would want her dead? In the race to find the truth, Ellis unearths a horrifying secret that takes the investigation into very dangerous territory.
Soon, Ellis will learn that in the search for this particular killer, there is no safe place.
I do love starting a new series and finding new characters to become invested in and it’s not different here. A very hard-hitting subject that you have no idea about until it’s right in your face but one done so well and with care.
Becca Ellis is a strong lead and I love how she is introduced. She’s one of the lads but still in her father’s shadow and I just warmed to her straight away.
I will admit at times I was a bit confuddled as the author jumped from the use of the Detective’s first names and surnames but I managed to figure it out eventually. It didn’t hamper my reading, I just wasn’t always entirely clear when the group was together who might be talking. Anyhoo this story gallops along at a pace and it doesn’t relent. I feel like the case was dealt with in real-time, and a lot of beer was drunk, but it made it more realistic. We saw the constraints for the police as the evidence doesn’t match. The twists and turns as we try to piece together what the heck is going on.
I love the team we have in this book and I am already looking forward to the next book in this series. I need to know more about Euan, who I might admit to having a small book crush on. The glimpses of his past show us that it hasn’t been easy and I am eager to see how Becca will cope.
I really enjoyed this book and my introduction to Robin’s writing. It was a book so easy to lose yourself in and I managed to finish this in a couple of sitting. I wanted to keep getting back to the book whenever I could. I do love a book that can hook me in like that!
So when’s the next one out?
Until next time Xxx
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