- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (6 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 072786680X
- ISBN-13: 978-0727866806
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.5 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 960,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rina Martin returns in the second book in this new series from the author of the "Naomi Blake" mysteries.When a body is washed up on a beach a short distance from Frantham, the first assumption is that it must be Edward Parker who had fallen from Marlborough Head just a couple of weeks before. When the badly battered body is examined, however, it is discovered to be the body of Pat Duggan, son of local nightclub owner Jimmy Duggan. It seems Pat had been abducted. Twice. And, to complicate matters, the missing Edward Parker had worked for Jimmy Duggan and disappeared at the same time as Duggan's son. Coincidence? Mac and Rina don't think so...Mac, following procedure as a serving police officer, and Rina, an interested outsider, soon discover that others are now at risk of meeting Pat Duggan's fate and this time they are only eight years old. Mac and Rina are both dragged into a race against time to solve the case.
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Second in the series featuring elderly Rina Martin, who runs a guest house which to many is a home of refuge, and a police Inspector.
Inspector Mac takes thirteen year old George to Hill House care home, following the death of George's violent father, Edward Parker. Mac himself is still recovering from seeing a child die in front of him and being powerless to save her. He also feels responsible for George, whose mother had died whilst she was supposedly in Mac's safe custody. Feeling rather forsaken, George strikes up a friendship with Ursula, also temporarily staying at Hill House. Ursula gives him a rundown of the other children there: victims of parents killed in car crash, or who have had a breakdown following divorce - all fragile lives.
When a body is washed up, the initial thought is that it is Edward Parker, but it is the body of a much younger man. Investigating it uncovers a series of abductions, none of which have ever been brought to the attention of the police, as the children are usually eventually returned - but not this time. Through the father of the dead boy, Mac and Rina meet a sinister character and learn that there are other children at risk. Can they find them in time?
Whilst a compelling mystery as Rina and Mac set out to track down this abductor of children, the main theme of the book is the fragile lives of the many characters, eg Brothers Andrew and Simeon, the latter of whom, unable to deal with his loss, collects clippings of people killed accidentally - all lives lost through being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite his brother's argument that Simeon could not attribute all the accidental losses of life to temporal placement, Simeon's damaged mind cannot let go of his belief.
There is much pain in the book, but also hope, the power of friendship and love. A good satisfying read with all the ends tied up - I like that.
There looks to be a love interest in the air for Mac in the guise of pathologist Miriam Hastings, but it's early days. Highly recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
Inspector Mac takes thirteen year old George to Hill House care home, following the death of George's violent father, Edward Parker. Mac himself is still recovering from seeing a child die in front of him and being powerless to save her. He also feels responsible for George, whose mother had died whilst she was supposedly in Mac's safe custody. Feeling rather forsaken, George strikes up a friendship with Ursula, also temporarily staying at Hill House. Ursula gives him a rundown of the other children there: victims of parents killed in car crash, or who have had a breakdown following divorce - all fragile lives.
When a body is washed up, the initial thought is that it is Edward Parker, but it is the body of a much younger man. Investigating it uncovers a series of abductions, none of which have ever been brought to the attention of the police, as the children are usually eventually returned - but not this time. Through the father of the dead boy, Mac and Rina meet a sinister character and learn that there are other children at risk. Can they find them in time?
Whilst a compelling mystery as Rina and Mac set out to track down this abductor of children, the main theme of the book is the fragile lives of the many characters, eg Brothers Andrew and Simeon, the latter of whom, unable to deal with his loss, collects clippings of people killed accidentally - all lives lost through being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite his brother's argument that Simeon could not attribute all the accidental losses of life to temporal placement, Simeon's damaged mind cannot let go of his belief.
There is much pain in the book, but also hope, the power of friendship and love. A good satisfying read with all the ends tied up - I like that.
There looks to be a love interest in the air for Mac in the guise of pathologist Miriam Hastings, but it's early days. Highly recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
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