Many thanks to publisher Aria for my spot on this Blog Tour.
The death of a 100 year old Dr Violet Ross in a care home thought to be natural, later discovered to be a murder got the team of DCI Jude and DS Ashleigh to the forefront to investigate.
My second book by author Jo Allen, this was quite a slow moving detailed story. The writing kept the tension growing with each character adding to it. Some did behave in a blatantly suspicious manner. I had quite a few of them on my list of suspects.
I liked the police team, they worked well. There was a good camaraderie happening. Jude was quite dynamic and kept the investigation moving in the right direction. I was not very fond of the budding romance between him and Ashleigh.
The story had its twists when hints of a past life during the WWII came about, as the victim had her links in it. More murders ratcheted up the tension. I liked how the author tied all the loose ends up to reveal the killer. Quite unexpected.
Overall, this was a solid police procedural which kept my interest going and made me turn the pages right till the end.
I received a free ARC from NetGalley and publisher, and this is my journey into its pages, straight from the heart!! STRICTLY HONEST AND UNBIASED.
All my reviews can be read here
When one-hundred-year-old Violet Ross is found dead at Eden’s End, a luxury care home hidden in a secluded nook of the Lake District’s Eden Valley it’s tragic, of course, but not unexpected. Except for the instantly recognisable look in her lifeless eyes… that of pure terror.
DCI Jude Satterthwaite heads up the investigation, but as the deaths start to mount up it’s clear that he, and DS Ashleigh O’Halloran need to uncover a long-buried secret before the killer strikes again…
Publication Date: December 2019
Publisher: Aria
Brilliant review as usual. This sounds like a solid police procedural. I’ll have this book on my radar now!
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Oooh really… I wrote it at the dead of the night with my eyes nearly asleep… I have not even checked it 🤦🏻‍♀️�?
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Thank you for the efforts, Shalini. Dont get ill, working through the nights.
A very realistic story, here. Reminds me of the nursing home opposite my home. By the way, some women from India have been working there recently. But they have a facial expression as if they were working in hell. ďż˝?ďż˝ Michael
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Oooooh that’s scary…
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Great review, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to find the romance part a little annoying. I didn’t mind it but felt a little repetitive at times
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True that. I like a murder mystery to be just that
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Fab review!
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Thank you so much ❤️
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Coming up in my calendar so I’m glad to see you liked it
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Woohoo what does your calendar look like?
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It is a complete and total mess - a riot of difference colors in my attempts to organize myself, yet every day is overbooked with the full rainbow that I keep sliding from the previous days… oh my… I am in well over my head!
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Oooooh colors… You have different colors. I must see a photo of it… I thought only I was overbooked. How did you come into such a situation?
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GREED ďż˝?ďż˝
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DJ how are you with audiobooks? I don’t seem to get my claws into it
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I am visually oriented, I cannot seem to focus on audio books - I get too distracted
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Same here.
But reading/listening to my first book. And I am confused ďż˝?ďż˝
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