‘Never Came Home’ by Gretta Mulrooney is the second book in the Detective Inspector Siv Drummond series that is set in a fictional Sussex market town of Berminster. Although it is a second book anyone can dive straight in as Gretta Mulrooney has ensured to fill in the history of Siv and how she ends up here in Berminster.
This opens with D.I Siv Drummond and her partner Sergeant Ali Carlin being called out to a warehouse that’s due to be demolished, but the contractors discover a partially mummified body hung onto the back of a fridge freezer. Once the identification process is complete, they realise it is the body of a woman who went missing six years previously, Lyn Dimas, who went to the shop and just never returned. The case was investigated at the time but no concrete leads were found at the time. This creates a cold murder case investigation for Siv and the team.
A book that, like the first book, has a bit of everything. It is a gritty crime thriller that is full of mystery, intrigue and suspense. The secrets start to be exposed as the team are determined to get justice for Lyn. They doggedly unravel the lies that surround the murder and we are faced with the turns and twists as they go along. The shocking conclusion creates another jaw-dropping moment in a Gretta Mulrooney book. I am happy Siv is back and am hoping to see her again at some point in the future.
Thank you to Joffe Books for the copy of the book to write this review today.
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