Jane Badrock is back! The second book to feature DI Karen Thorpe. I was lucky enough to read and review the first book which almost led me to starving the youngest child. THIS one, well the child was lucky…I read it overnight, so no starvation needed. I find Jane Badrocks books so readable and entertaining that I was so happy when I got a copy of this book.
THREE COLD CASES ONE DETERMINED COP
Someone’s playing tricks on Karen at home and at work. When two cold case files about missing girls turn up on her desk, she’s fuming. When a third file arrives…
she blows a fuse.
Her boss demands she takes holiday leave just as Karen discovers her late father was involved in one of the cases. Now she’s compelled to investigate them.
Karen’s accompanied by sometime boyfriend John- but can she trust him or his friend and mapkeeper Mr Binks?
She has formidable detective skills but will they work in places where old-world magic is still powerful?
Karen’s life is in serious danger… but from whom…. or what?
Not your run of the mill detective or police thriller. This time Karen Thorpe starts to experience weird happenings, emails she can’t remember sending, case files being brought to her out of the blue. All connected to three missing little girls from 1964. From different places but none of them ever discovered, no one ever charged.
Karen’s father, many years later, attempted to investigate but died before he could make any progress. These are the files that appear like magic, and these are the cases Karen and her sometimes boyfriend John Steele, who is the polar opposite to Karen, being tidy and organised to her chaotic self, decide to go on a trek to Lincoln, York and Edinburgh to see if they can succeed in discovering new information about these three girls.
As well as themselves we are introduced to Mr Binks, an old man who is a quirky book store owner, a mapmaker and oh, so much more! He is a character who I could picture immediately. I even have an actor for his part, too. Mr Binks brings magic, old-world type magic, keys, and doors, but can he be trusted, well, read the book…you may find out.
A very unique angle to take for a police/crime thriller and one that I hugely enjoyed. I am a reader who loves the supernatural side, and Jane Badrock wrote it perfectly.
I always love Karen Thorpe, she makes me chuckle too. Jane’s characters are always strong, and relatable. I can always picture her characters due to the fantastic way she writes them. I mean…Mr Binks, he made me proper giggle, the visions of the man I pictured did not help at all. Anyway, I digress. It is a book I am hoping Jane Badrock decides she needs to write a sequel too anyway. I would love to see some of the vibrant characters, Mr Binks spent time within the book, again.
I would wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone who loves a crime thriller that’s a bit off the track. It is an engrossing, suspenseful, and, at times, ghostly read.
Massive thanks to ZooLoo’s Book Tours and Jane Badrock for my gifted copy of the book and place on the tour.
Authors Bio
Jane writes novels, short stories and poems, usually with a good dose of humour in them. She’s probably owes it all to her late grandmother who, she’s just found out, also wrote short stories and poems. She tends to get an idea and then run with it whether it be a 100 word short story or an 80 thousand word novel. It all depends on the voices in her head at the time…
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Thank you so much for this review CF, glad your child didn’t starve LOL x
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