Blurb: A murder, a missing colleague, and a pack of lies…
When DCI Gawn Girvin is called to a murder scene, she is shocked to find the victim was known to her.
Harriet Hughes was a close friend of Jenny Norris, the state pathologist, who also happens to go missing on the night of the murder.
Worried that Jenny might be implicated, DCI Girvin will have to tread carefully to avoid endangering her or jeopardising her career.
Bending the rules for the greater good comes natural to the Chief Inspector, but she runs the risk of alienating her colleagues.
Struggling to keep them in the dark whilst searching for her missing friend, she’ll find herself exposed and vulnerable.
Review: DCI Gawn Girvin is called to a murder scene where she not only knows the victim but also a person of interest who has gone missing. Gawn internally wars trying to respect her friend's private life and investigate, but she has to admit maybe she didn't know her friend all that well. Now she must hurry and find the killer or risk not only her friend's life but her own as well.
This is the fifth book in the Irish crime mystery series, DCI Gawn Girvin. I hadn't known it was the fifth book when I picked it up, but I didn't feel like I was missing any vital part of this story having not read the books previous to this in the series. I probably missed a few of the histories between the characters, but I think the author covered them well so I understood where Gawn stood with each person. Gawn is a tough but big hearted investigator who keeps her private life apart from work. She's private to the extreme, and she tries to keep her friend's private life very private too. I can respect that, but it does conflict with her position. There are a few good twists and turns, and numerous red herrings, and while the case forms out of something that comes later in the plot, it ties together nicely.
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