Private Investigator Matthew Hill is in the vicinity with his wife Sally and young daughter Amelie and steps in to control the panic till the law enforcement team arrives.Įd and Rachel are surprised to learn that Gemma is pregnant. Ed and Rachel are shocked, as are all the others watching, as they learn that she has been shot in the leg, and has hurt her head while falling. As Gemma walks up to the stage, she stumbles and falls. They have taken pains to be well dressed and find a vantage position to watch.

This is another good one – well paced with a good story.Įd Hill and Rachel are looking forward to their daughter Gemma’s graduation ceremony in a cathedral.

I have read a few other of Teresa Driscoll’s books and found most of them to be good thrillers. I really like this series but it can very easily be read as a standalone. Overall, it’s a good read although a bit uneven. There’s repetition because of the several perspectives. However, I wish I could say the fast pace is maintained throughout but unfortunately it isn’t as the pace drops off and then picks up again. There are some chilling coincidences, several hints of menace and real danger to add to the intensity. The plot goes backwards and forwards piecemeal but without being disjointed to intriguingly fill gaps in the plot jigsaw puzzle. Several characters tell the story, they all have secrets and there are several puzzling conundrums. The use of language is clever and it’s gripping reading. Then there’s horrifying panic in the setting of a beautiful cathedral disturbing the calm. This contrasts startlingly with the calm of selecting thr outfits and with Matthew, wife Sal buying ice cream for their daughter Amelie. The novel starts shockingly at we’re off at a hundred miles an hour from the start. It should have been the best of days but instead it becomes the absolute worst. Rachel and Gemma Hartley, mother and daughter, survey their graduation outfits, the navy is too safe thinks mum while the pink is too vivid thinks Gemma. PI Matthew Hill and DI Melanie Sanders novel.

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