Expected: 28 May 2020
On the hottest day of the year, Caroline Harvey is found dead in Suffolk. Her body is left draped over a cot – but the baby she was looking after is missing.
Hundreds of miles away, Siobhan Dillon is on a luxurious family holiday in France when her husband, Callum, is arrested by French police on suspicion of murder.
As Siobhan’s perfect family is torn apart by the media in the nation’s frantic search for the missing baby, she desperately tries to piece together how Callum knew Caroline.
What happened that night? Was Caroline as innocent as she seemed – or was she hiding a secret of her own?
The Review
This was a good, solid whodunnit. A baby is missing, the babysitter is dead and the married man she was seeing has been arrested - but did he actually do it and if so, how does the baby fit into it all?
This is told in the viewpoints of the babysitter Caroline, Siobhan the wife and the investigating detective DC Wildy. The narrative also alternates between the present-day investigation, complete with excerpts of the police interviews (which I loved), and the days leading up to the murder. I really enjoyed Phoebe Morgan's writing style which was short and snappy, descriptive and clear, full of drama but to the point.
With a small pool of suspects (or characters) it was fairly easy to guess the murderer, the motive and backstories, particularly as all were fairly predictable and unremarkable. That's not a criticism though as I prefer that to plots that are so ridiculously obscure that they are totally unbelievable. Also while it was guessable it was only so just slightly ahead of the reveal so still kept my attention and whilst the murderer was guessable, what had happened to the baby wasn't at all.
So, like I said at the start this was a good, solid psychological thriller - not mind-blowing but very enjoyable all the same and definitely worth a read.
The author
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