Last night I was just too exhausted to get my reviews posted. I went to the grocery (I actually shop at two different stores to save money), loaded the car, came home, unloaded the car, and then had to put everything away. I then had to take out the trash and recycling, feed the cats and dogs, and put clean sheets on my bed (I love clean sheets). I was pooped (I have fibroymyalgia and get tired easily). I did get to then lay down and read the night away.
No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary
is a British suspense/thriller novel. It
is the second book in the DI Marnie Rome series. DI Marnie Rome and her team are called to
investigate the deaths of two children.
Terry Doyle was creating a vegetable garden in the backyard of their
home on Blackthorn Road when they discovered a manhole. When Terry opened it up and went down the steps,
he found two bodies lying on a bed. They
turn out to be two little boys, Archie and Fred who have dead at least five
years. They were put in the bunker with
toys and canned food. Who would have put
two little boys in a hidden bunker and left them there?
Marnie, DS Debbie Tanner (the
flirt), DS Ron Carling (the pessimist), DS Noah Jake (dedicated and smart), and
Fran Lennox (forensics and coroner’s office) will have to work hard to figure
out who put those little boys in harm’s way.
This case will bring up feelings from Marnie’s past. She was just getting over the death of her
parents who were murdered five years previously. They were killed by their foster child who
has never told Marnie why he killed them.
Their current case involves a foster child named Clancy Brand. He is fourteen (same age as the kid who killed
Marnie’s parents). Is Clancy involved in
the murder? Are the two cases connected
in some way? Then when Terry Doyle’s two
children turn up missing, the team will have to work quickly to solve the case.
No Other Darkness was an
interesting book, but it did not engage me.
I was disappointed in it. I think
it went on way too long and the writer just put too many elements into the
book. After a while it got a little
confusing. I give No Other Darkness 3
out of 5 stars. There are some rambling
paragraphs were Marnie is thinking (I could have done without them). The book also leaves us with unanswered
questions (which probably means they will be answered in other books) which I
found disappointing. I prefer for
everything to be wrapped up in one book. No Other Darkness can be read without having
read the first book in the series Someone Else's Skin.
I received a complimentary copy
of No Other Darkness from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The review and opinions expressed are my own.
I am currently reading Deadly Delicious by K.L. Kincy (not an adult novel but cute). I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing evening. Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
I am currently reading Deadly Delicious by K.L. Kincy (not an adult novel but cute). I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing evening. Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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