Helena Lanark is the only one who knows about the horrors which once occurred in her family’s house. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she now resides in a luxurious care home; her mind and memory fading fast.
Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed, starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark’s now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found hidden in the walls of the shelter.
As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger .
I can’t believe how fast I have gone through this series! Jane Tennison has definitely grown on me, I do fell like she moans for the sake of it and is quick to snap at people about her job
BUT
I have realised that this is what makes Jane, Jane!
In true La Plante style we are thrown straight into a case, well a double case. I was hoping for more details and story from the first body that was found but that was quickly resolved. The second body was…… well….. a little more delicate. Tennison did well keeping her cool about certain things, I love how her mind works putting all the pieces of the case together. I didn’t guess the ‘ who dun it ‘ this time round but I did gasp when the penny dropped for me in Australia.
I looooooved that we had Paul Lawrence involved in the case, Paul and Jane definitely have a work spark about them, they seem to bounce off each other really well.
