Good book! This book had intrigue, suspense, action, and lots of thrilling moments! It had me on the edge of my seat! It was a very thrilling story! I definitely recommend reading this book! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

4 stars

Harvey & Birch return to solve a case more intriguing than the first! Bent coppers, extortion, decades old missing persons cases, & danger lurking around every corner make for a fun & meaningful read. It’s well written & plotted, & I look forward to book 3.

[What I liked:]

•It was nice spending more time with Asha & Aaron, getting to know them better as characters. Aaron is so funny & Asha continues to prove her mettle as a DI; & as a team, the two seem to be growing closer...(do I sense a hint of romance for the future?)

•I also liked Sue a lot. She is a well developed character, I really empathized with her struggles, & was rooting for her. Especially compared to the reckless teenage MC of the last book, Sue made an astute & mature (& easy to like) protagonist. Her family dynamic was so poignant, I absolutely loved her grandfather with his study & books.

•The mystery in this book is sad, meaningful, exciting, & nicely complex. Some secrets are creatively revealed by the end. It’s pretty well done overall. The additions of inside antagonists & not knowing who you can trust really upped the stakes.

•Things end on a bit of a cliffhanger, with exciting secrets hinted at for the next book in the series. Things are really getting good, & I look forward to the next book. (The main case gets wrapped up by the end of this story, but danger is still lurking...)


[What I didn’t like as much:]

•Well, I shouldn’t complain because it does come with the territory of this genre, but Asha & Aaron & Sue manage to get themselves hospitalized & kidnapped & nearly assassinated an extraordinary number of times. Sue’s escape from a certain vehicle in particular stretched my suspension of disbelief a bit. Overall, the danger they’re in is plausible, but still...at this rate they’re gonna know every nurse & doctor in that hospital!

CW: murder, kidnapping, physical violence & assault, violence towards a child, drug abuse

[I received an ARC ebook copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the book!]

Sue Hearn is planting a herb garden on the site of her grandfather’s old greenhouse. She’s spent the morning digging up all sorts of odds and ends already. But she doesn’t expect this grisly find.
Could it be the remains of her mother, Monica, who went missing thirty years ago?
Read this amazing mystery novel to find out!?
My favorite thing about this book are the Detectives... Asha Harvey and Aaron Birch!.
This novel is so suspenseful and creepy you will not want this awesome book to end!

Thanks NetGalley, Joffe Books and the author for this advance e~arc!