Now this book completely took over my life until I had gotten finished lol. Such a good read!! I loved the premise although I didn't realise there were 2 other books beforehand! For this installment, I felt the story kept up a good pace and wasn't too choppy on cutting between the 2 different time periods. The author combined numerous story lines seamlessly and was just amazing at really setting the scene and making you feel like you were standing right there along with the characters. All the characters are really well written and it really did have you actually caring what happend, both then and now. A really good read!!

Highly recommend!! This book is a definite page-turner! You'll be left thinking about the story long after you put the book down. First book to read by this author but definitely not my last!

I received an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review from. Netgalley.

Holy. Mother. Of. Pearl. This book was fantastic. The author is new to me, but I have already acquired some of his other works. His writing style is not overly rambling and gets to the point. Words are not wasted in this novel, but it was so fast paced and twisty and turny that I truly had no idea what was coming.

What started out as two investigations into the deaths of teenage girls 46 years apart weaves the tale of how sometimes you can't outrun the bad you've done, even when it seems like the world has forgotten.

The character of DI Annie is a wonderful protagonist, and I can't wait to see where her further adventures will take her and her colleagues Zoe and Andy.

DI Annie Delamere returns in Bad Terms which is the latest book from Alex Walters.

This time they are faced with a difficult investigation when a 46 year old body is uncovered.

The story moves along at a good pace and the main storyline(s) are solid

Overall a good read.

This was the third in the series but was a good standalone.I will
definitely search out the first two books. Well crafted characters and an absorbing storyline.. I would recommend this book.
Thank you Netgalley and Canelo Crime for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Building works at an old stone cottage in the village of Meresham uncover a skeleton. The police link the bones to an old cold case, that of Jayne Arnold, last seen in 1976 when she vanished at the age of sixteen. Thought to have been a runaway, no clues to her whereabouts, until now. It is up to the police to figure out what happened to her all that time ago.

Not too long after the bones are unearthed, a horrific accident takes place at an elite all girls boarding school nearby. One of the girls falls to her death. As DI Anni Delamere and her team start to investigate it soon becomes clear that it is not a simple accident, and neither a clear cut suicide. They uncover the girl's attempts at becoming an investigative reporter, and exposing a scheme of unsavoury donations to the exclusive school in the process. As the case ramps up, so do the deaths. DI Delamere are struggling to link the current crimes to that of one that occured over 45 years ago, but a link soon starts to emerge. Even more eerily, DI Delameres own mother may be tangled in the investigation.

This is the 3rd book in the DI Annie Delamere series. Having not read the first two, it worked well as a stand alone, yet did hint at some things that had happened previously. It was an interesting storyline, weaving between timeframes and points of view at various stages, to build up a picture of a real mystery to be solved. The detective work was realistic, and I was engaged from start to end. It was a very enjoyable read, and a series to keep an eye on in the future.

*I received this book from NetGalley for review, but all opinions are my own.

Jayne is walking back from school when she goes missing. 46 years later a body is discovered while renovating an old farm house. At the same time a girl at nearby boarding school dies for a suspicious fall. DI Annie Delamere leads both enquiries and soon the body count starts to rise, there is more to these cases than first thought.
A good plot with a twist that was quite predictable. An easy read and would happily recommend to any crime fiction fan.

The first in the series was ok and the second better. This, the third, improves again with DI Annie Delamere's character and Team developing nicely. A skeleton is discovered during building works and this is followed by the death of a school girl at an elite school nearby with more murders to come. Although some 45 years apart, the two stories are entwined and there are plenty of twists and turns for Annie before the climax. The atmosphere in the school feels as I think it should; the frustration of Annie's team at times - with her boss but that frisson works; Andy, the bright newbie frustrated but accepting that he has to do the dull, donkey work; not sure what's up with Zoe but she's troubled; Annie's mother not as squeaky clean in the past as she might have been and all tied in with the current investigation. A good read. Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for an advance copy n exchange for my honest review.

This is another good, steady read from Alex Walters in the Detective Annie Delamere series. The plot centres around a cold case involving a skeleton found from 46 years ago and a recent murder/suicide of a young teenager. The two seem to be linked as the team investigates further and another murder occurs. Is Annie's mother connected in some way? The plot took some time to bring together all the strands and the boarding school setting intrigued me. My interest was sustained until the end as I got to grips with the many different characters.. It's a decent read and an enjoyable one. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

Deep Consternation,,,
The third in the Detective Annie Delamere series of mysteries and a host of problems for the D.I. and her team. The unearthing of a skeleton, a tragic incident at a nearby girls boarding school and further deaths and a possible cover up. Are the recent events linked to events of the past? It all leaves the team in deep consternation. With a well drawn cast of characters and many appropriately unsavoury, a swiftly moving storyline and an intriguing case to answer this is an enjoyable instalment and a worthy addition to the series to date.

A buried skeleton is discovered while an old stone cottage in a former mining village is being restored. DI Annie Delamere is tasked with trying to determine who the body was, and when and why they were hidden under the foundation. This is the start of a great mystery from Alex Walters, an author I hadn’t read before receiving an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. I’ll be reading books one and two now, I like the authors depiction of his characters, and their interactions, how he tied various story lines together. The description of the elite boarding school, it’s staff and students seemed realistic as it became the. next crime scene Annie needs to attend to.
I definitely enjoyed this book as a stand alone, it will, as I said, return to the first two, and signed up for emails from the publisher to get alerts for future books.

A police proceedural working on a cold case from forty years ago and a recent murder or was it suicide. There were a lot of characters that made it hard to follow and at times too many details that didn't move the story along but it was a decent read other than that

Mystery in Meresham England! This is book 3 in the DI Annie Delamere (and one of very many from detective series writer Alex Waters!)

In this edition, DI Delamere is called to investigate a 45+ yard old skeleton found in a construction site in a village.
At the same time, a tragic accident or suicide occurs at the elite women's boarding school nearby.

The crimes are linked, but it takes some work for Annie and her team to determine the how and why.

This is a smart, fast moving mystery with a great lead character. i haven't read this series but will be sure to start with #1. I do think that some previous information is needed to better understand some of the character relationships. I love any book that utilizes a boarding school setting and this book does not disappoint and includes the elite attitudes and back door politics of academia.

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I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

A schoolgirl goes missing in 1976 and then in the present day another schoolgirl falls (or is pushed) off a roof. Then some bones are found in the foundations of a house which is being renovated, foundations which were laid in 1976...

I enjoyed this, although the plot took a while to come together, and there were extra layers of what happened to Jayne (the girl from 1976) which were not hinted at until the end, so it was handy that the murderer recounted them to the last victim. I have forgotten what happened to Zoe in the last book to make her so fragile in this one - I think the author should have explained or left that bit out. I enjoyed Annie's relationship with her boss, and I hope Andy will be a recurring character.

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this ARC
Another brilliant book, mystery suspense and a real page turner

It never rains, but it pours for Annie Delamare. A decades-old body, and a more recent one - a schoolgirl dead at a prestigious school. And to cap it all, Annie's mother looks to be furthering her foray into television.

Complicated, and incredibly fast-moving, this is a breathtakingly brilliant addition to the Annie Delamere series

WARNING; SPOLIERS INCLUDED IN REVIEW

***Whilst spoliers in reviews generally drive me mad I feel like in this case it is necessary to discuss the book, please scroll past if you want to avoid**

First up the characters; in the last two books the author has done a really good job of allowing the police team to grow and develop depth. In this instalment Zoe is ineffective and scared of her shadow, Sheena has nothing more than a bit part despite being present at the first death. Margaret instead of being conniving is made to look gullible, weak and easily manipulated.
The setting: an elite boarding school full of selfish, self absorbed characters who are impossible to like or relate to. That local 'unofficial gangster Challis is chair of governers is laughable.
The plot is too contrived and ridiculous for me, right down to the final showdown feels ridiculous.
Overall I was disappointed with this book. Hopefully it is the result of cabin fever due to writing during lockdown and the next instalment sees a return to form