The author's Maggie D'arcy Mystery series is one of my favorites. In the fourth book, I expected memorable characters, a complicated mystery, an immersion into the surrounding culture, and enough suspense to keep me reading--and I wasn't disappointed.

Maggie had 20 years of detective experience in New York, but she has to start over in Ireland, where she and her teenage daughter have now moved to be close to Maggie's beau, Conor. She has completed her Garda training and is on patrol, not yet a detective. But she is called in to assist the detective team when Jade, a 21-year-old former model and reality star, is found murdered and her toddler is missing. The murder isn't solved until the propulsive last few chapters, with plenty of red herrings to keep the reader wondering, and the search for the missing child leads to some unexpected, baffling occurrences.

It is easy to root for Maggie, a mature, grounded protagonist who juggles an almost unbearably difficult job with family responsibilities. There is not much focus in this book on her daughter, but Maggie's relationship with Conor is beautifully and realistically drawn. I also thoroughly enjoyed the details of the investigative process, as expressed in the author's engaging, accessible style. I'm looking forward to number five!

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

Good book! This book had a bit of everything! It had suspense, intrigue, action, murder, mystery, A bit of a who done it and so many crazy twists and turns! The storyline was very interesting and had me glued to my Kindle! I will definitely recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!