Quieter Than Killing by Sarah Hilary

The Blurb On The Back:

”You only ever ask that. Why did I do it? You never ask what they did.”

The winter cold is biting, and a series of assaults is pulling DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake out into the frosty, mean streets of London far more than they’d like. The attacks seem random, but when Marnie’s family home is ransacked, there are signs that the burglary can have only been committed by a child – and someone who knows all about her. It will take a prison visit to her foster brother, Stephen, to help Marnie see the connections – and to force both her and Noah to face the truth about the creeping, chilling reaches of a troubled upbringing. For how can a damaged child really leave their past behind them?

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The Verdict:

The fourth in Sarah Hilary’s DI MARNIE ROME SERIES neatly advances the overall series arc relationship between Rome and her foster brother, Stephen, I enjoyed her relationship with Noah and the scenes involving young Finn are chilling and tense but the identity of the antagonist is telegraphed too soon and I don’t think enough was made of the conflict thrown up by the background of the victims.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.