Behind Closed Doors (Detective Inspector Louisa Smith) - Softcover

Elizabeth Haynes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751549630 ISBN 13: 9780751549638

Publisher: Sphere, 2016

Synopsis

Ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished without a trace during a family holiday to Greece. When Scarlett is discovered back in her home town after all this time, DCI Louisa Smith is determined to find out what happened to her and why she remained hidden for so long.
Was she abducted or did she run away?

As Lou and her team delve deeper into Scarlett's past, their investigation throws up more questions than it answers. But as they edge closer to discovering what really went on behind closed doors, the truth is more sinister and disturbing than they had ever imagined.

From the bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner comes an unsettling and compulsively readable novel that will keep you under its spell until the very last page.

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Review:

Intensely evocative, you can almost smell the police and interview rooms . . . authentic, gripping and all-consuming (Daily Mail)

Harrowing... Vivid, unsparing prose...helps make this a haunting, highly disturbing mystery. (Publishers Weekly)

An involving police procedural with a protagonist who agonizes about maintaining both a committed personal relationship and a demanding career. (Booklist)

Haynes pulls no punches...the skillful police work and superb ending make the reading truly worthwhile. Mystery readers will want more Haynes! (Library Journal)

Elizabeth Haynes is the most exciting thing to happen to crime fiction in a long time (Sophie Hannah)

A brilliant gut-wrenching story that will play on your mind (The Sun)

I never wanted to stop reading; both Scarlett's story and the developing relationships within the major incident team are gripping stuff (Mystery People)

The sprinkling of jet-black comedy and the authentic voice . . . keeps you going back for more (The Sun on Under a Silent Moon)

Oozes authenticity (Daily Express on Under a Silent Moon)

Had me hooked . . . I immediately wanted to turn back to the beginning and start reading again (Bookbag Blog on Under a Silent Moon)

Book Description:

'To begin with, nothing was certain except her own terror . . .'

About this edition

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0751549630
• ISBN 13: 9780751549638
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480