You’ll never be out of Harm’s way

The young girl who causes the fatal car crash disappears from the scene.

A runaway who doesn’t want to be found, she only wants to go home.

To the one man who understands her.

Gives her shelter.

Just as he gives shelter to the other lost girls who live in his house.

He’s the head of her new family.

He’s Harm.

D.I. Marnie Rome has faced many dangerous criminals but she has never come up against a man like Harm. She thinks that she knows families, their secrets and their fault lines. But as she begins investigating the girl’s disappearance nothing can prepare her for what she’s about to face.

 

This is the third book in Sarah Hilary’s crime thriller series, and possibly the best one yet. Featuring another seriously nasty case for DI Marnie Rome and her crew to solve.

The author seems to delight in exposing all the dark corners in this world.

Based in Battersea, a place I have lived in and know well, has increased the realism for me, with the sheer accuracy of the setting and the life force of the place.

Teenage girls go missing all the time, especially in London, and for a multitude of reasons. Not many people seem to care as much as Marnie Rome about their well being.

I love the attention to detail in this creepy thriller. The concise plotting is so tense you will find it hard to take a breath.  (The perfect role model for yours truly!)

At times the story was too real, dealing as it does with children’s fates, but Sarah Hilary handles it with a great deal of sensitivity and care.

I am looking forward to Sarah’s next book, Quieter Than Killing, with anticipation.