Heartlands

Call it mothers intuition but I knew she was dead the moment she was late home. As I listened to her phone ring and ring thats when I knew for sure. My little girl was gone. Twenty years ago Sophie Nicoll never came home from school. Days later her body was found in a shallow grave on a remote farm a few miles from her hometown. Two boys from her school were found guilty. The press called the boys evil. Sophies family wanted them dead. The judge promised theyd never walk free. Two decades later and schoolgirl Shannon Ross has vanished from a small town in the Scottish Highlands. Its Detective Jessie Blakes first big case since she joined Perthshire Police. Having recently arrived from London Jessie lives in fear of people finding out about her past and her reasons for moving north. When Shannons body is found in the river on the outskirts of Inverlochty Jessie discovers shes not the only one with something to hide. As the small community begins to crack under pressure people begin to point fingers. And soon the big secrets hidden within the small town are revealed - with devastating consequences. This shocking crime thriller set in the dramatic Scottish Highlands will have you reading well into the night. If you like LJ Ross Cara Hunter or Robert Bryndza you will absolutely love this.