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bookshelves: 2017-read, 2017-releases, british-author, british-novels, crime-novel, detective-story, drama, fiction, mystery, suspense, reviewed
Sep 29, 2017
bookshelves: 2017-read, 2017-releases, british-author, british-novels, crime-novel, detective-story, drama, fiction, mystery, suspense, reviewed
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This novel had the London newspaper world as main background in finding the story behind the little baby buried in the garden. A maze of mystery could be expected to find the story and for the seasoned reporter Kate Waters, the needle in the haystack was just too alluring to ignore the small news report in the The Post that morning. She became the keeper of those secrets when she unraveled the threads one by one. She knew how to ask the right questions, but could not publish the answers. By disturbing the surface she knew something will pop up but did not expect the eruption of unexpected secrets she would encounter.
I just love this kind of suspense mysteries. Fiona Barton stitched the different threads together the way I want it. This tale was gross, shocking, upsetting, but deeply humane. And so realistic in so many ways. It's about the emotions and personalities behind events. So yes, the goal is to get the reader knotted, as in totally connected, to the almost unbearable, unimaginable trauma of the events. Atmospheric, like a volcano waiting to blow.
It was great to have Kate Waters back on a story. She was an outstanding character in The Widow and now became the protagonist in this one. A good ensemble of strong characters drove this story again: Emma Massingham (now Simmonds) and her mother Jude; Nick and Angela Irving; Professor Will Burnside; police investigators DC Turner and DI Sinclair; Detective Inspector Bob Sparks; Barbara Walker, and a few interesting peripheral ones more.
So yes, five stars it is. Definitely entertaining and gripping. A good denouement, although I figured it out very early on. I just wanted to see the baddies pay for their sins, and they did so magnificently. Fiona Barton and Kate waters left a very happy reader behind. :-))
As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?The author's first book, The Widow, had such an emotional impact on me, that I did not even want to write something about it. So I was a bit weary of her next book, since I did not want to be so emotionally invested in a novel again. Too much of a good thing, sort of. But ever since reading The Widow I knew I wanted to read this author again.
This novel had the London newspaper world as main background in finding the story behind the little baby buried in the garden. A maze of mystery could be expected to find the story and for the seasoned reporter Kate Waters, the needle in the haystack was just too alluring to ignore the small news report in the The Post that morning. She became the keeper of those secrets when she unraveled the threads one by one. She knew how to ask the right questions, but could not publish the answers. By disturbing the surface she knew something will pop up but did not expect the eruption of unexpected secrets she would encounter.
I just love this kind of suspense mysteries. Fiona Barton stitched the different threads together the way I want it. This tale was gross, shocking, upsetting, but deeply humane. And so realistic in so many ways. It's about the emotions and personalities behind events. So yes, the goal is to get the reader knotted, as in totally connected, to the almost unbearable, unimaginable trauma of the events. Atmospheric, like a volcano waiting to blow.
It was great to have Kate Waters back on a story. She was an outstanding character in The Widow and now became the protagonist in this one. A good ensemble of strong characters drove this story again: Emma Massingham (now Simmonds) and her mother Jude; Nick and Angela Irving; Professor Will Burnside; police investigators DC Turner and DI Sinclair; Detective Inspector Bob Sparks; Barbara Walker, and a few interesting peripheral ones more.
So yes, five stars it is. Definitely entertaining and gripping. A good denouement, although I figured it out very early on. I just wanted to see the baddies pay for their sins, and they did so magnificently. Fiona Barton and Kate waters left a very happy reader behind. :-))
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Started Reading
September, 2017
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Finished Reading
September 29, 2017
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September 29, 2017
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2017-read
September 29, 2017
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2017-releases
September 29, 2017
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british-author
September 29, 2017
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british-novels
September 29, 2017
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crime-novel
September 29, 2017
– Shelved as:
detective-story
September 29, 2017
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drama
September 29, 2017
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fiction
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mystery
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Yes, I space them out, otherwise it becomes to formulaic, Bianca.
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lolol Patty, join the club!