Tahera's Reviews > Turning Secrets

Turning Secrets is the 6th book in the
'Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery' series but it was my first and the fact that I finished reading it in a matter of 2 days (which is very quick for my speed level lol), and my 5* rating speak volumes for the book.

This book deals with two plots running alongside each other. One is the death of a young, single mother, Nadia Armstrong whose body is found on the ground of a hotel construction site. Initially it is ruled as a suicide but as the team of Major Crimes with its lead investigator Kala Stonechild go underway with the investigation, it begins to look like the apparent suicide could actually be murder. As the team get together to solve the case, they have to weave their way through a lot of roadblocks as solving it will bring a lot of skeletons out of the closet of everyone who is remotely connected to Nadia. The second plot deals with Kala's niece Dawn, who is now living with her. Unknown to Kala, Dawn is in contact with her estranged father Fisher, who is out on parole and at the same time Dawn becomes a target of Leo, one of Dawn's friends Vanessa's boyfriend who has sinister motives when it comes to young girls like Dawn and Vanessa. Although each chapter inititally focuses on a different narrative related to a separate character, the author smoothly manages to connect and bring all these separate threads and plots together to a very believable and satisfying conclusion.

A very intelligent and thrilling police procedural with well developed characters and setting. This 6th installment was the first time I heard about this series but after reading it, I can say I am a fan and have gone ahead and downloaded the first five books in the series since I am now interested to know the back story of all the recurring characters in the book. Superb and highly recommended!

My thanks to NetGalley, Dundurn Press and the author for providing me with an e-ARC of the book.