Secrets kill!

The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope #10) by Ann Cleeves   

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Vera Stanhope. A dumpy woman with an incisive mind, a terrier-like hold on problems, and the habit of chivying her staff to get results, sometimes pitting them against each other, all in the name of solving the case.

Holy Island. Known to southerners as Lindisfarn. The scene of an ancient tragedy. Isobel Hall flew into a rage and left the island just as the tide was coming in. Her car ran off the causeway and Isobel died. That was 45 years ago.

Every five years the group of friends who had been there gets together to remember Isobel and what they all had had. A special group bonded by their shared experiences when they were in last year in high school.

Now another of their group has been murdered—although dressed up as a suicide.

There’s a swathe of clues to go through, and false starts, overlayed by the sense of time and Hector’s bits of nonsense bullying Vera from the grave.

The ending is one that gives me chills. Vera will recover, but will she be wiser?

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Many thanks to the author and publisher.