Black Creek White Lies by Murray Bailey
My ranking: 4 of 5 stars
Black Creek White Lies is a recent homicide thriller set in Cornwall.
Boatyard proprietor Dan was working late one night, when teenager Jade stepped into the beam of the safety lights. After a disagreement between them, Jade ran off into the evening; two days later she was reported lacking.
Police had been fast to arrest Dan for her kidnapping and potential homicide; it took eighteen months for the case towards him to disintegrate. Returning house Dan was decided to search out out the reality, however when he began asking questions the solutions turned wrapped up in a sophisticated household historical past.
A darker aspect of Cornwall comes throughout on this story; household feuds, blackmail and lies. I did really feel sorry for Dan and all that he needed to endure in his pursuit of the reality. Whereas multiple story lay buried within the layers of the narrative, I believed that they got here collectively effectively. I additionally favored the touches of Cornish fantasy that had been sprinkled into the story, which added simply the correct contact of creepiness to maintain the sinister themes going.
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Ebook description:
A GIRL DISAPPEARS
One evening, Jade Bridger takes a dead-end path alongside the creek and vanishes.
SECRETS AND LIES
Eighteen months after being wrongly accused of her homicide, Dan Searle returns to rebuild his life and overlook.
A MYSTERIOUS PAST
However others received’t let him overlook. He’s rapidly drawn again into the case and a darkish and violent thriller; one which concerned one other woman years earlier than.
OPEN YOUR EYES
Because the lies start to unravel, Dan uncovers startling truths in regards to the farm and its previous. With harmful individuals making an attempt to maintain their secrets and techniques secure, he should save these he loves – earlier than time runs out…
