No Place to Die
A Novel
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Jane Bennett, senior Detective Sergeant for the murder squad at her London police precinct, is having a terrible day. Her boss, Detective Inspector Mike Lockyer, has just returned to work after two weeks on "leave," though Jane knows it was really more like a suspension. He's still shaken by the loss of a victim in their last murder case, and Jane is still stung that Lockyer didn't trust her enough to confide in her about the case before it was too late.
But neither of them has the luxury of time to dwell on past grievances. Jane has just received a phone call from a good friend saying that her husband Mark Leech, a retired policeman, has disappeared. When Jane finds dramatic blood splatters in the laundry room, she knows Mark is seriously injured at best, and they don't have any time to waste. And then the body of a young girl is discovered in a tomb under a London greenway, and police resources are stretched even thinner…until it starts to look like the two cases might be related.
No Place to Die is another spine-tingling mystery with complex, three-dimensional characters from suspense master Clare Donoghue.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Donoghue's uneven sequel to 2014's Never Look Back, Sue Leech, a retired cop married to a retired cop, calls Det. Sgt. Jane Bennett to report her husband, Mark, missing. In the ensuing search of the woods around the London borough of Lewisham, police find the body of Maggie Hungerford, a young woman who was buried alive. Jane soon learns that the victim was dating Victor Lebowski, a brilliant psychology professor and Mark's main suspect in a six-year-old rape and murder case. Until his disappearance, Mark obsessively pursued Lebowski, opening Jane and her team to charges of police harassment as they probe his role in Maggie's death and Mark's disappearance. Donoghue adroitly builds suspense, but awkwardly narrated action sequences and an implausible resolution may disappoint some readers. Jane's struggles as a single mother of an autistic child add depth to her character, and the interplay between Jane and her boss, Det. Insp. Mike Lockyear, sets up engaging possibilities for future series installments.
