In the crisp, early morning hours, the police are called to a suspected murder at a farm outside a small English village. A beautiful young woman has been found dead, blood all over the cottage she lives in. At the same time, police respond to a reported female suicide, where a car has fallen into a local quarry.
As DCI Louisa Smith and her team gather the evidence, they discover a link between these two women, a link which has sealed their dreadful fate one cold night, under a silent moon.
Told in a unique way, using source documents that allow readers to interpret the evidence alongside DCI Louisa Smith and her team, Under a Silent Moon is an unsettling and compulsively readable novel that will keep you gripped until the very last page.
As DCI Louisa Smith and her team gather the evidence, they discover a link between these two women, a link which has sealed their dreadful fate one cold night, under a silent moon.
Told in a unique way, using source documents that allow readers to interpret the evidence alongside DCI Louisa Smith and her team, Under a Silent Moon is an unsettling and compulsively readable novel that will keep you gripped until the very last page.
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Reviews
The sprinkling of jet-black comedy and the authentic voice... keeps you going back for more
Elizabeth Haynes offers it all. She draws on her experience as a police analyst to give everything a ring of authenticity; the dialogue, the characters and the inquiry... [Haynes] packs this crime novel with enough surprises to keep you mystified right to the end
A chilling, page-turning read
Haynes does a great job in ratcheting up the suspense . . . and there are many lip-biting moments
As Haynes herself is a police intelligence analyst she is well placed to add authenticity to her skills of storytelling. Unputdownable
Check the locks on your doors and windows and surrender to this obsessive thriller
Intense, gripping . . . utterly unputdownable
Oozes authenticity
