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A review by kaz_loves_books
Her Dark Heart by Carla Kovach
5.0
This is the fifth book in the series featuring Detective Gina Harte and wow, what a book! It’s set in Cleevesford in Warwickshire. Gina and her team work extremely hard and always aim to solve the cases that come their way. Occasionally, the odd case hits a bit too close to home for comfort.
Susan and Ryan had once been madly in love, then they had a daughter Phoebe, followed by another daughter Jasmine. Things were not the same then. After a few years, baby Rory came along, he’s now two and at nursery. Things have got so bad that Susan and Ryan are divorcing and have split up. Ryan picked up the girls but after six o’clock that evening Susan hadn’t been to pick Rory up from nursery. The nursery rang her mum, Mary. She went to collect him. After speaking to Ryan the next day and finding out he hadn’t heard from her either, she called the police to report her missing. She wouldn’t leave her children.
Detective Inspector Gina Harte spoke to Mary to get some details and said they would look for her but she could feel there was something that was being kept from her. Mary didn’t tell her that Susan had run away as a teenager, then had been a troublemaker when she returned. She feared they wouldn’t look for her.
When Ryan spoke to Gina, he painted a completely different picture of Susan and didn’t seem bothered that she was missing. They found part of her diary and tried to work out her movements on the day she disappeared. When Mary checked her house further and found a box with some dark drawings inside, she rang Gina. There were things Mary didn’t know about her daughter. Then a man from Susan’s past is found murdered in the park. Has Susan vanished because she is a victim? Or because she is a suspect?
I really enjoyed reading this book, so much so I read it in a day! The story line flows, is descriptive and immensely gripping.I rated it 5/5 and I am already looking forward to the next book as this is a series I enjoy reading. Carla Kovach is a great author.
Susan and Ryan had once been madly in love, then they had a daughter Phoebe, followed by another daughter Jasmine. Things were not the same then. After a few years, baby Rory came along, he’s now two and at nursery. Things have got so bad that Susan and Ryan are divorcing and have split up. Ryan picked up the girls but after six o’clock that evening Susan hadn’t been to pick Rory up from nursery. The nursery rang her mum, Mary. She went to collect him. After speaking to Ryan the next day and finding out he hadn’t heard from her either, she called the police to report her missing. She wouldn’t leave her children.
Detective Inspector Gina Harte spoke to Mary to get some details and said they would look for her but she could feel there was something that was being kept from her. Mary didn’t tell her that Susan had run away as a teenager, then had been a troublemaker when she returned. She feared they wouldn’t look for her.
When Ryan spoke to Gina, he painted a completely different picture of Susan and didn’t seem bothered that she was missing. They found part of her diary and tried to work out her movements on the day she disappeared. When Mary checked her house further and found a box with some dark drawings inside, she rang Gina. There were things Mary didn’t know about her daughter. Then a man from Susan’s past is found murdered in the park. Has Susan vanished because she is a victim? Or because she is a suspect?
I really enjoyed reading this book, so much so I read it in a day! The story line flows, is descriptive and immensely gripping.I rated it 5/5 and I am already looking forward to the next book as this is a series I enjoy reading. Carla Kovach is a great author.