A review by trusselltales
Blood Tide by Claire McGowan

4.0

Blood Tide is the fifth book in the Paula Maguire series, a series that goes from strength to strength. Paula is a forensic psychologist with an expertise in missing person cases. From her work with PSNI in Ballyterrin, Northern Ireland, she is called in to consult with the Gardai in the case of a missing English couple who have vanished from a remote island off Co. Kerry. Entwined with this is a sequence of flashbacks to an ongoing story arc concerning Paula's missing mother, who vanished at the height of the Troubles. The highlight of this book for me was the overwhelmingly menacing atmosphere created on Bone Island. The tension was palpable all the way through and I couldn't wait to see what was going to unfold next.