As I have mentioned in my review of the first book (As Darkness Falls, review: 26 July 2010), the characters are each given a turn to take centre stage and this time, the main roles fall to two characters namely Sergeant Kris Matthews who runs the Dungirri police station and Gil Gillespie whose past, one could say, is not exactly stellar.
Here is the blurb taken from the author's website:
Most people in the small town of Dungirri have considered Morgan ‘Gil’ Gillespie a murderer for eighteen years, so he expects no welcome on his return. What he doesn’t expect is the discovery of a woman’s tortured body in the boot of his car, and new accusations of murder.
Wearied by too many deaths and doubting her own skills, local police sergeant Kris Matthews isn’t sure whether Gil is a decent man wronged by life, or a brutal criminal she should be locking up. But she does know that he is not guilty of this murder – because she is his alibi . . .
Between organised crime, police corruption, and the hatred of a town, Gil has nowhere to hide. He needs to work out who’s behind the murder before his enemies realise that the one thing more punishing than putting him back in prison would be to harm the few people he cares about.
Kris is determined to help him, but will their search for the truth make her the next target?
This book does not disappoint at all. In fact, the storyline is better, the plot is so much thicker, there is enough twists and turns to tie your knickers in a twisty knot, the romance is sizzling hot (between a policewoman and a suspected villain) and even the shady characters are, of all places, connected to the mob in Sydney! When is the third book coming out?!
Rating: 4/5 (Superb)
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