Settled Blood by Mari Hannah

A young woman is found dead at the base of Hadrian's Wall in England.  Kate Daniels is expecting a sex crime, but that's not the case.  The woman has several broken bones; it appears she was dropped from the air.  The most chilling fact the coroner finds is that she was still conscious when she landed...

Witness Impulse and Edelweiss allowed me to download a copy of this ebook for review (thank you).  It was published November 19th, so you can find a copy at your local bookstore now.

The identity of the girl is a mystery, so they look at missing persons files.  While they are doing that, a friend of the superintendent's reports his daughter is missing and he's received a threat. The dead girl resembles the man's daughter but isn't her.

An incident that happened years ago and one that has happened currently is what created this situation.  It takes good detective work and leaving no stone unturned to find the killer.  They do.  The bad news?  He won't tell them where the victim is...

It's a fast read while you fearfully wait to see if the innocent girl will survive or if the killer hid her too well.  You won't be bored.

Happy reading.

The Murder Wall By Mari Hannah

Kate Daniels is going in the church to light a candle and say a few prayers for her mother.  No one else is around, maybe she can make some peace with her mother's death.  Unfortunately, all she finds is more death.

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What Kate discovers is a dead young woman on the altar and a dead priest near her.  Both have prayer cards on their body.  There were no witnesses and no leads to the killer.  But the killer's not going to stop here...

Kate Daniels is a detective, but her boss tells her the case is dead after time passes.  Kate doesn't want to leave it there, but can't find any new leads either.  To get her mind off that, Bright sends her out on her case:  another murder.  The problem is that she knows the victim.  She also knows a bad thing about him.  But if she admits it, they will take her off the case, so she remains silent.  That will come back to bite her in the butt.

The killer has no conscience.  He's getting even but nobody else understands.  He doesn't intend to stop until he's killed them all and then kills his parents.  He doesn't care what happens to him.

While he's on the hunt, one cop's wife has a baby, another loses his wife, one's getting divorced, Kate is trying to resuscitate an old relationship, and they have a rat in the midst reporting to upper management.  Upper management doesn't want it come out that he's having an affair with a solicitor, so everyone has some sort of personal problem.  Trying to solve a murder while dealing with all this is a mess.  Especially when communication between team members becomes stilted.

It's a creepy story about a killer who only cares about getting even.  It's tense and full of suspense.  No one really comes out "happy ever after", but there's more time for things to work out.  Maybe the next book might settle some of the personal issues.

Happy reading.