A long, horrified silence fell, as the three other detectives all tried to keep either of those images from taking root in their heads.

When it turns out that Orla's recently had a baby the suspicion immediately falls on her boyfriend Ronnie Donlon Jr but since he was down in England at the time of Orla's disappearance. The local police at the time just put it down to a young woman running away and barely investigated as the girl had left her mother a note. A video of Orla surfaces which could bring serious implications for her father and CCTV footage of the bride Ellie Tonks outside a bank where the victim had just withdrawn all her savings on the day she disappeared meant things were looking decidedly bleak for possibly one or both the suspects. Of course, the characters are great - particularly the recurring police team. Their usual antics are all on show. I loved the appearance of Bob Hoon, although really had no idea why he was there and am not convinced he added anything to the story (it's also completely implausible that he would be allowed to have anything to do with a live investigation regardless of how entertaining he is). This is the 15th novel in this series and while you could read this as a standalone they aren’t really written in a way that makes it easy to know who is who. You will miss jokes, relationships that developed years (books) earlier and generally things might seem a bit jagged due to missing pieces. However if you are wild and carefree and want to jump in here then by all means I will not stop you.

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The body of a young girl is discovered near Eileen Donna Castle not just any young girl, one that vanished seemingly without a trace six months earlier. There is a lot happening in this book - maybe too much for some people but it works. There are a lot of characters but none are too complicated to understand. The flow of the writing is easy to follow and the author manages to make it feel like you are just right there in the room with the crew chatting and talking. I just love these books - if you are even remotely interested (and not easily offended) give them a try thats really all I can say.

I've actually been to visit the castle featured at the start of the book and always look it when an experience connects you to a fictional story. Oh and I said this in my last review but just worth nothing if you aren’t a fan of bad language then definitely do not read the Robert Hoon Thrillers by the same author… thats not a place for you to go. We’re friends, that’s all. No need for any of that hanky-panky business at our age. All we’re interested in is a bit of companionship, no’ to be bloody…” He waved a hand, like the rest of the sentence was way on the other side of the room, and he was trying to draw their attention to it. “…rolling around on each other like a couple of past their best sausages in a pan, or, I don’t know, slapping against one another like lumps of room temperature corned beef.”I praise and love all men who do no sin willingly; but with necessity even the gods do not contend. Even Taggart, who had until now seemed content to remain there forever in Ben’s lap, jumped down and retreated under one of the desks. It’s clear that the team has history (makes sense, this *is* the 15th in the series). It was complete enough to thoroughly enjoy, but there were sufficient references to past events that I couldn’t help feeling like I was missing out - I will be starting this series with Book 1.