REYNOLDS, ROD — Black Reed Bay

Orenda Books 2021 First in a heart-pounding new series (Volume 1) (Detective Casey Wray) First edition, first print 371 p. SOFTCOVER: (Orig wrpprs. UNREAD AS NEW) When a young woman makes a distressing middle-of-the-night call to 911, apparently running for her life in a quiet, exclusive beachside neighbourhood, miles from her home, everything suggests a domestic incident. Except no one has seen her since, and something doesn't sit right with the officers at Hampstead County PD. With multiple suspects and witnesses throwing up startling inconsistencies, and interference from the top threatening the integrity of the investigation, lead detective Casey Wray is thrust into an increasingly puzzling case that looks like it's going to have only one ending. And then the first body appears.For fans of Susie Steiner, Peter Swanson, M J Arlidge, James Lee Burke and Tana French …