The girl lies on the dark ground, one arm flung out as if she is still looking for someone to help her. But her wide eyes are staring upwards, and Lexi knows that it is too late... Detective Lexi Bennett is walking through the quiet Canterbury streets when she hears screaming. Rushing towards the sound, she finds the body of a teenage girl lying beneath one of the city's ancient towers. Lexi looks up at the cold grey stone, and vows that she will find answers. Did the girl jump or fall... or was she pushed? ...
Read More
The girl lies on the dark ground, one arm flung out as if she is still looking for someone to help her. But her wide eyes are staring upwards, and Lexi knows that it is too late... Detective Lexi Bennett is walking through the quiet Canterbury streets when she hears screaming. Rushing towards the sound, she finds the body of a teenage girl lying beneath one of the city's ancient towers. Lexi looks up at the cold grey stone, and vows that she will find answers. Did the girl jump or fall... or was she pushed? Olivia 's distraught parents say their daughter was a talented musician with everything to live for. Lexi's nephew, Sam , who knew Olivia, tearfully insists that she would never have taken her own life. But when a note is found, Lexi reluctantly wraps up the case. Then another teenager is found dead on a deserted path beneath a cliff. Lexi is certain there's a link, especially when she learns that the boy was a musician too. His note uses the same phrases as Olivia's, and when a second person's footprints are found at the scene, Lexi realises she is on the track of a master manipulator... and ruthless killer. With her boss still unconvinced that the deaths are murders, Lexi races to find proof to back up her hunch, and to understand what lies behind these evil attacks on vulnerable children. And then she gets a call that fills her with dread. Her nephew Sam is missing. Can Lexi outsmart a truly brutal monster, or will her own family pay the price? A totally gripping crime thriller that will have you reading late into the night. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Rachel McLean and J M Dalgliesh will love The Girl's Last Cry . See what readers are saying about The Girl's Last Cry : 'I have no idea how a written review will do justice for this brilliant book... hooked from the very first page... I devoured in one sitting. My pulse racing from the tension created in the pages ... brilliant... impossible to put down .' Little Miss Book Lover 87 , ' Omg what a thrill of a read ... Twisty and full of suspense. I was on the edge of my seat . Gripped from start to finish... I'll be sorry to not have it to read tonight, but couldn't put the book down! ' Goodreads reviewer, ' I read the last 25% with my heart in my mouth! ... a rollercoaster of a read... I wasn't convinced there could be a book featuring Lexi as gripping as Book 1, but this second book has nailed it! I'm devastated there are no more to read, I could easily devour another 10!! ' Goodreads reviewer, ' I could not put this down!! ... so original and well paced. I absolutely loved ... Definitely one of the best police procedural types I've read this year. Absolutely can not wait for the next instalment.' Goodreads reviewer,
Read Less
I listened to the audiobook of the first in this series and thoroughly enjoyed it so was eager to get my grubby little fingers on this, the second and I definitely wasn't disappointed. You don't have to have read the first book as I think this works really well as a standalone but I would recommend it as it's a cracker!
Once again, Alison Belsham has constructed a story that is absolutely gripping with bundles of tension, characters that are believable and written at a pace that is perfect.
Please be warned that this book deals with teenage suicide so if that is a trigger for you, I would move on although I think Alison deals with it sensitively and without any sensationalism.
My thanks go to Bookouture and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this latest Lexi Bennett investigation and I look forward to the next.
