Having been sentenced to life for killing her boyfriend's teenage daughter 11 years ago, Jeannie escapes during being transferred to a hospital and runs to her family home. When her father rejects her, desperate Jeannie commits suicide right in front of his eyes. But when new evidence turns up suggesting that she was innocent all along, DCI Vera Stanhope and her team reopen the old case - and things get even more complicated when another man, who might have known the original victim intimately, also gets murdered.
A very engrossing mystery tale, which touches on such subjects as deep dark secrets, guilt, and the dilemmas of family loyalty. The solution is both quite tragic and fairly mind-blowing. The only problem I had with the story was accepting the shoddiness of the original investigation, which overlooked a perfectly good alibi and sent an innocent girl to prison for life. *** out of 4.
A very engrossing mystery tale, which touches on such subjects as deep dark secrets, guilt, and the dilemmas of family loyalty. The solution is both quite tragic and fairly mind-blowing. The only problem I had with the story was accepting the shoddiness of the original investigation, which overlooked a perfectly good alibi and sent an innocent girl to prison for life. *** out of 4.