THE GIRL IN THE GRAVE BY Helen Phifer

SYNOPSIS

At least they had found her. Once the site was processed and the girl’s body removed, they’d be able to identify her so that her family could give her the burial she deserved. This innocent girl was far too young to be lying in a grave, crushed under the weight of someone else’s coffin....

When the body of a teenage girl is found hidden inside a strangers grave in a small town cemetery in the Lake District, an urgent call is made to Forensic Pathologist Beth Adams. One look at the beautiful girls broken body is enough to bring Beth out of hiding for the first time since an attempt on her own life.....

MY REVIEW

Wow. What a great read started this late one afternoon read until the early hours of the morning until I literally couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer. But I was back reading it as soon as I woke up. It’s just one of those books you cannot put down as you really want to know where it’s going next.

The opening chapter had me feeling claustrophobic  just from reading it I felt I was there, this same feelings happened again later in the book. It was different having a Forensic Pathologist as involved in the investigation.

Forensic Pathologist Beth Adams has previously survived an attack herself which almost cost her her life more details of this come out throughout the book. She had gone from being a Dr in A & E to train to be a Pathologist.

Her house is very highly secured with top of the range security systems and she has taken up self defence lessons as well. But is all this enough to keep her safe. From what or who she fears!

Her friend Detective Josh Walker had saved her life the first time around and now he is trying to save another life after a body is found buried in a graveyard underneath another coffin it is only found when the coffin in that plot is exhumed when someone queries how the person died and wants a second opinion or is that just a ruse to ensure the other body is found below!

From then on it is a rush to find who killed the young girl buried and then another person is reported missing.

Full of suspects that will keep you wondering this story certainly keeps you engrossed.

This was an absolutely thrilling read from start to finish definitely worth a 5 star review. Can’t wait to read more about these characters, will be looking out for the next book in the series.

THE AUTHOR

Helen Phifer is the #1 bestselling crime and horror novelist of the Annie Graham and Lucie Hardin series. Helen lives in a small town in Cumbria with her husband and 5 children. Surrounded by miles of coastline  and only a short drive to the beautiful Lake District. She loves reading books that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Her debut novel The Ghost House was released in October 2013 and introduced readers to officer Annie Graham. This went on to be an Amazon #1 bestseller in Canada. It reached #1 on the Amazon Contemporary Horror charts in both the UK and US. She was delighted when the second in the series pushed the first book off the #1 spot.

Other books that followed were The Forgotten Cottage, The Lake House, The Girls in the Woods and The face Behind the Mask.

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