Title: A Violent Heart
Author: David Fennell
Publisher: Bonnier Books
Publication Date: August, 2024
Genre: Crime
Pages: 346
My Rating: ★★★★☆
DI Grace Archer is investigating the murder of a sex worker when the skeletal remains of another is found. 2 murders, 35 years apart, but how are they connected? And can she solve the case before anyone else gets hurt?
This is the fourth book following DI Archer, but reads perfectly well as a stand alone. A well paced crime procedural, it has some good twists and an explosive ending.
I didn’t particularly warm to any of the characters though and lots of people come and go quite quickly in this book, leaving little time to get to know them (I was expecting Miles Davenport to be more developed as he seemed really interesting).
I enjoyed the flitting between past and present, particularly those of the females that died.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Books for my advanced copy.
NO SHELF CONTROL 
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