Blurb:

An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist.

The call comes in the early hours. Human remains have been discovered in a suitcase, dumped on the muddy banks of the River Thames. Detective Jack MacIntosh races to the scene.

The suitcase contains a human torso, two arms and two legs. It’s the body of a young girl. But where is her head?

Then a skull is found embedded in the silt of the riverbed. But it doesn’t belong to the body in the case.

As the river offers up more of its gruesome secrets, Jack uncovers a tangled web of shocking secrets stretching back twenty years.

Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Biba Pearce, Lynda La Plante, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean.

Review:

I am horrendously behind on this series, but it’s always a pleasure to catch up with Jack MacIntosh and Twenty Years Buried is no different. It’s fast paced, full of tension and there are a few unexpected turns along the way, and I really enjoyed the journey. 

As with all the previous instalments, Twenty Years Buried is written in the format of a diary with dates, times and places marking the beginning of each section. This really helps to quicken the pace, but it also means that Michelle Kidd is able to write about things that happened in the past, or things that happen simultaneously, in a clear and engaging way. 

On the face of it, DI Jack MacIntosh has similar traits to many fictional detectives. He works hard, lives alone and probably drinks more than he should. However, his back story is much more detailed and well crafted than that, and the arc that has been developed over the series continues in Twenty Years Buried. It’s a fascinating back story in which I am thoroughly invested. Jack’s team are also brilliant characters and I enjoy the banter they have with each other and the way they work well together. 

The investigation itself is a complex one, incorporating a number of different characters over a dual timeline. At the beginning, it seemed like the investigation would go in a clear direction, but this is not the case and I loved trying to work out how all the suspects were connected to each other. As the novel reached its conclusion, the tension really ramped up and I was hooked the whole way through. 

Twenty Years Buried ends on a cliffhanger and I can’t wait to see how his story continues. 

Twenty Years Buried is available from Amazon.