By Donato Carrisi
Six severed arms have been found, by a dog sniffing around in some woods out for his walk. Six children’s arms. And six young girls have gone missing.
Mila Vasquez was a police specialist at tracing missing people, often children. Even though Mila was not used to dealing with murder, she was seconded to the police squad searching for the girls bodies and their killer.
Goran Gavila is an academic, a criminologist who has worked before with the team investigating the disappearance of the young girls. Not only has he worked with them, the team have sometimes deferred to his judgement in preference to that of their senior officer, even though Gavila is a civilian. Mila Vasquez and Goran Gavila have both suffered tragedy at some time in their past. The case draws them together in unexpected ways.
The case is complex with few leads. Mila’s task is hampered by the resentment of one of the regular team members’ to Mila’s attachment for the case. Why is Sarah Rosa so antagonistic to Mila?
Crime thrillers are never my prime choice, I picked up The Whisperer on impulse, in a charity shop. It held my attention and kept me guessing most of the time, though I did spot a couple of clues myself. Since crime fiction is not one of my favoured genres, I probably didn’t appreciate this as much as it deserves.
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