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Mourning the Little Dead
Mourning the Little Dead | Jane Adams
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Twenty three years ago Helen Jones disappeared on her way to school. She was twelve years old. No trace of her was ever found. But now a confession in a sealed envelope has turned up in a dead man's possessions. Naomi Blake was Helen's best friend and the last person to see her alive. They had quarrelled and Naomi has never forgiven herself. Now blinded and an ex-policewoman, she sets out with Helen's brother to uncover the dusty truth behind Helen's vanishing.
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Naomi Blake had a best friend, Helen Jones, who went missing when they were schoolgirls. As an adult, Blake was a member of the Ingham Division police until she was in an accident which resulted in her losing her sight. Now, sidelined from a job she loves, a discovery is made when a man dies, leaving behind his confession to murdering Jones. The police are keeping the dead man‘s identity from the ⬇️

gradcat ⬆️ (cont) public until the confession is authenticated and the statements therein investigated. And there begins the mystery, but that isn‘t all: Recently, a six-year-old girl was strangled, and her case is adding to the pressures on both the police force and Blake, who is feeling an anxiety about both cases for reasons that she herself is unsure of. The outcome requires a suspension of belief, and the book could do with some proof-reading, but ⬇️ 4y
gradcat ⬆️ (cont) quite a good read as far as plot and character development...I‘m giving it a so-so rating because of the poor editing and wildly improbable villain. 👩🏻‍🎓🐱♥️ 4y
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