I made a mistake and didn’t notice that Blood Line was book 2 in a series. The beginning of this book was devoted to tying up loose ends from the first one so I couldn’t get into the story until that was done. Once it got underway, however, I found it was well worth the wait.
This was a very good detective story with a pleasingly unusual plot, and interpersonal relationships similar in style to a Karin Slaughter novel. The two main characters, Marcy Kendrick and Angel Reyes, whose background stories were developed in the first book of the series but are also brought up to date in this book, are faced with solving a possible murder/suicide with few clues on first reading. A woman has died and the only two witnesses to her death are her fourteen year old twin sons who have been rendered mute and are unable to be questioned until they can become capable of speech.
There is intrigue and lots of action as Marcy and Angel follow a particularly disturbing line of inquiry. Romantic tension is always there in the background as well, to keep things interesting.
I found this a very satisfying read and I will look for Skin Deep, the first book in the series as it looks like a lot has happened in the lives of Marcy and Angel and all the supporting characters in the story to get to where they are now.
I’m happy to have discovered Theo Baxter!
Published by Inkubator Books.
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