Remain Silent
The body of a young man is found hanging from a tree in Cambridgeshire, a note attached saying ‘The dead cannot speak’. It’s impossible to say whether it was murder or suicide – was he silenced, or driven to end his own life? And either way, who is responsible?
DI Manon Bradshaw is assigned to investigate, but with anti-immigrant sentiment in the area reaching boiling point it becomes increasingly difficult for her to untangle what happened to Lukas Balsys. Are other migrant workers in danger, and will solving the puzzle of Lukas’ death help to save them?
I had read the first Manon book but not the second so there was a bit of catching up on family relationships.
I felt there was too much going on. The before and after with the Lithuanian workers and the switching between narrators. It all got a bit much and made the story drag.
The ending is all tided up too neatly at the end, very rushed.
Some character seemed superfluous, what was with lazy Nigel and even Edikas.
And a real bugbear, people are hanged and not hung, grrr.
It was OK but I won't be rushing to read any more.
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for my ARC in return for an honest review.