In this novel, both DCS Alan Banks and DCI Annie Cabbot have strange cases to solve. A wreck occurred on a remote mountain road and one of the cars had to be left to be retrieved later. When that occurred, the body of a young woman was found that definitely hadn't been there the night of the wreck. Who was she and why did someone put her body in the car? In the other case, a wealthy man was found on the moors down an embankment with his neck broken. Had he fallen? But why would he go out to such a remote place in bad weather dressed in a suit and dress shoes?
As the cases are worked, they seem to be connecting. When a third death, that of another young woman who was murdered and left in a shelter occurs, she turns out to have a connection with the first woman. They both had a mysterious friend named Mia who had been best friends with them for a while then disappeared. Both also had an unexplained source of money.
This is the twenty-fifth Alan Banks novel in the series. I set a goal of reading all twenty-eight this year and I'm reluctant to read the last three because then this marvelous mystery series will be over. The detectives are all old friends by this point and new characters are being introduced. Annie's father has a new woman in his life and she thinks she recognizes the man who fooled Annie into a relationship and then disappeared after trying to kill Banks one night. That story is yet to be revealed but will tie up a loose end that has been hanging for quite a while. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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