DS Alexandra Cupidi has moved herself and her teenage daughter from the busy city life of the London Met to a small rural police force in Kent. Her daughter is going through a teenage rebellion and Alex needs to get away from a disastrous romance. She is assigned to mentor a newer detective, Jill Ferriter, and isn't sure she likes that part of her job.
Then things get busy. A woman is found murdered in a ditch. She has no identification so it takes several days to find out who she is and even then it's not a certainty. She has been living under a name for about five years but there is also a homeless woman who uses the same name. It's unclear who is the woman born with that name and who is the imposter. Then another murder is discovered. This one is a man, probably an illegal immigrant from North Africa. With two murders to work, Alex is distraught when her daughter starts to roam all hours of the day and night and convinces her own mother to come and stay. Can she solve the murders?
William Shaw is a mystery author who has written several series. This is the first one in the Alexandra Cupidi series. I liked his writing well enough that I immediately went back and bought several of his other books. Alex is a strong woman who is facing her personal demons while still performing at the height of her skills on her job. She is troubled but ultimately likeable. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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