Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? A Novel

Thoroughly enjoyed it

Bewertung aus Wallisellen am 04.10.2024
Bewertungsnummer: 2308641
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)

This was so well written, gripping until the end. If another reader knew whodunnit, good on them, I was left completely left in the dark. A harrowing story of cause and consequence, in this case mainly consequence for trifflingly little cause and how it destroyed lives for so, so long. I particularly liked the character of Maud, the chief investigator who didn't let herself be put off by prejudice and mansplaining.

Maud will fix it

Bewertung (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 25.03.2026
Bewertungsnummer: 3088967
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)

The first book by this author and it already has me in its grip. At first, I wasn’t aware that this book was part of a series, as the police get involved rather late. I didn’t know that this is the way Nicci French writes, but I don’t mind a new approach. It keeps the story interesting. Here, Maud O’Connor acts like a problem solver; she has to reopen a case that other investigators thought was solved. This approach naturally doesn’t put her in a good place when she arrives at the East Anglian village. Neither the police nor the residents there are very happy to have a foreigner putting its nose into foreign business. So Maud O’Connor has to fight against a strong resentment; it is a matter of endurance and clever police work that gets the results. I move right on to the second case in this series.