And welcome to a new author for me and a new series to enjoy. Hushabye is the first book in the Kate Redman Mysteries. Kate is a Detective Sergeant on her first day in the West Country. She is not faced with a garden shed burglary but a missing baby and a murdered girl.
This is a typical British police procedural thriller that is easy to read and follow. Celina’s writing flows crisp and swift with a tabloid style that is easy on the brain. Sadly Celina does not use real locations but makes up fictional and generic settings for her scenes. So bang goes the added value of holiday makers touring the West Country spotting the locations from this novel.
The plot was interesting with the usual finger pointing you would expect from any mystery. I will not give any spoilers, you can make your own assumptions as to who and why somebody took the baby and murdered the girl.
Character development of Kate and her fellow officers was standard and typical of average television police dramas. The dialogue between characters was functional, for example…
“We’ll be off now, but we’ll be in touch very soon. There’ll be a family liaison officer staying behind to support you and of course, if there are any problems, don’t hesitate to get in touch. DS Redman, could you come with me?”
...I think that although Hushabye is a routine and quite standard police procedural, it is indeed a pleasant 4 star GOOD read.
Hushabye is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2013.
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