A Madness of Sunshine

A Madness of Sunshine

Nalini Singh2019
"Anahera Rawiri left New Zealand at twenty-one, fleeing small-town poverty and the ghosts of her childhood with no plans to look back. But eight years later, she returns, seeking familiarity as respite from the shattered remains of her new life. And despite the changes brought on by a bump in tourism--the shiny new welcome sign at the town line and a decidedly less shiny new police presence--Golden Cove appears much as it ever was: a small settlement on the savage West Coast of the South Island, populated by all the remembered faces and set against a backdrop of lush greenery, jagged cliffs, and crashing waves. Detective Will Gallagher knows all about ghosts; his own chased him out of a promising career in Christchurch, landing him as the sole cop in a quaint town where his most pressing concerns are petty theft and the occasional drunk. When Golden Cove resident Miri Hinewai goes out for a run and fails to return, Will finds himself heading up a missing person's search that rapidly escalates into an official investigation after this case is connected with similar ones from the past. As an outsider, Will begins to rely on Anahera's knowledge of the area and its residents to help him delve into Golden Cove's secrets, and to determine whether it shelters something far more dangerous than just an unforgiving landscape"--
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danielle bush@daniereads87
4 stars
Nov 29, 2021

** spoiler alert ** I put of reading this book, and I really don't know why. I love all the different types of books Nalini Singh writes. A madness of sunshine was no different. There was a tragedy in Golden Cove when Anahera was 8 years old. Three women, who were hiking the trails of Golden Cove went missing, and were never found. Fast forward some years later and Anahera is coming home. She has suffered a tragedy of her own, she meets Will a policeman that has recently been transferred to Golden Cove. A young girl named Miri goes missing, while running on a trail, they think that it might be related to the hikers that went missing in the past. as the resemblance between them is very close. Will and Anahera are actually solving two different crimes that have one person in common. Miri is found at the same time as another set of remains that are completely skelontonized. I went back and forth on who I thought the killer was multiple times, and in the end I was right about the person, but not which crime they committed. I really enjoyed reading this mystery, and if Nalini decides to write more stories like this I will absolutely read them.

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