Name: Stone Cold Heart
ISBN: 9781785765247

Caz Frear

When a coffee-shop owner is implicated in the death of a young Australian woman, DC Cat Kinsella of the London Metropolitan Police investigates the chief suspect's hostile wife to discern which of them is telling the truth.

Stone Cold Heart

Pam Sartain

Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear has DC Cat Kinsella and her partner Luigi Parnell looking into the death of a young Australian woman after a party at the home of her boss, Kirstie.

There's evidence pointing to Joseph, who is married to the sister of Kirstie's husband, but there's something more going on.

Cat is also in a relationship with the brother of the murdered girl from the first book, and Cat's father is somehow involved there, which makes it awkward for Cat all round.  

I haven't read the first book in this series, which made it harder for me to understand some of what was going on, but it was an enjoyable read, with secrets and twists I didn't see coming.

 Stone Cold Heart  was published on 27th June 2019 and is available from  Amazon ,  Waterstones  and  Bookshop.org .

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I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to  Bonnier Books .

From the beloved and internationally bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies comes the second novel featuring DC Cat Kinsella—an investigator “on par with Susie Steiner’s and Tana French’s female detectives” (Kirkus Reviews). After a brief stint in the Mayor’s Office, Detective Constable Cat Kinsella is back at the London Metropolitan Police, wisecracking with her partner Luigi Parnell and trying to avoid the wrath of the boss, DI Kate Steele. But for Cat and Parnell, it’s serious business when a young Australian woman turns up dead after a party thrown by her new boss. The initial investigation of Naomi Lockhart's murder points to Joseph Madden, the owner of a coffee shop around the corner from police headquarters. Madden insists he’s innocent, that he was home with his wife Rachel at the time of the murder. When police question her, Rachel contradicts his alibi, swearing that she was home alone. While the team builds its case against Joseph, Cat is tasked with getting to the heart of the Maddens’ marriage. Cat knows that one of them is lying—but the question of which one, and why, is far more complicated than she could have expected. As she tries to balance the demands of the investigation with a budding romance and unresolved family drama, Cat has to decide how far she’ll go to keep her own past mistakes buried. With her trademark wit and brilliant plotting, Caz Frear ratchets up the tension and keeps you guessing as she explores the secrets we keep from our loved ones—and the ones we’d kill to keep safe in the dark.

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