Silent Evidence

Whilst you can read the series as stand-alones, I would suggest reading them in order as some books do have an impact on this storyline, namely Incriminating Evidence & Poison Evidence. Hazel is struggling with a major case of PTSD, whether she wants to admit to it or not. Things went very wrong on her last assignment in Croatia and mental health has taken a sever knock. She feels comfortable staying with Alec & Isabel, but when Isabel has a time sensitive assignment at a drained reservoir, Hazel finds herself entangled in a n all new mystery. Oh and now she has to deal with seeing Sean Logan way more often than is good for her self-esteem. She made a fool of herself over him and has no wish to have it rubbed into her face! Sean has dreamt of a certain redheaded Anthropologist for a loooong time. But he when he rejected her he didn't do it to hurt her, he just wanted to keep himself safe from Alec's wrath! But when threats are made that could be targeted at either Isabel or Hazel, Sean makes it his personal mission to keep Hazel out of the line of fire. Add in a wedding with Sean as best man and Hazel finds herself his plus one. She really doesn't want to lie to anyone but no-one is really blinking an eye. What do they know that she doesn't? Sean kind of made me dizzy with his want-her-want-her-not swings! Hazel is just as bad! Other than that the storyline was well thought out and everyone has role in the book, no one just turns up to fill a page or too. All the genocide issues are dealt with respectfully and with a great attention to detail. I did feel so sorry for Hazel when she realised that Matthew – aka Dmitri and her sister had been hiding some major secrets from her. I feel this may have worked better as a novella as the romance kind of weighed down the suspense but otherwise well worth a read!

Hazel MacLeod, forensic anthropologist, has been called in at the last minute by her sister to examine and investigate a large deposit of human bones found when a drawdown has been done on a local lake, exposing the bones and the mystery of who these people were and why their remains are all in one spot. Sean Logan who works for Raptor Security has been asked by the owner to protect Hazel after threatening letters indicate that she might be in danger. Hazel and Sean must convince the people at a destination wedding that they are a couple, but that means that they must lie to their closest family and friends. Their history together complicates matters when the lie starts to seem all too real. This story has lots of technical information that becomes a little overwhelming at times, especially when events from previous books in the Evidence Series are referred to without much information to remind the reader what those events were. However, the romance is well developed and believable since the couple has has several incidents over a period of years when they have each considered a relationship with the other. Overall a good story to add to and possibly end the Evidence Series.