The Lone Island Mystery by Emylia HallMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Pippa Grant is the caretaker on Lone Island nature reserve when she finds the body of a young man, Axel Marks washed up on the shore. The police think it may be suicide, or an accident as there is evidence that he had been drinking heavily, but she is not convinced and calls in Jayden and Ally to find the truth.
Axel had been a soldier in Afghanistan, discharged on medical grounds, he had slept rough and moved around for a few years. Most recently he had been staying in a decrepit camper van parked in the grounds of Porthmerrin House, where his mother had been a housekeeper. Apparently the owner, Edward Grey had asked his son Lucas to find Axel and invite him back. In fact it was Lucas who raised the alarm when Axel went missing.
As Ally and Jayden dig deeper there seem to be lots of secrets and numerous people have motives for (possibly) killing Axel. Can they get to the bottom of things and will DS Skinner and DC Mullins be a help or a hindrance?
This was a hugely enjoyable mystery with lots of red herrings. If you've enjoyed other books in this series then I'm sure you'll love this too.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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