Janet van Eeden Reviews Gallows Hill by Margie Orford
Verdict: carrot
Gallows Hill is the fourth in the Clare Hart series which has made Margie Orford one of this country’s most successful crime novelists. It follows the life of her protagonist Dr Clare Hart, who is an investigative profiler and works closely with the police force on murders, especially those involving women and children. Her work has brought her into proximity with some of the worst specimens of humanity, as well as some of the best. So much so that she and one of the most admired captains in the police force, Riedwaan Faizal, have become lovers. In the previous novels they worked on many horrific cases together and it was inevitable that each fell in love with someone who understands the brutal nature of their work.
When Gallows Hill begins, Clare and Riedwaan are virtually living together, their relationship one of the few positives in their harassed lives. The inciting incident of the plot kicks off with the death of a worn-out “bergie” woman at a construction site. Her death might have gone without mention if it weren’t for the fact that her loyal dog digs up a bone at the scene of her lonely demise. It’s a human bone, one of hundreds covered up in an illegal burial ground.
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- Gallows Hill by Margie Orford
EAN: 9781868423958
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