You thought he’d come to save you. You were wrong.
How can someone vanish without a single trace?
Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her for the short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again…
Four years later, an abandoned baby girl is found wrapped in dirty rags on a doorstep. An anonymous phone call urges the police to run a DNA test on the baby. But nobody is prepared for the results.
The newborn belongs to Deborah. She’s still alive...
The Girl Next Door is Carla Kovach's first novel in her new DI Gina Harte crime series and I am already looking forward to the next one in the series. The Next Girl was fast paced, yet it was not rushed. There were two clear storylines to the plot: the police procedural storyline along with a plot line set four years previous when Deborah goes missing on her at home.
Great crime series need a strong police lead and I really liked DI Gina Harte. She is a strong woman, who cares about her profession and gives the job her all as she strives to get justice and find out who committed the crime. There is a tricky relationship between her and her daughter and this plays a part in the book - I look forward to reading more about Gina and learning more about this history.
I recommend this to any of my blog readers who are looking for a new series of books to try,DI Gina Harte is one to watch.
I have read that the author, Carla Kovach, lives in Redditch and as I grew up there I hope she has the opportunity to do local events in the Worcestershire area so I can chat with Carla about all things DI Gina Harte.
Thank you to the publishers, Bookouture, for inviting me to take part in this blog tour.
Thank you for the amazing review. Fellow Redditch person too.💜
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