Behind Closed Doors

An old case makes Detective Inspector Louisa Smith some new enemies in this spellbinding second installment of New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes's Briarstone crime series that combines literary suspense and page-turning thrills.

Ten years ago, 15-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished while on a family holiday in Greece. Was she abducted, or did she run away from her severely dysfunctional family? Lou Smith worked the case as a police constable, and failing to find Scarlett has been one of the biggest regrets of her career. No one is more shocked than Lou to learn that Scarlett has unexpectedly been found during a Special Branch raid of a brothel in Briarstone.

Lou and her Major Crime team are already stretched working two troubling cases: nineteen-year-old Ian Palmer was found badly beaten; and soon after, bar owner Carl McVey was found half-buried in the woods, his Rolex and money gone. While Lou tries to establish the links between the two cases, DS Sam Hollands works with Special Branch to question Scarlett. What happened to her? Where has she been until now? How did she end up back here? And why is her family--with the exception of her emotionally fragile younger sister, Juliette--less than enthusiastic about her return?

When another brutal assault and homicide are linked to the McVey murder, Lou's cases collide, and the clues all point in one terrifying direction. As the pressure and the danger mount, it becomes clear that the silent, secretive Scarlett holds the key to everything.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 03/31/2015
ISBN: 9780062276117
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.25w x 1.18d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2014 pg. 62
Library Journal 02/15/2015 pg. 87
Publishers Weekly 02/09/2015
Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 34
Romantic Times 04/01/2015 pg. 53 - Excellent
New York Times Book Review 04/19/2015 pg. 29
School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 132
Library Journal 10/01/2014