Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist, uncovers the bones of a woman with a hook for a hand. She is believed to be the notorious Jemma Green/ Mother Hook, who was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children. While Ruth is immersed in the corpse's identification and possible innocence, and a TV series documenting Mother Hook's wickedness; the father of her daughter - Kate, DCI Nelson, is investigating a modern day mother whose three children have died under suspicious circumstances and a series of child abductions by The Childminder. Judy's son, Michael, was one of the abducted. This is most interesting book. Set in England, it features vocabulary perhaps a tad unique to detective novels - pushchair, childminder, etc., and a few twists and turns and surprises that keep the reader fully engaged.
"Seattle has 150 days of rain a year - that's why they call it the Emerald City"..."Sounds like England."
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