A Madness of Sunshine/ Nalini Singh/ 352 pgs

I've always wanted to read something by Nalini Singh but she writes paranormal romance which is not my thing. So I was happy to see she'd written a suspense novel. This one takes place in a remote little town in New Zealand and the descriptions of the landscape really make me want to travel there. Anahera returns to her small hometown after the death of her cheating husband. A lot of ghosts still reside in town, including that of her abused mother, now deceased, and her abusive father, still living. As soon as she returns, a young woman goes missing while on a run. The only police officer around is Will, an outsider banished to this remote town after an "incident." The cast of characters are well done and Singh lets you see them from outsider Will's eye as well as Anahera's, a local but one who's been gone for twelve years. Add in some missing hikers from years ago and the insulated location and this is a tense, well-done suspense. I hope she writes more of them.