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The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness

Carolyn Arnold

Finished Sep 26, 2021
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This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Bookouture for letting me take part in this tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley. This is the third book in this series but all can be read as standalones.

This book was a real heartbreaker. Poor little Zoe goes through so much, it's easy to see why Amanda has such strong maternal feelings for her. It was really nice to see Amanda open herself up. She was so closed off at the beginning of the first book and she has grown so much since then.

This case was really interesting. At first, there were just so many questions. Nothing seemed to add up. There seemed to be no motive and no suspects. Amanda and Trent are relentless though. They uncovered clue after clue and eventually everything pieced together. Amanda lived up to her surname with balls of steel in one scene.

Carolyn does such a good job of showing that a Detective has a life outside of the job too. She expertly weaved in Amanda's mother's trial and how this was affecting Amanda and her family. She showed how much dedication you need for this job and how sometimes you have to cut yourself off to really focus.

This was a tense and thrilling story that I could not put down. I read it late into the night as I just had to know what happened next.