The Lost Children

by Michael Wood

Pub Date: 30 Jun 2022

Review by

Emily B, Reviewer

Last updated on 13 Jun 2022

My Recommendation

 

In 1997, Reverend Peter Ogilvy notifies the Chief Constable of the police of a murder of a boy from the children’s home he runs.   The situation is never investigated.  Now, in 2020, just as covid is emerging, a wealthy property developer is found mutilated and murdered at his home.  The injuries imply a very personal motive.  DCI Matilda Darke and her team are led to Reverend Peter and the abuse which took place at the children’s home he ran in the 1990/2000s.  Reverend Peter hopes this time he will be listened to and justice will be upheld.
It is amazing to have DCI Darke back, although out of sequence from the last book.  Matilda and her team have such a established bond, which helps them through this raw and gritty case.  Desperate for book 10 already!