The storm is coming…
The most painful of Evie Cormac’s memories have been locked away, ever since she was held prisoner as a child – a child whose rescue captured hearts and headlines.
Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven’s mission is to guide her to something near normality. But today, on a Lincolnshire beach, seventeen bodies wash up in front of them. There is only one survivor, with two women still missing. And Evie’s nightmares come roaring back…
Whatever happened all those years ago lies at the core of this new tragedy. Because these deaths are no accident. The same dark forces are reaching out, dragging her back into the storm.
Evie must now call upon Cyrus’s unique skills, and her own, in their search for the missing pieces of this complex and haunting puzzle. But will that be enough to save them? And who will pay for the past?
Book Info: Print length: 380 pages. Publisher: Sphere. Publication Date: 26 June 2024
My Thoughts:
Yay, Cyrus and Evie are back in a new book and this one is even better than the previous three. Storm Child follows on several months after Lying Beside You ends and fans of this brilliant series will be delighted to know that this book concentrates much more on Evie’s traumatic background and childhood.
With an unfortunately topical subject, Storm Child starts with Cyrus and Evie at the beach, when the body of a young child appears in the sea followed by another 16 bodies of men, women and children. They appear to be from an illegal boat trafficking migrants which has overturned. There is only one survivor, a young teenage boy and it’s believed two women are also missing. When the sole survivor tells the police the boat was deliberately sunk, Cyrus is assigned to help in this investigation.
Meanwhile something about this tragedy has brought back traumatic memories for Evie and she slowly begins to remember more about her past and what really happened to her family.
Storm Child provides the reader with so much more about the main characters past and their individual backstories. The bond between these two damaged individuals is so special and watching them both navigate new friendships and relationships is so lovely and heart warming. It’s a really fast paced book which looks closely at the immigration issues from both sides leaving the reader with lots of emotional and thought-provoking moments.
I’m not going to say anymore, because you need to read this series for yourself. This is definitely one of my favourite series and I would 100% recommend reading the books in order to truly appreciate the wonderful storytelling of Cyrus and Evie.
