Review:- Martin EDWARDS – “The Arsenic Labyrinth”

Year Published: - 2007
Where the book was from:- Pensby Library
ISBN: - 0 7490 8111 2
Pages: - 380pp
Genre: - Cosy crime
Location:- Lake District, England
How I came across it: - Continuing to read this author’s works
Rating: - ***** **
One sentence summary:- ‘Cold case’ investigator, DCI Hannah Scarlett examines the disappearance of a woman ten years earlier only to find the case is linked with both older and newer crimes.

Describe the plot without giving anything away:- After a newspaper does an article about the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of Emma Bestwick the cold case team are told to investigate it. Their findings are not what anyone expected.

General comments:- A particularly good plot and this being the third Hannah Scarlett book I’ve read i quite like the various characters who are in each one.

AUTHOR Notes:- Martin Edwards – see The Coffin Trail