A woman's body is found floating in the Swan River beside Perth's Matagarup Bridge. She has been repeatedly stabbed in the stomach, the victim of a frenzied attack by a crazed killer.
With a rising career and a devoted fiance, Chelsea Eastman was a promising young family lawyer on the verge of becoming a partner at a prestigious law firm. Her life was perfect.
Nobody could possibly want her dead.
But things are never as perfect as they seem. Fighting over an inheritance, sued by a former client, and despised by her estranged brother, Chelsea burned a lot of people during her meteoric rise.
Was Chelsea the chance victim of a madman?
Or does the brutal attack hide another explanation?
With a killer on the loose, Detective Tony Packer and his team must hunt through a tangled mess of lies and secrets to find the truth behind Chelsea's murder.
But Packer has another problem. His covert investigation into a corrupt politician is taking him into dark places, places that have already seen the disappearance of another police officer...
Weaving Sorrow is the fourth in a series of knife-edge thrillers set in the underbelly of Perth, Western Australia.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Jack Gatland, JM Dalgliesh, Patricia Cornwell and other police procedural thrillers.
I loved this book as much as I loved the others in the series.
The murder at the centre of the story was more complicated than in the previous books and I was surprised by the final reveal. As with all great mysteries, though, it made complete sense and seemed obvious in hindsight.
Packer was in fine form, moody and haunted but in full control of events as things unfolded. George Thompson and Clare Perry also shone in this story too.
Great read. I’ve pre-ordered the next one already.