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Detective Mia Harvey #3
Silent Grave
Please note this book was first published as The Dead Do Speak.
Detective Mia Harvey’s mother's burial is interrupted by a horrific discovery.
Grave diggers unearth the mummified remains of a pregnant woman.
Mia is almost relieved. She would much rather solve a cold case than face her all-consuming grief.
Forensics results reveal the woman's identity — Rebecca Crawford, a successful personal trainer. Though Rebecca's estranged boyfriend is an obvious suspect, Mia wonders if the local vicar and his family know more than they're willing to admit.
Secrets, dark and grief-plagued, are festering beneath the surface of the quiet town of Larchborough.
A killer, driven by desperate vengeance, will do whatever it takes to prevent the truth from coming to light.
Detective Mia Harvey’s mother's burial is interrupted by a horrific discovery.
Grave diggers unearth the mummified remains of a pregnant woman.
Mia is almost relieved. She would much rather solve a cold case than face her all-consuming grief.
Forensics results reveal the woman's identity — Rebecca Crawford, a successful personal trainer. Though Rebecca's estranged boyfriend is an obvious suspect, Mia wonders if the local vicar and his family know more than they're willing to admit.
Secrets, dark and grief-plagued, are festering beneath the surface of the quiet town of Larchborough.
A killer, driven by desperate vengeance, will do whatever it takes to prevent the truth from coming to light.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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February 7, 2020
Brilliant
I'm so into this series. When is book 4 golng to be published?
Once again, Patti Battison had me on the edge of my seat. So many suspects , but which one did it? You won't want to miss this one, readers.
As for Mia and Nick; will they eventually end up being together as a couple? Or will the bickering between them continue?
5 stars from this happy reader.
I'm so into this series. When is book 4 golng to be published?
Once again, Patti Battison had me on the edge of my seat. So many suspects , but which one did it? You won't want to miss this one, readers.
As for Mia and Nick; will they eventually end up being together as a couple? Or will the bickering between them continue?
5 stars from this happy reader.
April 7, 2020
I really didn't want this book to end!! Each book in this series has got better & better. I am already missing the team & all their fabulous emerging characters. Thank you Patti - but please hurry with the next one! 😁
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July 6, 2020Silent Grave
I have read all three books in this and have enjoyed all three books. The antagonism between Mia and is finally resolved which will make for a better read when the series continues.
I have read all three books in this and have enjoyed all three books. The antagonism between Mia and is finally resolved which will make for a better read when the series continues.
December 24, 2019
Not bad
I liked the pace of the writing. Unfortunately Mia really gives me the gripes. In the 3 books I have read she hasn’t learnt a thing about her very very judgemental nature.
I liked the pace of the writing. Unfortunately Mia really gives me the gripes. In the 3 books I have read she hasn’t learnt a thing about her very very judgemental nature.
March 11, 2020
It's a an absolutely confused book
Dead woman found in old cemetery, she's also 8 months pregnant.
There are so many "red herrings" jumping out of the pond.
Dead woman found in old cemetery, she's also 8 months pregnant.
There are so many "red herrings" jumping out of the pond.
May 1, 2020
Good series
I have read all three books in this series and enjoyed them all. Good story lines and interesting characters. Hope the author has more on the way.
I have read all three books in this series and enjoyed them all. Good story lines and interesting characters. Hope the author has more on the way.
March 17, 2014
Detective Sergeant Mia Harvey is more than relieved when a body is discovered in an unmarked grave just as her mother's funeral is over. A murder investigation, if that is what it is, will give her something to think about other than her mother.
The body belongs to pregnant Rebecca Crawford and she was buried in a meadow next to the cemetery. The area was in a flood zone so had not been used for burials. Who would know that?
As Mia and her fellow officers try to make heads of tails of the crime which took place in the past, the killer tries to stop them. Dead ends and wrong suspects abound. Everyone seems to know just who did it; but no one knows. Several well-kept town secrets get out before everything draws to a close.
Good book but a bit slow. It took a while to figure out it was set in England.
The body belongs to pregnant Rebecca Crawford and she was buried in a meadow next to the cemetery. The area was in a flood zone so had not been used for burials. Who would know that?
As Mia and her fellow officers try to make heads of tails of the crime which took place in the past, the killer tries to stop them. Dead ends and wrong suspects abound. Everyone seems to know just who did it; but no one knows. Several well-kept town secrets get out before everything draws to a close.
Good book but a bit slow. It took a while to figure out it was set in England.
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