Lead Review (Find Her First)
- Book: Find Her First
- Location: Edinburgh, Portobello
- Author: Emma Christie
3.75*
Stef Campbell is signed off from work with stress. She is a paramedic and enjoys the creativity of art during her time away from the frontline. Her husband, Andy, is also a paramedic and seems to be acting quite normally, knowing that his wife may in fact be more than ‘missing’. The situation is then compounded when he is alerted to the fact that his wife’s work ID card has been found in the home of a notorious and violent criminal, who has vanished.
The couple’s cleaner, Betty, who is a quirky woman (i imagine her to be like Vera Stanhope from the TV series, Vera) with thorough cleaning habits, discovers a trace of blood in their bathroom and she will not be pacified by Andy, who leads her to believe his wife is on an art retreat, with someone from her painting group. There aren’t many sleuthing cleaners doing the rounds!
However, it is not only Andy who seems to be harbouring secrets, Stef’s sister Alyson also seems to be complicit in something untoward.
The author does a great job of feeding in red herrings, constructing twists and turns to mislead her readers. At times the action can be a little convoluted but if you are looking for a propulsive read, which is full of energetic storytelling, then this is a quick read, set in mainly in Edinburgh, and in Portobello.
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