Set in Plymouth, Two Evils by Mark Sennen skilfully interweaves two parallel investigations with a crime from the past that has far reaching consequences. Sennen's descriptions evoke the variety of settings along the estuary; isolated tracts of land, secluded waterways and fishing boats docked in yards. This is a very topical story, handled sensitively.
DI Charlotte Savage's traumatic experience of losing her
child leaves her raw and emotional. She is a dogged detective who veers towards the unconventional to close her cases. So, when a young boy disappears all her senses are heightened as her determination to find the child leads her to explore a, now closed, children's home. It soon becomes clear that there are parallels between her current investigation and accusations made when the home was still open.
Meanwhile her sergeant, DS Darcus Riley, has a mystery of his own to uncover, when he is called to the scene of a raft containing what is initially believed to be a dead body which has been set afloat. There is no dead body, but a mysterious finding on the raft makes its discovery all the more sinister.
Atmospheric, with the final twists paced beautifully to round the narrative off satisfactorily. A delightfully smooth read.
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