Thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to read and review this before publication. Better Left Buried takes two sparky characters and plunges them headlong into a murder mystery that has its roots in the past.
Starting off on her way to stay with her dad for spring break, our main character is fed up when her mum announces a detour to a town she’s never heard of to help an old friend that’s never been mentioned. Unfortunately, when they arrive at the scheduled meeting place they discover the body of the man they’ve come to meet. Lucy sees someone in the woods and is convinced they know more than they’re letting on.
It takes a bit of time to establish who’s who - mainly because Lucy has to be introduced to them all and told about them - but it’s clear that her mum has been hiding things about their past. Audrey, the young girl seen in the woods, has her own reasons for being there.
As Lucy and Audrey team up we follow the ongoing murder investigation, but they also unearth family secrets and root out those guilty of crimes long passed. Perhaps an unlikely ending, but guilt does strange things to people!