The Girl in the Grave

Beth Adams, Book 1

By: Helen Phifer

Narrated by: Alison Campbell

Silence falls as the coffin is lifted out of the ground, yesterday’s rain cascading from it like a waterfall. Glancing into what should have been an empty grave, everyone gasps at the sight of blueish-white fingers exposed in the soil below....

When the body of a teenage runaway is found hidden inside someone else’s grave in a small-town cemetery in the Lake District, an urgent call is made to forensic pathologist Beth Adams. Still traumatised by a recent attempt on her own life, one look at the beautiful girl’s broken body is enough to bring Beth out of hiding for the first time since her attack. She’s the only one who can help her trusted friend, Detective Josh Walker, crack the most shocking case of his career.

Beth struggles to believe it’s a coincidence that the gravesite was scheduled to be exhumed, exposing the evidence. Does this twisted killer want to be caught?

Throwing herself into her work Beth discovers traces of material beneath the victim’s fingernails that sets the team on the killer’s trail. But this critical lead comes at a dangerous price, exposing Beth’s whereabouts and dragging her back into her attacker’s line of fire once again.

With Beth’s own life on the line, the investigation is already cracking under the pressure. Then another local girl goes missing.... Can Beth stay alive long enough to catch the killer before he claims his next victim?

An absolutely gripping new police procedural that will grab fans of Patricia Gibney, LJ Ross and Angela Marsons and leave them gasping for breath.

©2019 Helen Phifer (P)2019 Bookouture

Love it!

I love her books every single one! I think you have to enjoy the writing and the way she tells her stories. I love her!!!

I didn't love it, nor did I hate it.

OK to listen when you ran out of a favorite series, but I won't get any more books by this author. The book is somewhat slow, the plot is just interesting enough to not abandon listening altogether. No serious character development.

Pretty Good Listen

Narrator's voice is great and transitions characters well. Storyline is decent, I could figure out the killer, but that didn't matter. Main character has a good background story.

skimpy Character development

The book is a little confusing because there's not enough information I characters early on and it's hard to tell when they jump from one character to another who the new character is

Gripping from the start

I'm ready for the next Beth Adams adventure. Could have blown me over at who the killer was. Also love this narrator, she's easy to listen to and delivers a great story.