Cyrus Haven, forensic psychologist, is working with the police to help find a young woman who has gone missing. A few days later a body is found, then another woman goes missing. Cyrus is convinced the cases are linked but is struggling to convince the police of this. It becomes a race against time to find the missing woman.
This is book 3 in the Cyrus Haven series. I honestly didn't think it would be possible to improve on the second book but this was a fantastic read. In the first book, Good Girl, Bad Girl we were introduced to Cyrus and Evie Cormac, a damaged young woman who Cyrus is trying to help. The book reveals a lot of detail about the traumatic backgrounds of both Cyrus and Evie, alongside a murder investigation.
The second book in the series, When She Was Good, has a focus on Evie. We find out in much more detail her harrowing backstory as she struggles to integrate into society.
This third book has a murder and missing person crime as the main story but we still get insight into how Cyrus and Evie are moving on with their lives. Cyrus has to come to terms with the fact that his older brother has been granted day release from a secure hospital.
Evie is as self-destructive as ever mainly because she doesn't have a filter and refuses to bow to societal norms. I am sure that Evie is the reason this series is so successful and fans will be willing her on every step of the way, wanting her to have as normal a life as possible without changing too much. It is great to see that some people are able to break through the barriers that Evie has erected around herself and she is now making friends other than Cyrus.
As we reach the conclusion to the story it becomes a race against time, in this tense, action packed thriller.
Lying Beside You by Michael Robatham will be published on 23rd June 2022 in hardback, ebook and audio format. My thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group for a review copy.
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