- Read as an e-book through my local library on Libby
- Published: 30 November 2021, Penguin Australia
- ISBN: 9780552172622
- Pages: 384
Synopsis (publisher)
Umiko Wada has recently had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently murdered and a mother who seems to want her married again before his body is cold, she just wants to keep her head down.
As a secretary to a private detective, her life is pleasingly uncomplicated, filled with coffee runs, diary management and paperwork.
That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case which turns out to be dangerous enough to get him killed. A case which means Wada will have to leave Japan for the first time and travel to London.
Following the only lead she has, Wada quickly realises that being a detective isn't as easy as the television makes out. And that there's a reason why secrets stay buried for a long time. Because people want them to stay secret. And they're prepared to do very bad things to keep them that way...
My Take
Umiko Wada has plenty of opportunity to practice her detective skills, trained by her boss, who is killed, apparently through their involvement in their current case. He has already handed an element of the case to her and she decides to go ahead with the investigation, which involves her travelling to London to meet up with a stranger on behalf of a Japanese woman whose husband refuses to allow her to leave Japan.
Quite a convoluted plot and I thought it was an unusual one for Goddard, although I haven't read one of his books for a couple of years. Wada make as unusual and as a middle-aged Japanese woman, almost "invisible" as she tracks people down.
My rating: 4.5
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