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Dove Carnahan is the chief of police in a small town in rural Pennsylvania. Once on the fast track with the state police department, she abruptly left for her small hometown, much to the disappointment of her mentor, Nolan. They still work together and occasionally sleep together, so when a teenage girl’s body is found half burnt, Chief Dove welcomes the help.
The cause of death wasn’t the fire but the fire did enough damage to delay identifying Camio, the shining light of a terribly dysfunctional family of drunks, drug addicts and worse. Camio’s boyfriend is the immediate suspect, as are members of her family, but everyone has an ironclad alibi – or so it seems.
Chief Dove herself comes from a similarly hideous background, but her and her sister seemed to have risen above their mother’s reputation as the town whore and her subsequent murder to become successful, worthwhile members of the community.
This is a small town full of ugly secrets that slowly unfurl, and the prose here has some truly lovely moments, but at heart this is a psychological thriller that is almost impossible to put down.
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ANGELS BURNING by Tawni O’Dell. Gallery Books; Library Edition edition (January 5, 2016). ISBN 978-1501132544. 288p.
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