18 Apr 2020

Silent Night by Geraldin Hogan

‘She reached into the pram and placed her hands on the cotton blanket. It was still warm. But her smiling, new baby sister, with her wide blue-grey eyes, was gone…’ Twenty five years later, three bodies are found at a ramshackle cottage in the Irish countryside, and Detective Iris Locke is sick to her stomach. The victims are Anna Crowe and her two young children. Iris has only recently joined the Limerick Murder Squad. Against her father’s advice, she’s working the narrow lanes and green hills of her childhood. Iris still remembers Anna, who was just a small girl when her baby sister was snatched, never to be seen again. It was the one case Iris’ own father never solved, and Iris can’t help but wonder if the two crimes are connected. She’ll stop at nothing to find Anna justice, but a fire has destroyed almost all the physical evidence, and Limerick is the same small town she remembers: everybody protects their neighbours, and Iris has been away for too long. Can Iris unpick the lies beneath the surface of her pretty hometown, and catch the most twisted individual of her career, when reopening the old case means reopening old wounds for her team, the rest of the community, and her own father?“

Firstly, I’d like to thank Geraldine and Kim Nash for letting me have the chance to review this book and be part of the book-tour, especially as today is the first day of the tour and publication day – double celebration! So without further ado, here is my review and thoughts on Silent Night!
The little storyline in the first chapter with Anna and her new baby sister, made me love it already even though I felt something bad was going to happen in the future – both very soon and a few years down the line (I do love a bit of foreboding). 
I then enjoyed the introduction of Iris, who has been desperate to join a murder squad after working on a undercover case! 
Reading about how Iris work at the same place and even the same department as her Dad, is difficult espically as he has such a good reputation at solving every case expect one (I have a personally theory about that, I wonder if I’m right?) . Everyone else think the same question, even Iris – will she be as good as her dad or a complete failure? Read the book to find out for yourselves, and read all about the other characters who have things going on in their lives!
Before you go, here a quick little brief about the author: 
Geraldine Hogan was born in Ireland. She gained an Honors Degree in English Literature and Psychology from Dublin City University and a Postgraduate Degree in Training and Management from University College, Galway. She is an Irish award-winning and bestselling author of four contemporary fiction novels under the pen name Faith Hogan.
Silent Night is her first crime novel, her second is due out in December 2019.
She is currently working on her next novel. She lives in the west of Ireland with her husband, four children and a very busy Labrador named Penny. She’s a writer, reader, enthusiastic dog walker and reluctant jogger – except of course when it is raining!
Follow her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/faithhoganauthor/
and her twitter account is: @gerhogan – Go follow here now! 
P.s let me know what you think of the story, Iris and her past and if you’re desperately waiting for the second one in the series !

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