When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The second installment in Robotham’s Cyrus Haven series does not disappoint. Cyrus is a layered and perceptive forensic psychologist trying to unravel the mystery of complex, troubled Evie — a teenager who became famous years earlier after a novice policewoman found her gaunt, starving, hiding in a house where only weeks earlier, a gruesome murderer was uncovered. Public narrative decided Evie had been abused by said murdered guy, but in reality Evie — who has refused to share her real name or where she came from — has confessed to Cyrus at the first book’s end that the murdered man actually had rescued her. But from what, and whom? This novel deftly, intoxicatingly continues the story of the teenager girl whom the press once dubbed “Angel Face” and the psychologist committed not only to protecting her, but uncovering her deepest truths and bringing her demons to justice. An excellent page-turner, set in the UK, gripping at every turn. Sure to please any mystery readers, but definitely start with the first book in this series, “Good Girl, Bad Girl.”
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