Down to the Woods: DI Helen Grace 8 (Detective Inspector Helen Grace)

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Their bodies are discovered prone on the grass, their eyes showing the terror of their prolonged and agonising deaths. The team are all given their different task and so the investigation begins. There’s no time for him to get to know everybody before a murder is reported and handed to Helen’s team to be solved. They are dealing with a very sick person.

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This is macabre even by MJ Arlidge standards. The surrounding area is on full alert and the campers frightened off, all but the most hardy and those vowing not to have their enjoyment culled. Helen seems to be having a nicer time on the personal front thank goodness – this was the only ray of sunshine in that dark dark forest. Later on his body is found and the cause of death declared to be death by blood loss due to crossbow arrows penetrating his body.

It looks like the archer has been practising on the New Forest ponies as well. The book continues the saga of DI Helen and her Southampton team but this can be read as a standalone.

As the investigation continues the team is frustrated by what seem to be excellent leads going absolutely nowhere. Then she finds out that there have been rumours of a faceless apparition being seen in the forest and the hunt is on. It’s a 4.