On her first day back at work after maternity leave for her second child, Detective Ellie Miller is upset to learn that she’s been passed over for a promotion in favor of outsider Alec Hardy. He, escaping the spectacular failure of his last case, is having trouble finding his way into this tight-knit community wary of new faces. But professional rivalry aside, both detectives are about to receive some terrible news: 11-year-old Danny Latimer has been found murdered on the beach. For Ellie it's a personal blow; she was good friends with his family and Danny was her son’s best friend. She can’t believe anyone in Broadchurch would ever have harmed him. Alec considers everyone, even Danny’s parents, a suspect in his death. It’s a living nightmare for everyone involved…even before the press arrive and start stirrung up the secrets every town member keeps hidden behind closed doors.

I haven't seen the TV series of "Broadchurch". I had intended to, in fact I'd recorded all the episodes to binge watch then *poof*.....my Tivo box blew up. I carefully avoided finding out whodunnit until the ads for series two snuck up on me & consequently the ending of this book was not a complete surprise. I still enjoyed the book, after all the reason for the death of Danny Latimer was still a mystery to me, though to be honest, when I discovered the reasoning behind it, I didn't find it wholly convincing.

Would I have worked out the murderer had I not known who it was?
Mmmm...very doubtful! There were plenty of twists & turns along the way to keep me guessing - although I did spot what I felt were a couple of fairly obvious clues but I think they would have passed me had I not already known the culprits identity.

Overall a good read.

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