Book Summary
From the bestselling author of Where the Lost Wander and What the Wind Knows comes the evocative story of two people whose paths collide against the backdrop of mystery, murder, and the Great Depression.
Chicago, 1923: Ten-year-old Dani Flanagan returns home to find police swarming the house, her parents dead. Michael Malone, the young patrolman assigned to the case, discovers there’s more to the situation—and to Dani Flanagan herself—than the authorities care to explore. Malone is told to shut his mouth, and Dani is sent away to live with her spinster aunts in Cleveland.
Fifteen years later, Michael Malone is summoned to Cleveland to investigate a series of murders that have everyone stumped, including his friend and famed Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, now Cleveland’s director of safety. There, in a city caught in the grip of a serial killer, Dani and Malone cross paths once again.
Malone is drawn to Dani and her affinity for the dead and compassion for the destitute. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that she could help him solve his case. As terror descends on the city and Malone and Dani confront the dark secrets that draw them together, it’s a race to find the killer or risk becoming his next victims.
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Book Details
- Publisher : Lake Union Publishing (April 19, 2022)
- Genre: Murder Mystery
- Language : English
- Paperback : 413 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1542033837
****I received a complimentary book from publishers, publicists, NetGalley,book tours, and or authors. A review was not required and all opinions and ideas expressed are my own.****
My Review
Amy Harmon is an author I'm familiar with but this book was very different from her other works. The Unknown Beloved was a very intense Murder Mystery based on true events that took place in Cleveland in the 1930s. Many of the characters were real people like agent Eliot Ness and main character Michael Malone. In the author's notes, she lets the readers know that she made changes of course from the real story but boy does this novel keep you on the edge.
I must give a warning here, the killings are done by a serial killer named "The Butcher". There are many gruesome parts in the book where the remains of the victims are described. After a while, I had to skip over those parts because they were making my stomach turn. The rest of the story is so well written and I love the suspense leading up to the final, very exciting conclusion. The love story between Michael and Dani is wonderful too. If you love reading an intense murder mystery, with grim details, and a love story thrown into the mix, then The Unknown Beloved needs to be on your reading list.
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