Hushabye: A Kate Redman Mystery, Book 1

By: Celina Grace

Narrated by: Samara Naeymi

A missing baby. A murdered girl. A case where everyone has something to hide....

On the first day of her new job in the West Country, Detective Sergeant Kate Redman finds herself investigating the kidnapping of Charlie Fullman, the newborn son of a wealthy entrepreneur and his trophy wife. It seems a straightforward case...but as Kate and her fellow officer Mark Olbeck delve deeper, they uncover murky secrets and multiple motives for the crime.

Kate finds the case bringing up painful memories of her own past secrets. As she confronts the truth about herself, her increasing emotional instability threatens both her hard-won career success and the possibility that they will ever find Charlie Fullman alive....

©2013 Celina Grace (P)2015 Celina Grace

Light Mystery

It has a couple of.twists. Mostly easy reading light mystery. I would recommend it for easy reading

The undercurrent

The beginning moves quickly but then it meanders. I sort of knew what Kate was about, so it wasn’t unexpected. But I didn’t figure the mystery out until, closer to the end. It was a good story and a great beginning for a new series. I’m quite looking forward to the next.

Lots of suspects

Enjoyed the narration and the story. A nice respite for a few hours. While I considered the final fiend as a suspect I dismissed the suspect for other possibilities as the story unfolded. Enjoying the development of the main characters and looking forward to getting to learn more about them with book 2. I need to find out why Kate changed her name from Kelly.

Solid British Crime Mystery, Kidnapped Baby

Detective Sergeant Kate Redman is assigned to the case of a murdered nanny and kidnapped three month old baby boy . . . the baby's mother is devastated, and the father is too busy taking phone calls to keep his business on track to get very involved with the case . . . Kate uncovers plenty of skeletons in the closet, so to speak . . . but her gut instinct tells her that her partner, DS Olbeck is on the wrong track . . . all in all this is a great murder/crime mystery . . . I could have done without the gay relationship of DS Olbeck and his partner, Joe . . . but it wasn't a huge part of the story . . . I will definitely listen to the next in the series . . .

A decent start to a series

This was a quick read/listen and was a completely acceptable book. It didn't compel me in any way to rate it higher than 3. We meet Kate as she enters a new police department and is assigned the case of a missing infant and a murdered nanny. The story plays out well enough. We learn a bit about Kate's police partner and of Kate's history. I'm assuming the stories will be fleshed out in subsequent books.

I liked this enough to try Book 2.