Requiem: (KRM: Book 2)

Celina Grace

The Kate Redman Mysteries Book 2 · Celina Grace

About this ebook

The girl’s body lay on the riverbank, her arms outflung. Her blonde hair lay in matted clumps, shockingly pale against the muddy bank. Her face was like a porcelain sculpture that had been broken and glued back together: grey cracks were visible under the white sheen of her dead skin. Her lips were so blue they could have been traced in ink.

When the body of troubled teenager Elodie Duncan is pulled from the river in Abbeyford, the case is at first assumed to be a straightforward suicide. Detective Sergeant Kate Redman is shocked to discover that she’d met the victim the night before her death, introduced by Kate’s younger brother Jay. As the case develops, it becomes clear that Elodie was murdered. A talented young musician, Elodie had been keeping some strange company and was hiding her own dark secrets.

As the list of suspects begin to grow, so do the questions. What is the significance of the painting Elodie modelled for? Who is the man who was seen with her on the night of her death? Is there any connection with another student’s death at the exclusive musical college that Elodie attended?

As Kate and her partner Detective Sergeant Mark Olbeck attempt to unravel the mystery, the dark undercurrents of the case threaten those whom Kate holds most dear…

Requiem (A Kate Redman Mystery: Book 2) is the second in The Kate Redman Mysteries series from crime writer Celina Grace, author of Hushabye (A Kate Redman Mystery), Lost Girls and The House on Fever Street.

crime mystery, British crime mystery, police procedural, female detective

Ratings and reviews

Bland writing style from an author who thinks far too much of herself. Even the "about the author" description depicts her as an egotistical, narcisist that needs to read from a larger range of more talented authors before claiming her "early masterpiece" from her seven yearold self was "inexplicably ignored." There's some promise here, but her work is definitely from an early writer that need much more experience about her topics and not just mere imagination

Celina Grace is an excellent author. I find the Kate Redman series compelling - well written mysteries, complex, interesting characters, fast paced stories. What's not to like?.

A police murder mystery. A plausible story line. Well paced. Great to have a woman as the lead character. Looking forward to reading more of the series.

About the author

Celina Grace was born sometime towards the end of the last century and wrote her first story, The Blue Ruby, at the age of seven. Although this early masterpiece was inexplicably ignored by the literary establishment, Celina persevered with her craft and a mere thirty years later, has published psychological thrillers The House on Fever Street and Lost Girls, The Kate Redman Mysteries, The Asharton Manor Mysteries and a collection of short stories. She lives in Bath with her husband and sons.