SWEET LITTLE LIES

A woman found brutally murdered on the streets of London dredges up Detective Constable Cat Kinsella's long-held suspicions about her own father's involvement with a girl's disappearance years before. Narrator Jane Collingwood's performance of Cat's internal monologues reveals layers of determination, doubt, and vulnerability throughout the inquiry, which includes confrontations her family. As the investigation unfolds, memories from Cat's childhood, muddled by time, fuel her pursuit of the truth. Her professional ethics soon clash with her desire to hide familial connections to the case. Collingwood elicits the emotional heart of the story, supplanting the murder in primary importance with attuned characterizations of the dynamics between law enforcement, family, and suspects. Omissions and misunderstandings lead the young DC to answers listeners may arrive at first. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2018]