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Violent Exposure (Detective Ella Marconi #4)

Katherine Howell

Why we're reading this: When Suzanne Crawford is found stabbed to death and her husband Connor is discovered to be missing, it lo…more
[close] When Suzanne Crawford is found stabbed to death and her husband Connor is discovered to be missing, it looks like just another tragic case of domestic violence to Detective Ella Marconi. But as the investigation progresses, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. Why is there no record of Connor Crawford beyond a few years ago? Why has a teenager who worked for the pair gone missing too? And above all, what was the secret Suzanne knew Connor was keeping at all costs – even from her?

As Ella begins to build a picture of the Crawfords' fractured lives, things around her are deteriorating. Her relationship with a fellow officer is hanging by a thread and her parents seem to be keeping secrets of their own. But Ella only has time for the job she loves, and she knows she has to see her way through the tangled web of deceit and lies to get at the truth – before it's too late.

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Apr 26, 2017 Kathryn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: added-because-part-of-series, australian-authors, 4-stars, fiction, reading-list-2017, kathryns-aty-2017

I read this one and Silent Fear running on from each other in order, and they are kind of imprinted in my mind together, so I’m going to do a joint review! Classic Katherine Howell in the Ella Marconi style - we found out a bit more about her, and a bit more about the original paramedics from the first book (wished I hadn’t read the first book quite so long ago now…) and how things were tying in together.

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Apr 27, 2012 Brenda rated it it was amazing

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Another brilliant, fast paced Ella Marconi novel by Katherine Howell!

When Carly and trainee paramedic Aiden Simpson were called to a domestic violence situation, Carly was cautious. There was always the risk of violence toward the paramedics, and she wasn’t prepared to take any chances. But things seemed fine with Connor and Suzanne Crawford...just a minor disagreement, or so they said.

But things rapidly went downhill the following day, when it was discovered that Suzanne had been stabbed to de ...more

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Dec 18, 2010 Sheree rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2011, own, suspense-thriller, reviews, aussie-author

WOW, I didn't think it was possible but Aussie author Katherine Howell has outdone herself, Violent Exposure blew me away. This is my favourite of Katherine's novels featuring Detective Ella Marconi and that's saying something, because I've loved them all.

Violent Exposure is an "edge-of-your-seat" ride blending the gritty realism of the paramedic scene (and years of Katherine's personal experience as a paramedic) with the nail-biting suspense of the investigative world. It moves along at a crack ...more

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