Hid from our eyes

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Hid From Our Eyes by Julia Spencer Fleming

Minotaur/St Martin’s Press
Bookish First Impression

I haven’t read any of this authors previous novels. This story starts out with a good crime scene in August 1952 which coincidentally seems repeated in August 1972. In 1952, Millers Kill chief of police was 50 year old Harry McNeil who worked the case with detective Stan Carruthers. A girl was found dead on Route 57 with a crucifix. According to state trooper Jack Liddle state trooper she was found face down in the road of the small town of Cossayuharie. There was no apparent signs of struggle or drug use or gun shots or knife wounds.

In 1972, Jack Liddle is promoted to chief of police when a girl is found dead on McEachron Hill Road.
Fast forward to August present day and again another young female victim is discovered in the middle of Route 137 in Cossayuharie wearing a party dress.

The preview ends just as it introduces a new character at pediatricians questioning fetal alcohol symptoms. Really? We don’t get any more information so we have to read the book! What a tease!