For Reasons Unknown

By Michael Wood,

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Two murders. Twenty years. Now the killer is back for more...

DCI Matilda Darke has returned to work after a nine month absence. A shadow of her former self, she is tasked with re-opening a cold case: the terrifyingly brutal murders of Miranda and Stefan Harkness. The only witness was…

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1 author picked For Reasons Unknown as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The first in the Matilda Darke crime thriller series.

I love the straight-up tone of Michael’s writing in this series. It’s fast, direct, and emotionally involved. He also provides plots which are absorbing and which differ markedly from one book to the next.

Matilda Darke herself is a complex character, with an equally complex life, and a varied circle of friends and colleagues. Throughout the series she is put through all kinds of hell. And there are already 11 books, so that’s plenty of hell!

Set in Sheffield, a city in the north of England, these are authentic, contemporary crime…

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