Excellent story line and great main characters. I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend.

I have read and enjoyed all of Sarah Hilary’s DI Marnie Rome books and this was an excellent addition to the series. Although it is possible to read it as a stand alone there are a lot of references to the earlier books and I would suggest reading them in order- a real treat for those of you who like a well written mystery with a great female lead.
‘Come and Find Me’is about the hunt for an escaped prisoner, Michael Vokey, who has absconded from prison during a riot. As the novel progresses we hear more about his unpleasant nature, how he has attacked a young mother and terrorised others around him.
As well as following Marnie’s investigation into Vokey’s disappearance we also hear from Ted, one of the prison inmates injured in the riot. He talks to the reader from his coma in a hospital bed and throughout the majority of the book the reader is not sure exactly what to make of him. He seems rather creepy but also a victim of Vokey so there is some sympathy for him.
Lying in the next hospital room to Ted is Stephen, Marnie’s foster brother and murderer of her parents: he has also been injured in the prison riot and his life hangs in the balance making a difficult situation for Marnie who is conflicted and still does not know why he commited such an atrocious act. There will be no answers for her if he dies.
We also hear about Marnie’s assistant Detective Noah Jake, estranged from his Mother after his wayward brother Sol’s arrest.
This is a real page turner with an interesting plot. It also examines the theme of motherhood and the lengths a mother will go to protect her child. We see the sometimes difficult mother and child relationship with all the main protagonists. Marnie looks at her feelings for her dead parents, whilst. Noah feels bereft with his mother blaming him for Sol’s difficulties. Prisoner, Ted and prison guard Darren have strong attachments to their mothers and even victim Julie is only doing the best for her daughter Natalie.
This book is a great read that is more than just a police procedural. We really get inside the characters’ heads as Sarah Hilary is so good at descriptions. We learn more about Marnie but the key to her past still eludes her.
As with any good book I was sad to get to the end and even more upset that I will have to wait a while for the next Marnie Rome book!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my Arc in exchange for an honest review.

This is an original idea for a story and welcome for that. It is disturbing in parts but gripping throughout with an unexpected ending. It shows a deep knowledge and understanding of psychologically flawed personalities. There are many in the book, including the police. The story is very well written. It should be a best seller.

I have read and loved the previous books in this series so was delighted when the publisher granted my wish to review this instalment, sadly though I was disappointed......
The book begins 7 weeks after the previous one and the reader is not introduced to any of the characters. For example I remember that Aidan featured heavily in the last book but having read a lot since can't remember the detail of who he is. As a result this book definitely wouldn't work as a standalone read and without re-reading the series it's difficult to follow and understand the relevance of many characters.
While the plot is as complex, dark and twisted as ever there is a distinct lack of the grit that the author usually does so well. For some reason there is significant focus on the smell of every scene instead of the brilliant detail that Hilary has displayed in the past.
I hope that for book six the author returns to the brilliant style of the earlier books in the series.

I can't recommend this highly enough. There is a creeping unease throughout the book which makes it almost uncomfortable to read. A sort of dread that slides off the page and chills your soul. Loved it!

So 3 hours and 24 minutes of reading time later and I’m done with Come and Find Me – Marnie Rome book 5 (How the heck did THAT happen, I still have my much loved little proof of a certain book called Someone Else’s Skin) and with this one Sarah Hilary has belted it out of the ballpark and all the way to the moon.

For me this was the best one yet, all the sense and the feeling that you have come to expect with an added darkness that is intriguingly gripping – I devoured it, felt it in my bones from the moment I started reading until the moment I reached the emotionally traumatic end game…

It’s not so much about who did what but about the underneath of everything – how looking at something doesn’t mean you see it, not only within the events of the novel but within the characters. A prison riot, an escapee, an obvious line to follow but even more so than the previous Marnie stories the psychology of it all comes into play with devastating results. Things also move on for our main players, in REALLY TRAUMATIC WAYS and if you are reading this Sarah Hilary we may have to have words about that bit at the end. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN don’t try and hide. I’m still slightly sobbing.

The writing is divine, having a quietly impacting resonance, the plotting is taut and somewhat terrifying, your sense of the people and the places gaining momentum with each passing chapter. It is addictive, unpredictable and criminally clever, there’s not that many writers writing at this level out there.

I don’t really want to call the Marnie Rome book police procedural’s anymore – although the series seems to generate that genre tag – if I had to describe them, in a vacuum, I’d call them psychological crime drama’s. In fact why WHY this is not a tv show already, I really can’t understand, it would lend itself so well to the screen, almost as well as it does to the page.

(As an aside, I spoke to Chris Whitaker earlier when I was concerned I couldn’t find the words to say how good Come and Find Me is. He said “Just tell Sarah I love her. That’s all she needs to know” I said I’d put that in here and now I have…)

Come and find Sarah Hilary’s novels if you have not already. And if you have and are waiting for this one then batten down the hatches. You ain’t seen nothing yet…

Highly Recommended.