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Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge (NAL, June 2015)

In this debut thriller, a UK import, Detective Inspector Helen Grace investigates one of the most bizarre crimes she has ever heard of: a young couple is abducted, locked in a drained pool and left with a gun and the instructions that only one of them will be released, but in order to win your freedom, you must kill your fellow captive in a cruel, gruesome game, one in which there are no winners.  While investigating this crime, a second abduction occurs and another until Helen Grace sees a link between at least one of each pair of victims, and that link is her.  Now the game is personal but who will the final players---and survivor--- be?  Helen Grace is one of the most interesting detectives to come along in a while.  She has demons deep inside that she cannot and will not release and secrets that could cost her her life if she is not careful.  She is also smart and strong and in some ways fearless.  This is a book not to be started unless there is time to read it through to the end.  M.J. Arlidge will be a welcomed new author on this side of the Atlantic with her follow-up Helen Grace thriller due before the end of the year.