Memory Scents by Gayle Eileen Curtis

Wow a most unusual book, as you find out who done it, quite early on, but it became a very gripping read, i loved it.

She looked even more beautiful now than she had when she’d been alive. Her green eyes were still sparkling, but now glazed they held a snapshot of the fear that she had endured only moments previously. Death fascinated Tim. The way a person’s eyes altered, showing no emotion, becoming empty, coloured oval shaped glass. He loved that part, when he could reflect on the stillness of his victim like a photo in an album.

It’s been ten years since the disappearance of Alice, and her mother Eve can’t process the new information that she may have been murdered by a serial killer. She finds solace in writing Alice love letters, believing that this will bring her daughter home, but years of denial, pain and isolation have left behind an inability to accept the truth.
A series of unsolved child murders is the shocking news that greets Chrissie shortly after moving to a picturesque North Norfolk coastal village. Sinister paranormal activity in her idyllic cottage causes her to wonder if she is receiving a message from one of the victims, or if her memory is playing tricks on her and she is recalling a past life. Many eerie coincidences begin to reveal the truth.

Grace is married to a serial killer, something she has been aware of for almost a year. Her decision to keep it a secret comes from her desire for revenge, but she may have left her carefully thought out plan too late.

All three women are linked by their connection to the same nightmare, as they try to unravel the catastrophic chain of events caused by a child killer in their midst.