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The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
4.0

In a blinding snowstorm, Vera misses the turn on her way home. Unable to turn around, she continues on until she comes upon a car pulled over to the side of the road, driver's door hanging open. Upon investigation, she finds the driver missing, but discovers an infant strapped into a carrier in the back seat.

I have been reading Ann Cleeves since her Staphen Ramsay series, and she never disappoints. The Darkest Evening may even by my favorite of the Vera Stanhope series, with Vera finding herself enmeshed with her black sheep father's wealthy relatives, and the tiny community just a stone's throw from her own home.