Title: The Quiet Girls
Author: J.M. Hewitt
Publication Day: 13/11/19
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Description:
‘Hattie!’ Carrie called, an edge to her voice. ‘Hattie, this isn’t funny, come out now.’ Carrie moved through the woods on shaking legs. She tried calling, shouting, screaming, but everything was quiet. Her little sister was gone.
Detective Carrie Flynn’s sister Hattie was kidnapped when they were both little girls. After the police failed to find the culprit, Carrie swore she would become a detective and solve the case herself. But the face of the man who snatched Hattie is a blank in her memory...
Twenty years later, eleven-year-old Melanie Wilson is reported missing, a quiet child who longs to fit in, just like Hattie… Carrie has to fight off memories of her lost sister to concentrate on the case, but she soon finds grainy black-and-white footage of Melanie boarding a boat and vanishing. She discovers Melanie has been taken to Pomona, a deserted island, almost inaccessible from the city. But who took little Melanie, and why?
Then the police receive a desperate cry for help from another young girl: I gave you his name, told you where to find him, but you did nothing. My blood is on your hands. Carrie traces the call to the same docks where Melanie was last seen. Now she has a second missing child to save.
But the sound of the broken voice has unlocked something in Carrie. The blurred face of her sister’s kidnapper is starting to become clearer…
Carrie is sure the lost girls are in terrible danger – and that there’s a link between her sister’s disappearance and this case. To find Melanie, Carrie must unleash the memories she’s buried for years. And if she uses her own demons to bring Melanie home, can she finally find out what happened to her sister?
This absolutely unputdownable thriller will keep you up all night until you reach the final heart-stopping page! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Val McDermid and Lisa Regan.
MY REVIEW:
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Detective Carrie Flynn's sister was abducted when they were both little girls and Carrie can't remember that day or the man's face. Now it is 20 years later and 11 year old Melanie is missing. Carrie is determined to find out what happened. The police had mysterious phone calls coming in from a young woman saying she told them things and they didn't do anything about it so she is going to take matters into her own hands.
But Melanie is with her family and another family on a deserted Island. To start a new life with just the basics. Only Melanie stumbles upon something that is scary and she knows they are in danger.
Melanie's father has lost his grip on reality and things only seem to get worse for everyone on this island and the other family seems to be in danger as well.
I really enjoyed this book and getting to know Detective Carrie Flynn. Also how Melanie's mom could be fooled into moving on this Island is beyond me. She should have put her foot down when all this nonsense started.
I received this ARC from Bookouture.
J.M. Hewitt writes crime fiction and is the author of three previous crime fiction novels and has been published in two short story publications. Her work usually incorporates twentieth and twenty-first century events and far flung locations, and her novels explore the darker side of human behaviour.
In contrast to the sometimes dark content of her books, she lives in a seaside town in Suffolk with her dog, Marley.
When she was ten years old she'd read all the books she owned, all those on her mother's bookcase and everything the library had to offer. She decided the only course of action to take was to write her own stories. Thirty years later, she is still writing them.
But Melanie is with her family and another family on a deserted Island. To start a new life with just the basics. Only Melanie stumbles upon something that is scary and she knows they are in danger.
Melanie's father has lost his grip on reality and things only seem to get worse for everyone on this island and the other family seems to be in danger as well.
I really enjoyed this book and getting to know Detective Carrie Flynn. Also how Melanie's mom could be fooled into moving on this Island is beyond me. She should have put her foot down when all this nonsense started.
I received this ARC from Bookouture.
Author Bio:
J.M. Hewitt writes crime fiction and is the author of three previous crime fiction novels and has been published in two short story publications. Her work usually incorporates twentieth and twenty-first century events and far flung locations, and her novels explore the darker side of human behaviour.
In contrast to the sometimes dark content of her books, she lives in a seaside town in Suffolk with her dog, Marley.
When she was ten years old she'd read all the books she owned, all those on her mother's bookcase and everything the library had to offer. She decided the only course of action to take was to write her own stories. Thirty years later, she is still writing them.
Author Social Media Links:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jmhewitt
WEBSITE: www.jeanettehewitt.com
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