SYNOPSIS
She lifted up her granddaughter from the cot, clutched her to her chest and, without looking at her beautiful daughter lying dead on the floor of her bedroom, ran from the house. Only when she was outside did she let a wail escape her lips, frightening the baby who joined in her screams.
When Isabel Gallagher is found murdered on the floor of her baby’s nursery by her mother, it’s a gruelling case for Detective Lottie Parker. Isabel’s pyjamas have been ripped, her throat cut and an old-fashioned razor blade placed in her hand. As Lottie looks at the round blue eyes and perfect chubby cheeks of Isabel’s baby daughter, she can’t understand who would want to hurt this innocent family.
That very same day she receives a call with devastating news. Another young mother, Joyce Breslin, has gone missing, and her four-year-old son Evan has been abducted from daycare. Lottie is sure that the missing mother and son are linked to Isabel’s death, and when she finds a bloody razor blade in their house, her worst fears are confirmed.
Desperate to find little Evan, Lottie leaves no stone unturned as she delves into Isabel and Joyce’s pasts and when she realises the two women have been meeting in secret, she knows she must find out why.
But when Joyce’s body is found in a murky pond and some little bones are found on a windy hillside, it feels as if this merciless killer will stop at nothing. The bones aren’t Evan’s but can they give Lottie the final clue to find the innocent child before more lives are taken?
Title: Little Bones
Author: Patricia Gibney
Series: DI Lottie Parker #10
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication date: September 22, 2021
Patricia is the million-copy bestselling author of the DI Lottie Parker series. She yearned to be a writer after reading Enid Blyton and Carolyn Keene and even wanted to be Nancy Drew when she grew up. She has now grown up (she thinks) but the closest she’s come to Nancy Drew is writing crime!
In 2009, after her husband died, she retired from her job and started writing seriously. Fascinated by people and their quirky characteristics, she always carries a notebook to scribble down observations.
Patricia also loves to paint in watercolour and lives in the Irish midlands with her children.
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REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DI Lottie Parker is back for the tenth installment of this series of deeply enjoyable police procedurals. I’ve been with her from Book 1 and it’s been a pleasure watching her grow and overcome lots of hurdles both in her personal and professional life.
A young woman has been murdered in front of her 3 months old baby. That same day another woman disappears and her little boy is abducted. Are both cases connected? The razorblades found in both scenes seem to point out that way but in a case with so many different angles not everything is what is seems.
The story took off with a bang with a pretty disturbing first chapter. From there it developed into one of the frenzied and complex plots I’ve come to expect from Ms. Gibney. She usually juggles so many suspects, red-herrings and side plots that it seems nearly impossible for her to tie them all together at the end, but once you reach the last pages you once again realize that she managed to fit together perfectly all the puzzle pieces. I can’t even begin to imagine how much crazy planning writing this books must take!
Lottie’s personal life takes a backseat this time, but it looks like her relationship with DS Boyd is gonna be front and center in the next book after that cliffhanger in the last chapter.
I like how Lottie’s character has evolved throughout the series but still find a bit off-putting the way she sometimes talks to her team. I know she’s the boss but, come on, they have all proven themselves more than once to not deserve her rudeness!
Although it can be read as a stand-alone you will miss some of the background. If you enjoy police procedurals give this a chance as it has some interesting characters and a pretty convoluted plot that will put you grey cells to work.
Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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