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  • The Missing Ones

  • Detective Lottie Parker, Book 1
  • By: Patricia Gibney
  • Narrated by: Michele Moran
  • Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,419 ratings)

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The Missing Ones

By: Patricia Gibney
Narrated by: Michele Moran
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Summary

The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror.

The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. "I wonder which one of us will be next?"

When a woman's body is discovered in a cathedral and hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home, Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation. Both bodies have the same distinctive tattoo clumsily inscribed on their legs. It's clear the pair are connected, but how?

The trail leads Lottie to St Angela's, a former children's home, with a dark connection to her own family history. Suddenly the case just got personal.

As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old, two teenage boys go missing. She must close in on the killer before they strike again, but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger?

Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice.

©2017 Patricia Gibney (P)2017 Bookouture

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Well written, well narrated...

A book that will keep you guessing to the very end!! can't wait untill the next one.

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interesting well researched

liked it wouldn't say loved it
suspenseful .
find the personality of Lotty really irritating .neglectful of her children

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Harrowing tale of murder and abuse

edge of the seat thriller. hard to stop listening whike willing the characters to solve the case

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Great read

Another fantastic story by Patricia Gibney. She has a way of making you feel every emotion, from compassion to hate to love. The narrator is brilliant, I wanted never to put this book down.

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EXCELLENT!!

I found this book very disturbing but the narrator kept me listening - right up to the epilogue. A difficult subject.

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Top marks

Difficult theme, very carefully dealt with. Struggled to "put it down" at times. Brilliant!

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twisting thriller

this was a brilliant book and well read thought provoking intense and a cliff hanger

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Great Read

I loved this book will definitely read the rest of the Lottie Parker series. Found I could not listening can’t wait to start book 2.

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Nail biting

Couldn’t stop listening, so many different angles. Shocking in places but I’m going to listen to the next book.

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great book, but quite upsetting

I downloaded this long audio book for my drives between England and Scotland, it certainly kept me gripped right to the end. without giving spoilers, there was something that happened quite towards the end that really upset me. It left me feeling quite low so beware of that if you are a sensitive reader.

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