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The Children

Billy Jo McCabe Mystery, Book 7

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The Children

By: Lorhainne Eckhart
Narrated by: Leo Jones
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She picked up the wrong file, and now everything is falling apart.

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart comes a new Billy Jo McCabe mystery set on a small island in the Pacific Northwest.

When social worker Billy Jo McCabe accidentally picks up the wrong file, she discovers a shocking, twisted mystery plotted by a high-ranking social worker in the DCFS.

When Billy Jo McCabe accidentally picks up the wrong file, before she realizes her mistake, she discovers a secret no one was supposed to find.

She takes the file to the newly appointed chief of police, Mark Friessen, but he doesn’t believe her - that is, until they discover dozens more files and missing money from vulnerable at-risk children who have aged out of the system and are living on the streets.

As she digs into the files, the system, and the people involved, everything falls apart.

And what Mark and Billy Jo discover is a secret far more shocking than missing money.

©2021 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2021 Lorhainne Ekelund Detective Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Money

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Predators are cunning networks for making money are everywhere
Evil people find others with similar tastes Money can corrupt or need
Good got people looking into problems of missing persons
Secret organisations can do good

Predators are cunning

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Billy Jo certainly finds trouble! In this latest adventure, she and Mark chase down a corrupt social worker little knowing what horrendous events they will discover.

Yet another extremely written, addictive, and exciting story that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Book 7 had me by the throat

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This series has my husband and me hooked. We’ve listened to two books today and are ready to move on to the next one. This story really grabbed us and didn’t let go. The mystery isn’t completely solved yet so I have the next book queued up.

Good mystery but not yet solved.

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