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  • Three Widows

  • Detective Lottie Parker, Book 12
  • By: Patricia Gibney
  • Narrated by: Michele Moran
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (80 ratings)

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Three Widows

By: Patricia Gibney
Narrated by: Michele Moran
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Summary

She kissed her daughter, turned out the light, and entered her own room. Too late to run, she stood frozen as a figure stepped out from behind the door and a hand covered her mouth. Fear was a bomb in her chest ready to explode. Her children. They’d already lost their daddy; they couldn’t lose her, too.

When young widow Éilis Lawlor disappears in the middle of the night, with her two little children asleep in their beds, it is a chilling case for Detective Lottie Parker. Since her husband’s tragic death, Éilis is all her children have, and when Lottie sees Éilis’ house keys and phone still lying on the kitchen counter, she is terrified for the vulnerable mother’s safety.

Then Éilis’ broken body is found by a nearby lake, wrapped in an unfamiliar yellow dress, her mouth sealed with duct tape–and Lottie’s worst fears are confirmed. Someone wanted this beautiful widow dead.

Desperate to find the person behind this brutal crime, Lottie discovers that Éilis was a member of a support group for widows. And when Jennifer, a close friend of Éilis’ from the group, is found on a rubbish heap, wrapped in a yellow dress, Lottie vows to get justice.

Lottie dives into Jennifer’s past and learns that she had lived a reclusive life since her husband died. She hadn’t been seen at work for months and had sheltered inside her immaculate home, only emerging for meetings with the group. But when Lottie questions the other women about Jennifer’s isolation, they claim to know nothing.

Lottie is certain that the remaining widows are hiding something. Can she uncover the truth before another innocent life is lost?

Fans of Robert Dugoni, Rachel Caine, and Karin Slaughter will devour Three Widows in one sitting!

©2023 Patricia Gibney (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

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Complicated story

I’ve loved all of the Lottie Parker books but found this one too complicated. There were too many story lines going on at once with too many female characters for me to keep track off.
By the end of the book I still didn’t really understand who had done what and why.
Maybe it’s just me.

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A bit convoluted

I dont want to see thriugh a plot but the drip feeding and red herri gs became annoying and one aspect that is duscoveted in the last 2 mins was actually pretty obviuos. However the interplay between the main police characters is very goid and it was an ok way to spend sime time

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Excellent as always

Always an excellent read and the narrator is excellent too. Can’t wait for the next one.

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Well read and enjoyed

The narrator keeps the characters separated from each other. Well done . Good story I have listened to all of the books and look forward to the next.

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Fabulous story and great narration.

Really enjoyed this story by Patricia Gibney. Hopefully not too long to hear more of Michelle Moran’s narration of Patricia Gibney’s work.

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brilliant

I have heard every book in this series day after day and I have really enjoyed them I have done so much knitting thanks to these books now I had better do some housework 😀

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Thrilling

another superb story with twists and turns aa over the place, kept me guessing till the end, narration is excellent, can't wait for the next event in Lotties life

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Hooked

Another great listen, good story , characters. and excellent narration. Can’t wait for the next one. I love Patricia Gibney’s style of writing.

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Brilliant

A slightly different type of narration than I normally listen to , but I love this series and a fabulous length book and yes it kept me listening till early hours of the morning .
Great storyline highly recommend

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brilliant

this is another great book in the series. totally addictive. can't wait for the next one.

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  • Audrea
  • 25-02-23

loved it

I loved it as always. I'm hooked on it. Keep writing this series, please!

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  • catherine
  • 14-02-23

much better

Lottie Parker has finally stopped making her children the center of all her recent books' attention. There is an actual story with a plot and characters. The plot is a little ridiculous but it keeps you involved until the end. Her focus was no longer on making her children horrible, antiquated Irish stereotypes from teenage pregnancy to high school dropouts to no universities or training for any careers. In all of Gibney's books, Lottie is the only intelligent character taking care of everyone else all the time. That storyline is getting old too. None of her characters grow and mature or just evolve and learn from their mistakes.

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  • huck13
  • 25-06-23

I loved this book

Great writer and great reader. It was so interesting
it kept me guessing right to the end.

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  • tothemoonz
  • 17-06-23

A Pageturner

Thoroughly enjoyed the story! It was difficult to put it down and left you wanting more. Can't wait for her next book!

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  • LC
  • 01-05-23

Another great book

I love this series. I look forward to the next book in this series. The characters are very interesting.

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  • R.P.
  • 16-03-23

Best book yet!

I enjoy and look forward to Lottie Parker's next case, but this one kept me guessing until the end. Loved it!

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  • Cyndi
  • 15-03-23

Another Winning Story

Patricia Gibney is an excellent author. I always look forward to her next book in the Lottie Parker series.

The narration is very good and keeps me listening.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 11-03-23

Can’t wait until the next!

Patricia is an amazing writer! I love following along with Lottie’s story and particularly love reading about “Ragmullen!”

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  • Michelle
  • 11-03-23

Love it

I Love it I can not wait for the next book, don’t make us wait too long!

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  • 06-03-23

Best Yet!

The last two books really show Patricia Gibney hitting her stride! I can't wait to see what happens next as the personal lives of the characters develop.

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