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Enjoyable fast paced read Lincolnshire Detective Karen Hart and the missing girls

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2019

I really enjoyed this book. It had a different outcome to what I thought would happen.
The book is well written, fast paced and shows that police are human too, they have lives outside of work and make mistakes. Especially when working very long hours in the case of searching for missing children. The book is set in Lincolnshire, in the middle of England where the police have to manage a rural region of small towns and villages.
Even though I had a hunch of the abductor, there is still some un-expected twists.
I plan to read more books by this author.

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Overexplained and lacking restraint

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2021

Sorry, I could not even get to half way. Too often the characters thought, and spoke in long sentences, explaining everything several times over to each other. It felt a bit like I was reading daytime soap opera. The portrayal of police work seemed unrealistic - lacking nuance and depth - everyone seemed overly sincere. I bought based on the reviews, and feel let down. I am leaving at three stars because it may have improved over time, I just could not stay with it.

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Enjoyable fast paced read Lincolnshire Detective Karen Hart and the missing girls

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2019

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Enjoyable with Audio

Reviewed in Australia on 2 August 2021

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A small town police procedural which follows the police loyally, including a few detours into dead ends. While its hard to say a crime novel has a happy ending, this book does feature a closed ending where the criminals are caught at the end.

I enjoyed that this books primary focus was a missing persons' case when two young girls go missing from school. It made a change from a lot of police procedurals I'd read recently that were focused on serial murder. Although there is a colder case they intermittently think about, for the most part this book focuses on the single crime, and the daily life lesser crimes of villagers.

The 4 central members of the police team, DCs Sophie and Rick, DS Karen Hart and DI Morgan have quite a strong introduction. For the first book in a series they had strong team dynamics (both positive and negative) as well as a few personal side stories that promise the develop strong characters over the course of a series.

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Great start to a police procedural series

Reviewed in Australia on 26 January 2021

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Great start to a British Police Procedural Crime Series. This is a new to me Author, but since it’s one of my favourite genres, I really wanted to read this series. It didn’t disappoint. DS Karen Hart has a tragic background, 5 years ago she lost her husband Josh and daughter Tilly in a car accident. Her neighbour and close friend Christine is her backstop and provides unconditional support. We also meet her relatively new Boss DI Scott Morgan, who is very different to Karen and prefers to not rely on Karen’s hunches. Rounding out the team are DC Rick Cooper who is juggling outside demands and DS Sophie Jones who is ambitious and eager.

The story itself is a parent’s nightmare, where 2 ten year old girls have gone missing. This a page turner, as the team work quickly to locate the girls, and like all good detective novels, there are some red herrings, with the reveal at the end a really good one.

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Not Overly Impressed

Reviewed in Australia on 31 May 2019

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An author that has to tell you something over and over - in this instance she has a bad feeling about the Palmers. I found it hard to believe that someone as uncontrollable as Sophie was promoted to DC. The book wasn't bad but I won't be following Karen Hart - one was more than enough and it was a rather simplistic story.

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Amanda

A Really Good Read

Reviewed in Australia on 2 May 2019

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This is the first book I have read from this author and I wasn't disappointed. Good story line, easy to read and kept you turning the page. Will definitely be reading more of the Karen Hart series.

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Elizabeth McMahon

Good read..

Reviewed in Australia on 29 April 2019

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This is the first book I've read from this author and I enjoyed it a lot. I like to read books in sequence of a series so I'm looking forward to getting to know the team of DCI Morgan, DS Karen Hart and the young detective constables Sophie and Rick better as the series progresses.

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Well put together

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2019

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Karen Hart has written this book with a good knowledge of her subject in a most believable way

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Mary

Bring Them Home (Detective Karen Hart Book 1)

Reviewed in Australia on 7 November 2020

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I couldn't stop reading.

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Rachel McKitterick

Excellent!!

Reviewed in Australia on 28 October 2018

*thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.

Yet again D.S. Butler delivers another excellent book! I was pulled into this story right from the start and stayed in it until the very end. I really liked DS Karen Hart and am so glad that this is only book 1 in a series. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for book 2. This was so good that it only took me 2 days to read. It wasnt easy to predict who took the children but once it was all explained at the end, I could easily understand it. But that is all I will say about that. You will just have to read this gem to find out what im talking about. Highly recommended.

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Alex_K

good start to a new series

Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2018

Two kids have gone missing and DS Karen Hart has a hunch who might be behind the abduction. There is also Amy, missing for 18 month now and even in this case Karen is sure who is too blame. Interesting story and I really liked it. Karen was a bit obsessive about the Palmer family, but who can blame her. Good start to a new series and I definitely will read the next book about Karen Hart.

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