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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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original story

Reviewed in Australia on 23 March 2019

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A bit slow to start but the book gathered pace nicely as it went along. Well written and original story line with well rounded characters, I look forward to reading more from this author.

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A good story

Reviewed in Australia on 28 January 2019

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D S Butler has written this book very well, the plot I liked and the characters, especially Karen and her team.

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mehdi pira

Good read!

Reviewed in Australia on 21 August 2021

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A well-written and interesting story.

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Mr Kerry Hart

At last found another good writer

Reviewed in Australia on 26 January 2020

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Good story well written looking forward to further books by the same auther

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Dianne Merrett

action packed. .

Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2019

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KEPT YOU GUESSING TO THE END. HARD TO PUT DOWN .WELL WRITTEN

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Michael

Fabulous book

Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2021

This was a fabulous book; kept me interested from beginning to end. Very well written and heart warming at the end. Cheryl

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Sally

Excellent crime/police story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2018

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Loved this book. I've read several books by this author under this name and also writing as Dani Oakley. They are well written intelligent books with characters who draw you in and keep you involved in the story.
In this case, two young girls disappear on their way home from school. The ensuing search introduces a complex group of characters all with their own back stories of which we get a glimpse characters range from the over enthusiastic new officer to the experienced and the exhausted.
Relationships evolve alongside the plot, the twists and turns are largely believable and there is promise of more to come.
Looking forward to the next in the series.

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Where have the girls gone?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2018

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This is a well written book, with all the elements of mystery concerning the two missing young girls. The case gets cold, all leads are dead ends. Karen has a hunch about one family who own a large old farm, but it leads nowhere. As the story unfurls, and also involves another missing girl, who has not been found after 18 months , we wonder how it will all end.
A good story, keeping you wanting to read on and find out what will happen.

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jvp

Ultimately disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2019

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I read both books available in this series back to back. The plots were well worked out and the characterisation was not bad on the whole. I might be interested in learning more about the characters and their stories, except that I found the writing style rather clunky and clumsy. It felt as though the books were written for readers of below-average intelligence, with the bleedin' obvious continually explained and recaps of events that had only happened 20 pages previously. The editor should have been tougher, less is more and readers should be trusted to correctly interpret events, imagine emotions and draw their own conclusions without being constantly bludgeoned over the head with the obvious.

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