When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert - and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart is sure that parallels with a previous disappearance are anything but coincidental.

DS Hart is still reeling from a case she tried and failed to solve eighteen months ago, when a young woman vanished without a trace. She’s no nearer to the truth of what happened to Amy Fisher, but with two children missing now, too, the stakes have never been higher. As she looks to the past for clues, she must confront her own haunting loss, a nightmare she is determined to spare other families.

Hart soon realizes that nothing in this close-knit Lincolnshire community is what it seems. Pursuing the investigation with personal vengeance, she finds herself in conflict with her scrupulous new boss, but playing by the rules will have to wait. Because while there’s no shortage of suspects, the missing girls are running out of time....

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D. S. Butler
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Henrietta Meire
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11 October 2018
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English
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Listening Length	8 hours and 32 minutes
Author	D. S. Butler
Narrator	Henrietta Meire
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Audible.com.au Release Date	11 October 2018
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07GZ8NTZ6
Best Sellers Rank	13,008 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 256 in Women Sleuth Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 417 in Police Procedural Mysteries 505 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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Meliecats

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

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2019

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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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Excellent book.

Reviewed in Australia on 8 March 2019

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This is the first book I’ve read by this author and it won’t be the last. I’m the sort of reader who skips over ‘boring’ parts in books. There was no skipping over here as the entire book kept me reading, reading, reading.......

9 people found this helpful

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Bron D

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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Overexplained and lacking restraint

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2021

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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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des

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 24 August 2021

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I found this book by accident a d thought l would read it what an amazing supprise a great story that kept me interested and reading ha ing got a little bored by my previous books great story well put together and great reading to the end looking forword to the authors next books

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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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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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Mrs Terry Clarke

A REAL DON'T WANT TO PUT IT DOWN READ'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2018

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This is a really good, gripping read from D S Butler. The new Detective ( Karen Hart ) is an interesting character. I look forward to seeing more of her & how she evolves. I love the fact she is her own person & is not afraid to buck the system if she feels it necessary. The story holds you as you try to work out what's happened, but it is weaved so well that the twist surprises you. If this is the first book you have read by this Author, I urge you to read her D S Jack MacKinnon series. Great characters & great story telling. I am sure Karen Hart will become a favourite too. Thanks for the pleasure of yet another good read D S Butler

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TheChallengedKnitter

I think my eyes might bleed if I read any more

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2018

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So terribly written that it was difficult to keep my concentration. I had to give up at 32% or else scratch my eyes out. I hope Ms Butler's writing abilities and style improve with the following books, but at the moment I can't bring myself to read them to find out.

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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.

31 people found this helpful

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Good mystery crime thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2019

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This was my first book by D. S Butler that I had read. I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I was hooked. The characters and the storyline was very realistic and believable. It was intriguing and also very current to the world we all sadly live in today. Where crimes against children and the internet and mental illness are becoming the main sources of horrific murders, rapes and child abuse and grooming gangs or individuals.

This book is brilliant at transporting you into the detectives lives of hard work, endless dead end leads, suspicion and good old intuition. Which goes into every case they are given. I recommend to every crime thriller enthusiast to buy this book. You won't be disappointed.

25 people found this helpful

SandraL

First in the series - Lincolnshire Police Procedural

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2019

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DS Karen Hart and her team are called in to investigate the disappearance of two 10 year old girls who sneak out of school early to meet a friend who says they can ride their pony. The case reminds Karen of one she investigated 18 months ago when a young woman went missing and was never found.

I read these books in the wrong order because I was given an ARC of the second DS Karen Hart book, which I really enjoyed, so bought this one. There were many twists and turns in the investigation, as you would expect, and I didn’t guess the ending. I am now looking forward to book 3 in the series.

I listened to this book on Audible, and although I enjoyed the story, I did not enjoy the narrator and sometimes felt like giving up because she was spoiling the story for me. Authors, please be aware that a narrator can make or break a book.

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