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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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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.......

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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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Overexplained and lacking restraint

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2021

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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Jill

Very slow read....

Reviewed in Australia on 12 May 2019

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The framework of the storyline is quite good, unfortunately, the journey was a major yawn & I found myself skipping pages yet never missed anything significant. It got so bogged down with useless details about nothing that I became reluctant to continue with it. I found it impossible to get involved with the characters & I'm wondering if this book was written for teenagers, as the style is very juvenile. Very disappointing...

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Patricia

Such a good book

Reviewed in Australia on 15 February 2019

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I really love a mystery, especially when I can't guess the
Culpeper. And this was a real suprise ending. You will
Enjoy it

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