This second installment in the DI Lottie Parker series was thrilling from start to finish -- I read it in a single sitting this evening! An excellent, action-packed police procedural that features such horrific topics as sex trafficking, self-mutilation, illegal organ harvesting, horrors of war, and murder.
I have read all of the other books in this enthralling series but somehow missed this one and I am so glad I was able to revisit earlier parts of a long-running story with the characters I've grown attached to and have connected with. Lottie and her team become involved in a very complicated case when a young foreign-born woman and her small son appear on the Parker doorstep on the day that Lottie is to return to work after recovering from events in book #1. On the same day, the body of another girl is found buried in road construction. Unable to make identification, the autopsy gives details that indicate something truly evil is going on in Ragmullin in the Irish Midlands. Then another body is found in similar fashion. Both are suspected asylum seekers but they've not been reported missing and they don't appear on any list at the local privately-run direct provision center.
Then, a friend of Chloe's (Lottie's daughter) goes missing. As the clues mount and leads are chased down, interviews done, and all avenues explored, Lottie can't help but wonder how this case ties together. NO SPOILERS.
Great characters, good writing, and lots of nerve-wracking suspense kept me thoroughly engaged. I'm definitely a fan of this series and I am hopeful that I'll be getting to the eighth book soon!
Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.
This is the second in a series that currently has 7 titles. I missed this one and have read 1, 3-7 and suggest that you read them from the beginning in order.
Genre: police procedural and crime thriller
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