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The Lost Child

By: Patricia Gibney
Narrated by: Michele Moran
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"Let me out! Please...." My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider’s webs. No one comes....

Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. Detective Lottie Parker is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman’s body broken. 

A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer’s identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan’s asylum - a case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life? 

When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken? 

An absolutely gripping book from the best-selling author of The Missing Ones and The Stolen Girls. If you love Rachel Abbott, Angela Marsons, or Robert Dugoni, you’ll be completely hooked. 

©2017 Patricia Gibney (P)2017 Bookouture

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Best crime series in a long time.

I could not put this book down. Gripingly realistic, absolutely 100% believable, characters are 3 dimensional and on point as you could wish. No cliches, no tricks no slight of hand, just full on damn good story telling at it's best. I quietly hope this is the last in the seies as it just can't get any better. At the same time its so good you want more. 6 stars.

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fabulous read

The lost child was the third in the series of inspector Lottie Parker I loved this book has a great twist at the end looking forward to the next book

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another wonderful story in the series

I love this series. I'm really getting to know Lottie and the other characters. the only thing with this performance was the foreign accents. American performed by a strong Irish accent didn't work for me, but I loved the story and the twist at the end. looking forward to the next one.

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Stayed up all night

Just had to keep reading /listening. I am really enjoying this series. And the narrator is brilliant.

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Another great story line!

Another killer story line that defiantly kept you thinking right till the end. well read, with each character easily defined by the voice and time changes. Love these characters!

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Mystery

I love the way Patricia Gibney can have so many different people in her stories and bring them altogether to solve the crime

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As Always Awesome

A great series. I appreciate the time and effort put into writing this series. Lottie Parker never fails to intrigue and entertain.

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wow

This is a real page turner. I love this type of read and this is one of the best I've read.
Full of twists and turns. And a great finish.

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Lost child

The book was very good I enjoyed the suspense it kept me on the edge of my seat the twist at the end was really good

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Plot v Character v Narrator

Plot was quit good, it kept me wondering and had those areas where I guessed something’s but not all.
Characters were a little wanting. I couldn’t quite see Lottie.
The narrator, while speaking well, was difficult to follow sometimes during dialogue as the differences were had to discern.

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