Published: 6th November 2015
Publisher: Bookouture
Pages: 359
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Blurb
Two girls go missing. Only one will return.
The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.
When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.
And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.
Seemingly outwitted at every turn, as they uncover a trail of bodies, Stone realises that these ruthless killers might be the most deadly she has ever faced. And that their chances of bringing the girls home alive, are getting smaller by the hour…
Untangling a dark web of secrets from the families’ past might hold the key to solving this case. But can Kim stay alive long enough to do so? Or will someone’s child pay the ultimate price?
The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.
When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.
And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.
Seemingly outwitted at every turn, as they uncover a trail of bodies, Stone realises that these ruthless killers might be the most deadly she has ever faced. And that their chances of bringing the girls home alive, are getting smaller by the hour…
Untangling a dark web of secrets from the families’ past might hold the key to solving this case. But can Kim stay alive long enough to do so? Or will someone’s child pay the ultimate price?
Review
Lost Girls is Angela Marsons’ third instalment in the D.I. Stone
series and I think it might just be my favourite so far. Just like her previous
two novels Silent Scream and Evil Games Angela has written a fast-paced and
gripping story which will have you on the edge of your seat, your nerves in
tatters and physically unable to put that book down!
This time the case involves two young girls who have been kidnapped
and a bidding war is instigated between the two families, the incentive being
whichever family pays the most will see their little girl again, the other won’t.
The case mirrors an earlier case where only one of the girls was returned
safely. As Kim is put in charge of this high profile case she promises to
deliver both girls home…alive.
As Kim and her team set up home in one of the families’
homes they are joined by two additional members, profiler Alison and negotiator
Matt. In true Kim style she doesn’t let them settle in easily and there is a
lot of verbal sparring between them as Kim struggles with the pressure to
deliver a result as time slowly runs out. Being located in the home of one of
the families also gave an insight into the way the two couples reacted to each
other as time when on, the emotions and dialogue between them was just
fascinating to read and very believable.
Aside from the main case we begin to learn more about D.S.
Kevin Dawson as Kim sends him off on his own to tie up an old case. I really
enjoyed getting to know more about Dawson and his background as it made Kim’s
team feel even more real. I hope in the next novel we can learn more about
Stacey and what makes her tick.
As the story unfolded I began to have a feeling for who I
thought was the perpetrator and…boom...how wrong I was! The last few chapters
of this novel built up into an utterly amazing and nail-biting conclusion, one
which I totally didn’t see coming and completely threw me as I thought, aww
Angela has done it again! Her plots just get better and better and the realism
of it all has me in awe as everything always comes together in such a clever
way.
I think 2015 has been a fantastic year for Angela Marsons’
she has delivered three outstanding crime novels and seems to have become a
firm favourite with many crime readers. She has definitely become my favourite
crime writer and one which I know will produce some must-read novels of 2016.
Well done Angela, I am a huge fan of your utterly brilliant addictive writing
and please, please don’t stop writing!!
Finally I’d like to say I give Lost Girls 5/5….it
really deserves many more! I’d also like to thank Bookouture and Netgalley for
the review copy, it has been a pleasure to read and review
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