Detective Lottie Parker is investigating the case of a missing 8 year old girl when a body is found in the grounds of the cathedral. When she arrives, she is horrified to find that the body is of another child, who was not reported missing.
A day later, the second body is found across town in the grounds of another church.
Juggling her career, family, her mother with dementia, and her partner, Boyd disappearing suddenly to look for his own missing son, a lot is put onto Lottie's shoulders.
One clue leads to another, and the twists and turns keep Lottie and her team chasing after suspect after suspect, uncovering much more than they were originally looking for.

Oh yes!!! What an absolute roller coaster of an investigation! The multiple clues following in quick succession, one after the other, some with tenuous links to the murders, it takes solid police work to find out who exactly is responsible for the murders of two innocent young children.
There are so many red herrings, and the fact that a woman who has dementia has the clue to the killer, but when she tries to report it, the memory flits from her mind like a butterfly.
This novel runs a mile a minute, there is always action, and the plot and sub plots run beautifully together, keeping the reader in high suspense.
I could hardly bear to put this book down, Patricia Gibney definitely knows how to keep her readers rapt.

Lottie has become one of my most favourite Detectives, and I absolutely recommend this series if you are looking for well planned and well thought out police thrillers that have twists and turns that will leave you breathless.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

When Detective Lottie Parker receives news that a child’s body has been found in the frozen grounds of the cathedral, a shiver runs down her spine. She’s terrified it will be eight-year-old Willow Devine, reported missing that morning.
But when she arrives at the cathedral, holding a photo of Willow with her blonde ponytail and gap-toothed smile, she gets a terrible shock. The body is a young girl, wrapped in a white shroud, a rosary clutched in her frozen fingers. But her hair is dark, not fair. This girl isn’t Willow but another eight-year-old, Naomi.
Pick up this novel and you will find it hard to put it down again, and when you have read it, you will find it easy to believe that you have actually been there experiencing the story yourself.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

When a young girl is found dead, posed in the snow at the local church. Lottie Parker and her team need to investigate. When a second girl is found at the other church, suspicion falls on father Maguire.

Loved this. So many twists and turns. There were so many suspects and you could feel Lottie’s frustration at the lack of evidence.

I’m not a huge fan of the back story of Boyd and his son Sergio. At the start of the book I was inwardly groaning, but it definitely grew on me as things transpired.

A great read!

This one was really good. Book 13, but it felt like the story was how Gibney wrote them at the beginning. Her family wasn’t involved in the case & no drama. It’s almost Christmas and a snow storm has begun, school is canceled & people are staying in. Then two little girls are found murdered outside parishes. Lottie & gang have their hands full investigating. Was it the new priest or is it someone more sinister? There’s a lot going on & many characters to keep track of, but everyone & everything comes together nicely.

A young girl is reported missing in Ragamullin. Willow Devine had been dropped off at school by her mum during a snow storm - her mum Zoe was not aware that school had been cancelled due to the snow. When a body is found some hours later it is presumed it's Willow but it turns out to be her school friend Naomi Kiernan. Naomi had not been reported missing and her mother claims she was unaware that school was closed that day. With suspicions about one of the local priests, an evasive mother, a social worker who seems to have a vendetta for the Kiernan family and a creepy undertaker Lottie Parker and her team have their work cut out to track down the murderer. Lottie is also struggling to care for her family and her mother who's dementia is worsening. Her colleague and lover Boyd is distracted as he's still trying to trace his son Sergio who was taken by his ex-wife Jackie several months earlier.

Another fantastic read in this series

Thanks to Netgalley, Bookouture and Patricia Gibney for the ARC of this book in return for an honest review.