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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Great Read. Although dark, I really enjoyed this book. Can't wait to read the second book in the series. Thank you to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book
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DNF at 30%. I really like the authors other books with Natalie Ward as the detective but didn’t feel such a connection with Robyn Carter as detective and found myself getting a little lost. Didn’t have as much an appeal in the end.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m always disappointed when I can figure out a book from the first chapter. I stopped reading about halfway through….
Really enjoyed this book,it is a series I shall look forward to reading more of. Detective Robyn Carter has an unusual back story and I look forward to seeing how it develops.
This is Carol Wyer’s first effort at writing a psychological thriller. She succeeds in spades.
The opening prologue, which should include a trigger warning for those who have endured childhood trauma, sets up this story which is both chilling and complex. Wyer has set a high bar for her new series featuring DI Robin Carter.
Carter is working as a PI with her cousin while she recovers from her own personal traumas. When a woman asks her to find her missing husband, Robin is caught up in a serial killer’s careful plans of revenge. While she is knocking on doors and hunting for background information on the missing teacher a sixty-year-old man dies while out jogging and his housekeeper is found dead under suspicious circumstances. It takes all of Robin’s skills to connect these allegedly accidental deaths to her own investigation. Running parallel to Carter’s investigation is the story line of Abigail, her pilot husband Jackson, and her adorable infant daughter Izzy. Abigail begins getting mysterious notes suggesting she needs to come clean about her past. And oh yes, don’t trust your husband because he is not telling you the truth. Wyer succeeds in making the reader suspicious of this couple and their friends.
This is the first in what I hope will be many books featuring Robin and her cousin Ross. The plot with all its twists and turns and multiple points of view drives the novel. We spend so much time in the killer’s past and present that there is little time for Carter to prove herself as a capable investigator. We’ve been introduced to her angst filled past and her dogged determination to follow her gut instincts and occasionally ruffle the feathers of her superiors but in this novel the investigator takes a back seat to the victims and the killer.
It’s a sign of a great writer when her readers feel empathy for a serial killer. Wyer wins for a new look at cause and effect. It is early in the year, but this well paced novel earns 5 stars from this reader.
Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of this novel.
The opening prologue, which should include a trigger warning for those who have endured childhood trauma, sets up this story which is both chilling and complex. Wyer has set a high bar for her new series featuring DI Robin Carter.
Carter is working as a PI with her cousin while she recovers from her own personal traumas. When a woman asks her to find her missing husband, Robin is caught up in a serial killer’s careful plans of revenge. While she is knocking on doors and hunting for background information on the missing teacher a sixty-year-old man dies while out jogging and his housekeeper is found dead under suspicious circumstances. It takes all of Robin’s skills to connect these allegedly accidental deaths to her own investigation. Running parallel to Carter’s investigation is the story line of Abigail, her pilot husband Jackson, and her adorable infant daughter Izzy. Abigail begins getting mysterious notes suggesting she needs to come clean about her past. And oh yes, don’t trust your husband because he is not telling you the truth. Wyer succeeds in making the reader suspicious of this couple and their friends.
This is the first in what I hope will be many books featuring Robin and her cousin Ross. The plot with all its twists and turns and multiple points of view drives the novel. We spend so much time in the killer’s past and present that there is little time for Carter to prove herself as a capable investigator. We’ve been introduced to her angst filled past and her dogged determination to follow her gut instincts and occasionally ruffle the feathers of her superiors but in this novel the investigator takes a back seat to the victims and the killer.
It’s a sign of a great writer when her readers feel empathy for a serial killer. Wyer wins for a new look at cause and effect. It is early in the year, but this well paced novel earns 5 stars from this reader.
Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of this novel.
I've been hearing so many positive things about Carol Wyer's books that I decided to pick this one up. I read a lot of this type of book and wasn't sure if I needed to start another series. I'm so glad I did! This novel as everything I like about a crime novel; a complex plot; good character development, and a great main character. DI Robyn Carter is returning to the police force after a devastating loss. Robyn begins investigating a teacher who is missing and a man who is murdered. This is a busy novel. In addition to Robyn's story, there are flashbacks to a character, Alice, who was sexually abused as a child and a mother Abigail in the present day who is receiving threatening phone calls. This is quite the page turner. I will definitely be picking of Wyer's second novel, "Secrets of the Dead" very soon.
I'm going to put the TW as spoiler tags but I would recommend you reading them:
TW:
I really don't have much to say about this as I just didn't like the writing. The plot was interesting and could have been so much better if the writing matched up to it. My issue was that some of the actions of the characters were just so bizarre; mostly the long monologues that they would go onto for pages and pages to a simple question. It just baffled me. Also this book is far too long - cut out 100 pages and it could have been an interesting thriller. The ending was underwhelming; it didn't shock me or really invest me that much into it.
TW:
Spoiler
very graphic depictions of child sexual abuse and rape; the first chapter entirely is almost one extremely graphic portrayal of child rape that goes into a lot of detail, sibling sexual abuse, sibling rape, child pregnancy following rape, child sexual abuse, parental failure to protect from abuse, murder, death, vomiting, child abduction, escorting, child prostitution, mentions of drugs and drug running, character is stabbed in the eye, death by strangulationI really don't have much to say about this as I just didn't like the writing. The plot was interesting and could have been so much better if the writing matched up to it. My issue was that some of the actions of the characters were just so bizarre; mostly the long monologues that they would go onto for pages and pages to a simple question. It just baffled me. Also this book is far too long - cut out 100 pages and it could have been an interesting thriller. The ending was underwhelming; it didn't shock me or really invest me that much into it.
My review of Little Girl Lost by Carol Wyer
2017 has been a feast of 5-star books for me and Carol Wyer is at the top of my list. It was minutes between ending Little Girl Lost and beginning the next in the series, Secrets of the Dead.
Carol Wyer weaves a tale of hurt, pain, secrets, and changed identities. Abigail is the center of a whirlwind of activity. Missing people, dead people, and Abigail is being threatened. Creepy voiced phone calls, voices in her house, emails, texts... all that disappear as quickly as they appear. Her husband Jackson thinks she's lost her mind.
DI Robyn Carter has a painful past as well, and while she grieves the loss of her boyfriend Davies, she works for her cousin Ross's PI firm. Upon returning to the force, she still enlists the help of Ross... mostly to carry off the things she'd get herself in trouble for. LOL Ross is totally lovable, and is an enjoyable asset to the story.
Little Girl Lost does contain some pedophelia. Carol Wyer allows you to understand the gravity of what is going on without a whole lot of graphics.
I read Little Girl Lost quickly, I couldn't put it down. Every time I thought I knew what was going on, it turned out to be totally wrong. TWISTY!!
I read a few reviews which stated that the book is slow, graphic and too long. I don't agree with that at all. First, graphic doesn't bother me, I know it's fake. I stated above that it wasn't too graphic and I still agree. This is a long book, yes, but engaging and well paced.
5-Stars
5-stars and two thumbs up. If you are into twisty crime thrillers, Carol Wyer is one to have on your watch list!
You can read all of my reviews at http://www.darktwistybooks.com/
2017 has been a feast of 5-star books for me and Carol Wyer is at the top of my list. It was minutes between ending Little Girl Lost and beginning the next in the series, Secrets of the Dead.
Carol Wyer weaves a tale of hurt, pain, secrets, and changed identities. Abigail is the center of a whirlwind of activity. Missing people, dead people, and Abigail is being threatened. Creepy voiced phone calls, voices in her house, emails, texts... all that disappear as quickly as they appear. Her husband Jackson thinks she's lost her mind.
DI Robyn Carter has a painful past as well, and while she grieves the loss of her boyfriend Davies, she works for her cousin Ross's PI firm. Upon returning to the force, she still enlists the help of Ross... mostly to carry off the things she'd get herself in trouble for. LOL Ross is totally lovable, and is an enjoyable asset to the story.
Little Girl Lost does contain some pedophelia. Carol Wyer allows you to understand the gravity of what is going on without a whole lot of graphics.
I read Little Girl Lost quickly, I couldn't put it down. Every time I thought I knew what was going on, it turned out to be totally wrong. TWISTY!!
I read a few reviews which stated that the book is slow, graphic and too long. I don't agree with that at all. First, graphic doesn't bother me, I know it's fake. I stated above that it wasn't too graphic and I still agree. This is a long book, yes, but engaging and well paced.
5-Stars
5-stars and two thumbs up. If you are into twisty crime thrillers, Carol Wyer is one to have on your watch list!
You can read all of my reviews at http://www.darktwistybooks.com/
Book one is DI Robyn Carter detective series . Wow ! What an amazing start to this detective thriller series. I was enthralled with this book from the first page . DI
Carter is super and I love her rapport with her cousin Ross. Plenty of twists and turns in this book that will keep you the reader on your toes . Massive 5 stars from me .
Carter is super and I love her rapport with her cousin Ross. Plenty of twists and turns in this book that will keep you the reader on your toes . Massive 5 stars from me .