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  • The Missing Ones

  • Detective Lottie Parker, Book 1
  • By: Patricia Gibney
  • Narrated by: Michele Moran
  • Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,416 ratings)
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The Missing Ones

By: Patricia Gibney
Narrated by: Michele Moran
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Summary

The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror.

The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. "I wonder which one of us will be next?"

When a woman's body is discovered in a cathedral and hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home, Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation. Both bodies have the same distinctive tattoo clumsily inscribed on their legs. It's clear the pair are connected, but how?

The trail leads Lottie to St Angela's, a former children's home, with a dark connection to her own family history. Suddenly the case just got personal.

As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old, two teenage boys go missing. She must close in on the killer before they strike again, but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger?

Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice.

©2017 Patricia Gibney (P)2017 Bookouture

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Modern crime horror worthy of Netflix series

Excellent. Has everything you want in an unputdownable detective novel. Excellent audible narration. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

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Fascinating

What did you like most about The Missing Ones?

Really good book which I am still listening to and do not want it to end, loving it

What about Michele Moran’s performance did you like?

She is an excellent story teller and so clever with the voices

Any additional comments?

Well worth getting and I am hoping she will write another one as good as this

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I wanted to carry on reading.

I really enjoyed this book. The plot was very believable. I listened whilst cooking ,driving in the bath wherever I could. Absolutely loved the narrator and look forward to the next book in the series.

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A glimpse of evil

A book full of twists and turns. To start with the accents were difficult to listen to. But I was so I engrossed in the story that I didn’t notice after a while. Listened in two sittings. If it wasn’t so long would have done it in one...

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Really gripping story

I love the Lottie Parker series, the characters are well-written and the stories are well-developed. The story always draws me in until the very end. A good narrator is always a winner, and this is no exception.

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Excellent story and narration.

Loved it! Hard to put down! Excellent narration! I hope there's more from this author.

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Thoroughly enjoyed on my drives to and from work.

What made the experience of listening to The Missing Ones the most enjoyable?

Great story.

What about Michele Moran’s performance did you like?

Good voice. Liked the accent as it was appropriate to the location of the book.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No. Compelling though.

Any additional comments?

Will look out for another Lottie Parker mystery.

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Gri

Kept me gripped all the way through. my first audible book there will be many more

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Excellent

This book was brilliantly read, it kept you wondering who why and where right to the very end

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Brilliant

I was practically addicted!
I really liked the narration. The characters became people very quickly in my mind.
The story was very sad and so much truth behind it.. It ran on 2 timeliness but was never confusing.
Ist time I've listened to/read this author but definitely not the last.

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