Detective Jo Fournier #8
Her fingers numb with cold, Jo rushes to search for footprints in the empty parking lot before they are covered in snow. Her cousin and her little daughter never came home tonight and she is desperate to find them. With temperatures dropping, no-one can survive outside for long…
When Detective Jo Fournier’s cousin goes missing with her sweet five-year-old Alexia, Jo heads straight to where they were last seen. Her heart stops when she finds their unlocked car—one door has been left open and Alexia’s beloved teddy is lying in the snow. Jo’s blood runs cold as she realizes her family have been kidnapped…
Even as she swears to bring them home, Jo makes a discovery that chills her to the bone: other young, single mothers have vanished with their little daughters just before Christmas.
As Jo’s team re-open the cold cases, they make a terrible discovery. Buried deep under the snow in the forest near Oakhurst are the bones of a mother and daughter who disappeared. The snowy grave contains a little angel, the kind you would hang on a Christmas tree.
With no sign of her cousin and little Alexia, Jo is sure that they are in the hands of a twisted serial killer and running out of time. Discovering suspicious activity in the security footage from the day her cousins were taken gives Jo the clue she’s been desperately searching for. Can Jo bring her family home safe, or has the killer lured her into a terrifying trap?
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Review
I am so happy Jo invited us into her life again. I am glad so see she is still as determined as before and I like the way her personal life seems to move into a satisfactory direction.
Usually with books where the main character is a detective, the focus often is on the police investigation. I had the feeling the author moved that focus to put the spotlight more on the actions of the victim and the sad story of the culprit. Don’t get me wrong, we still get to enjoy the teamwork between Jo and Bob and the other members of the police force, spitting through everything and making the pieces fall together.
I liked the switching of the points of view from the different characters. I make me feel more alert somehow.
There is no way you cannot love lioness Paxton…
Another amazing series I adore reading! Bring on book 9, please. I cannot wait to find out how this is going to continue. 5 stars
Thank you
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:About the author
M.M. Chouinard’s first fiction story was published in her local paper when she was eight, and she fell in love with Agatha Christie novels not long after. While pursuing a Ph.D in psychology and helping to found the first U.S. research university of the new millenium, the stories kept rattling around inside her skull, demanding to come out. For sanity’s sake, she released them. She’s currently at work on her seventh novel.
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Author Links
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Book Links
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