Detective Josie Quinn #19
Blood roars in Josie’s ears as they circle the tree in the deep snow. A woman lies still on the freezing ground. The howling wind lifts the last of the snow clinging to her face, exposing her lovely features, frozen in forever sleep.
Detective Josie Quinn is still recovering from the killing of a beloved member of her team when she and her husband Noah receive yet more devastating news. Close to her breaking point, Josie heads to a specialist trauma retreat,set in an isolated group of log cabins in the mountains of Pennsylvania. But fear is not far behind her. Josie’s five fellow patients all seem to be hiding secrets darker than just the problems that brought them there and a storm is gathering, with thick snow coming down fast, isolating the cabins from the world below.
Then one morning, Meg Cleary disappears. Having spent years living in terror of a stalker, Meg had come to the retreat to try to piece her life back together. But now, her cabin is empty, no logs are burning in her fireplace, no tracks in the snow lead to or from her door. Quickly organizing a search, Josie’s worst fear is realized when she finds Meg’s body lying in the snow, the marks around her neck revealing that her death was no accident.
And this is no normal case, as Josie is stranded without her team, a phone signal or any legal authority to investigate. When she discovers that someone has placed hidden cameras inside the retreat buildings, Josie’s terror grows with the knowledge that the murderer is among them.
Then another patient goes missing. With their food supplies running low and no chance of escape, Josie knows that she is in the greatest danger of her life, and that she alone has a chance to identify the killer and save the rest of the group before it’s too late…
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Review
‘OMG the whole time, whilst reading this book, I was shivering. Not only because I felt the cold seep out from the book, but also because of the suspense the author has filled the story with.
Because of the devastating and traumatising events Josie has been through in the recent and not so recent past, she still is not convinced that going on a retreat to undergo more intensive therapy is something that is going to help her. But she goes anyway, almost on the brink of running away from home and to put some distance between her and her every day life.
A police officer does not ever seem to be off duty and that is a fact Josie is faced with real soon. Being isolated from the rest of the world due to a snow storm and with a killer hiding in plain sight in the small group your are in lock down with is not the best place to be.
Up to Josie to make all the puzzle pieces fit.
Great set up, great story, wonderful series. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but that did not come as a surprise, because every book in this series has been a gem stone. 5 stars
Thank you
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About the author
Lisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series. Lisa is a member of Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S. with her husband and daughter and Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip.
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Author Links
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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Lisalregan
WEBSITE: www.lisaregan.com
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