Hidden Daughters

Detective Lottie Parker, Book 15

De: Patricia Gibney

Narrado por: Michele Moran

The girl shuddered violently as she hid behind the crumbling walls. Through the gloom she saw something that made her blood freeze in fear, and heard the heavy footsteps. She knew there was no way out…

When the call comes in about a lonely woman found burned to death in a deserted cottage, Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. Her investigation swiftly reveals the victim has no family to mourn her. As a young girl, she was abandoned by her parents and hidden away at the Sisters of Forgiveness Convent. Has something in her tragic past led to her murder?

Then Lottie discovers that she had a visitor just before she died. A young journalist, Imelda, had called on the vulnerable woman. Could she have something to do with her death?

Lottie’s search takes her to the abandoned convent, and as she takes in the imposing dark walls, she can only imagine how terrified the girls must have been. The old caretaker on site tells Lottie that a woman matching Imelda’s description had been there a day earlier…

But later that day, Lottie is devastated to learn that the caretaker has been scalded to death like the woman in the cottage. Imelda is the only connection between the victims, and Lottie is in a race against time to find her.

Yet when Imelda’s blood-stained jacket is found in an abandoned farm-building Lottie fears that the killer has got to the young journalist first. Desperate to find Imelda alive, and identify the deadly perpetrator, Lottie needs to find answers from the other broken women who were hidden at the convent. But can she find them before another victim is silenced forever?

A totally addictive thriller from best-selling author Patricia Gibney. If you like Rachel McLean, Kendra Elliott and Robert Dugoni, Hidden Daughters will have you hooked.

©2025 Patricia Gibney (P)2025 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Best yet!

Lottie Parker is a flawed character, certainly, but she’s got an intrinsic sense of justice that she doesn’t ignore. She’s one of my favorites and now I have to wait til the next book…

Always a Treat

I love all the books in the series, and the narrator is always amazing. Can’t wait for the next one.

BEST of a great series!

I have enjoyed all of the Lottie Parker books- but this one was the best!!!

You’re in for a Treat

Patricia Gibney’s books about Detective Lottie Parker are always a treat. There are a slew of great characters and an interesting and intricate plot. I grabbed this one immediately and finished it in a day. Usually, the wait for the next one seems incredibly long. This time, the read was so good that I intend to do another reading of the book as soon as I start missing Lottie. I recommend reading the entire series.

Dump him!

I’m so tired of all the whining from Boyd. Dump him. Introduce a new character to make Lottie happy- please!!
The rest of the plot was fantastic as usual.

Dislike of Lottie

Lottie is a self absorbed lead character and difficult for me to like her . I found her quite arrogant and self absorbed

I hate Lottie Parker

I’ve read every book in this series, and, for the most part, have enjoyed them. That being said, I’m done. Lottie has become a manipulative, hypocritical bully. She has an elderly mother with dementia who needs to go into a nursing facility and a house that’s falling apart around her, and does nothing about either but complain. She horns into an investigation out of her jurisdiction in this outing (if someone did this to her, she’d have a stroke), attempts to sabotage her SIL’s wedding, lies to everyone, and reacts poorly when presented with her younger daughter’s career news. She is selfish and horrible. Finally Boyd has separated himself from her. She, of course, blames everyone but herself. Poor Lottie. She has made me hate the sound of poor Michelle Moran’s voice. Lottie has been unlikable in the past, but she has turned the corner to completely repugnant. I had to force myself to finish this book. The dialogue was repetitive and choppy. The reveal was anticlimactic. Who didn’t see that coming? I truly don’t care what happens to Lottie Parker at this point, so I’m not going to waste my time on future books.