Local Girl Missing

Detective Josie Quinn, Book 15

By: Lisa Regan

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked makeup compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the mist parts—just for a second—to reveal a beautiful young girl on the ground, her pale lips frozen forever in a silent scream....

On a winding mountain road into the small town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The sight of plum-colored bruises gathering around the girl’s neck pierces Josie’s heart, but the discovery of a second girl’s empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape.

Dina’s parents are grief-stricken as the town rallies together in a desperate search for the second girl, Alison Mills, who waitressed with Dina at a local hotel. The two best friends were on their way to a shift when they were attacked. Josie was too late to save Dina, but she won’t rest until Alison is home safe.

Hitting a dead-end with interviews, Josie thinks she’s on to something when a photo surfaces suggesting Alison was romantically involved with one of the hotel staff. But when Josie arrives at the man’s house to find a bullet in his head and the house ransacked, the case comes crashing down.

Evidence of frantic searching at both crime scenes has Josie convinced a twisted killer is on a hunt for something very personal and precious. And that they won’t stop until they find it. But how many innocent lives will be destroyed before Josie can uncover the missing piece at the heart of this deadly puzzle? And what sacrifices will she have to make to find Alison alive?

Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni, and Rachel Caine.

Warning: will keep you up all night!

©2022 Lisa Regan (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Great book

This book’s story line
was great, but her character development was excellent.
I found my self screaming, “ come on don’t be so dumb.”
And “ Hurry up already.”
The characters came alive which gave the story its legs.. Highly recommend this book.

Excellent

Story, clever plot line and lovely character development! I love Josie, Noah, Trout and all their friends ♥️

Lots of twists

Exciting book! It will keep you guessing until the very end. Easy to follow a long.

Could have been 5 stars

I wanted to scream when they come in and there is a woman bleeding on the floor and two suspects in the basement. You should barricade the suspects in and treat the woman until help arrives, although that seemed to take forever. No, they leave the lady bleeding on the floor and go down a dark basement putting themselves and the woman at risk. That made no sense. I liked the story but hate when the writer has them do something stupid to create drama. Also cops are trained never to give up their off-season weapons. I believe he(or she) that shoots first wins.

Great book!

Loved it! Well written and performance was great. I Can not get enough Josie Quinn!