The Church of The Holy Child

By: Patricia Hale

Narrated by: Kathleen Miranti

Length: 7 hrs

Publisher's Summary

A woman with a history of domestic abuse is reported missing and her husband is pulled in for questioning. A relationship of too little too late with the local police prompts her sister to contact a private investigator and the team of Griff Cole and Britt Callahan take the case. When the woman is later found dead, her husband is charged as the likely killer. But with the discovery of a second body exhibiting the same lethal wounds and ties to a nearby women’s shelter, questions arise and what looked like a slam-dunk becomes anyone’s guess. The case goes to John Stark, head of the Criminal Investigations Department, a veteran cop and a close friend of Griff Cole. While bodies continue to surface, one person knows where the killer is. Father Francis, a priest at The Church of the Holy Child, listens to the killer’s disturbed account of each murder and wrestles with the vows that bind him to secrecy. When Cole’s ex-wife goes missing, the case takes an unexpected and personal turn and a connection to his past and the women’s shelter points to the killer.

©2017 Patricia Hale (P)2019 Intrigue Publishing, LLC

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This Audio book was given to me at my request in exchange for a honest review.....

This was a good book. It held my interest throughout the entire book. Def not in my top 10, but still. I'm grateful this was sent to me. And the ending was soooo good. Most defiantly did not expect the ending.

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A suspenseful thriller

This book should definitely be read before subsequent books in this series. It describes background information that is assumed knowledge in future books. It introduces some compelling characters and tells a very suspenseful story.

Kathleen Miranti's narration is quite satisfactory. Her character voices aren't particularly distinctive and she doesn't do accents, but I can't recall any instance where I couldn't follow dialog.

NOTE: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

this book was given to me at my request for review

I enjoyed every moment of this book. The narrator was really good. I can understand the hurt of loosing a mother but not the way the woman thought to save the children.