Her small hands tremble and tears run down her cheeks. Shivering in the dark, damp storeroom, the little girl clutches her favourite toy dog. She cries out for help, but nobody answers. Her mother went missing last night and, as dawn breaks, there is still no sign of her.
Four-year-old Cleo shakes with fear as she tells the police that her mother, Darcie, was taken by a man on their way home last night. Darcie told Cleo to run and hide, and the last thing she saw was Darcie being pushed into the back of a car.
When police look into Darcie’s life, they discover a drunken argument with her best friend hours before she went missing, a dark figure seen loitering near where Cleo was found, and a recent assault allegation against a customer at Darcie’s work.
It seems like everyone around the young mother was keeping secrets, but Darcie had a dark secret of her own – one she hasn’t dared tell a soul.
Did Darcie’s deadly past finally catch up with her? And will she find the strength to fight for her life and keep her promise to return for her beloved daughter? ~taken from Goodreads
Four-year-old Cleo shakes with fear as she tells the police that her mother, Darcie, was taken by a man on their way home last night. Darcie told Cleo to run and hide, and the last thing she saw was Darcie being pushed into the back of a car.
When police look into Darcie’s life, they discover a drunken argument with her best friend hours before she went missing, a dark figure seen loitering near where Cleo was found, and a recent assault allegation against a customer at Darcie’s work.
It seems like everyone around the young mother was keeping secrets, but Darcie had a dark secret of her own – one she hasn’t dared tell a soul.
Did Darcie’s deadly past finally catch up with her? And will she find the strength to fight for her life and keep her promise to return for her beloved daughter? ~taken from Goodreads
Another Gina Harte story to sink my teeth into! For those new here, the Gina Harte book series are divine and are great read together or can be read as stand alone books without being confusing to the reader. I was actually introduced to this series after a few books had already been published and I picked up on the storyline with no issues.
This latest novel is about revenge. Someone from the far past has come back to terrorize a group of what were once high school friends. A woman is kidnapped, her small daughter left to run to safety through the dark woods, and a single finger is left to be found.
Days later another woman goes missing, a friend to the first victim. Another finger left to be found. Detective Harte and her team seem to be running around in circles trying to figure out the who, where and why of the case. The hope is to find the women alive. They have to connect the dots before it's too late.
This is a multi-layered and multi-character story line that was unique, intriguing, and satisfying. I honestly has no idea who the villain was until the very end.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me an ARC to read and give my honest review. It was a 4 star crime thriller!
"Her Last Goodbye" is out today here in the U.S. so get your copy in time for a good weekend read!
You can also check out my other Kovach book reviews HERE.
Happy Reading!
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