Little Girl Lost: A serial killer thriller that will have you hooked

Carol Wyer

Jan 2017 · Bookouture

About this ebook

Her breath rose and fell in fearful gasps but it was too late. She could already see what she dreaded most. The back seat was empty. 

Her little girl was gone. 

Abigail lives the perfect life with her doting husband and adorable baby Izzy. But someone knows a secret about Abigail and they want the truth to be told.

When Izzy is snatched from a carpark, it becomes as case for Detective Robyn Carter. Someone has been sending threatening messages to Abigail from an anonymous number. What is Abigail hiding? 

Roby’s instincts tell her there’s a connection between Izzy’s abduction and two murders she is investigating. But the last time she acted on impulse her fiancé was killed. To break this case and earn her place back on the force, she must learn to trust herself again – and fast. Robyn is on the hunt for a ruthless serial killer. And unless she gets to the twisted individual in time a little girl will die ….

Gripping, fast paced and nail-bitingly tense, this serial killer thriller will chill you to the bone. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott and Karin Slaughter.

What everyone is saying about Little Girl Lost:

'What a page turner! Wow. My head was spinning from the first page to the last. I was so gripped by the introduction to the characters and then just pulled right into the meat of the thriller until the very last page! Five Stars!' Jersey Girl Forever

'The suspense was fantastic ...the drive to keep turning pages was overpowering ...really well written I want more!' The Belgian Reviewer

'This book totally gripped me from start to finish. It is a very cleverly crafted thriller which leaves no loose ends. Five stars!' Sincerely Book Angels

'I was gripped from the first page it was really good. I couldn't put it down, I was engaged right through to the end of the book. A solid 5 out of 5.' Bonnie's Book Talk

'If I didn’t have do to things like work, Little Girl Lost would have been a one-sitting read. As it was, it was still a one day read before work, at lunch, and finishing it up late last night. It was that suspenseful.' Unrepetant Bibliovores

'Wow! What a book! I started reading it and couldn't stop - kept turning the pages and finished it in one sitting ...I am absolutely blown away!' For the Love of Books

'This was such a good book, I hardly know where to start. This was like a merry - go - round .. up and down, around and around. Five Stars!' Strong Book Reviews

'OMG what can I say? This is the first book I have read by Carol Wyer and I find it very hard to believe that this is her first thriller. I was totally hooked from the first page and the suspense kept delivering all the way through the book right to the last page with several red herrings to keep the reader guessing. This is a very special book that has all the makings of a bestseller and I eagerly await the next in the series.' All Things Books

'An exciting female detective and thrilling storytelling ...I'm already looking forward to the next book in the series!' Reviewing and Recommended Reads

'Wow! What a book! I started reading it and couldn't stop - kept turning the pages and finished it in one sitting!' Renita D'Silva

'This was certainly a gripping read, Carol Wyer presents the reader with a large jigsaw puzzle, or that's what it feels like I found myself constantly wondering how the pieces would fit together, but the author very skilfully puts them all together in the most spectacular way. I will certainly read the next book in the series without hesitation' The Book Review Cafe 

'Can't wait to see what is next in store for D.I.Robyn Carter!' Best Crime Books and More

Ratings and reviews

This is a mixed bag of a book and I am still not entirely sure what to think of it. Unusually for the genre the focus really isn't on the procedural side of things or the personality of the investigators. Yes DI Carter is damaged but, although her personal losses are mentioned multiple times, we are not beaten over the head with it and she definitely doesn't let it cloud her work. Yes, she does work more off her hunches rather than the evidence but not in an overtly "maverick" way. So that was entirely refreshing, as was her relationships with other officers and the few scenes set within the station were full of the dark humour, pithy comments and camaraderie that we like to think exist within the Police. The real problem comes with the actual series of crimes taking place in the book. The opening abuse is needlessly explicit and seems designed to shock and appall rather than to set the scene for the events to come. There are also sections where disbelief must be suspended - seriously, you can just change your name and move town and schools will enrol your child without any sort of information on their past academic history. This is a contemporary tale so I found that completely unbelievable and everyone seems to have a secret identity. The whole premise is that Alice wants revenge for the "abandonment" of her mother by the actor Paul Matthews. After his son, Lucas, graphically assaults her as a small child they are thrown out and her mother turns to prostitution to survive; once she dies Alice feels duty bound to avenge her as everything that went wrong was all the fault of the Matthew's family. Alice has multiple aliases that she has used over the years and the difficulty now is deciding which of the many female characters in the book is her - is she Abigail Thorne, Zoe Cooper, Claire Lewis, Rachel or someone we haven't even been introduced to yet. Sadly, in an attempt to keep the reader guessing as to the true identities of every one of the women mentioned above the tale becomes confused rather than twisty. The telling is cloudy and whilst it is good to be kept guessing for a change I did find myself frequently mentally disassociating from the story and trying desperately to marry the events together. The obfuscation should have elevated the story but it was handled rather poorly in places but I do see light at the end of the tunnel for this series, a little more honing of her skills and we could have an excellent author in the genre. I will try the next DI Carter book and may fall in love with the series who knows.

This was such a good book, I hardly know where to start. This was like a merry - go - round .. up and down, around and around. Detective Robyn Carter has just returned to work following a bereavement leave of absence. A teacher goes missing and a man is murdered while on a run. There is no connection between these two deaths, but that soon changes. Abigail is happily married, with a new baby. But Abigail has secrets .. and those secrets are haunting her. Someone knows who she is .. and what she's done. She gets messages on her computer that disappear leaving no trace of where they came from. She receives pictures of her husband with her best friend ... but are these actual pictures or photo-shopped images? Someone tries to poison her. So who is Abigail and why is someone threatening to destroy her marriage, her life? And what is her connection with the two dead victims? Is she next .. or does someone have something even worse planned? This is the start of a brand new series and what a start! Detective Carter is recovering from personal losses .. first her fiancee was killed during an undercover drug bust and then she lost her baby. She returns to work thinking staying busy will help. Her team is young, mostly inexperienced, but they have the drive to succeed. There are several suspects and they all seem to be hiding something ... from each other, from the police, from themselves. The first chapter is a killer .. sets up the entire story. Alternating chapters give the readers an opportunity to read the killer's thoughts and memories of things that bring them all to this point. It is up to Detective Carter to weed out the lies and get to the truth before someone else is killed. Excellent psychological thriller. Kept me turning the pages and I was so tempted to read the last few pages :-) No bunny-boiling here ... but watch for the rabbit! Many thanks to the author / Bookouture / Netgalley for providing an advanced digital copy. The opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

The story is fantastic and had me gripped til the end. I love the way the characters of the case were as important as the detectives. It was a little confusing at times as the book is written from several perspectives and sometimes keeping track of names was difficult but I loved the different perspective bcoz it was like reading separate books that all melted together at the end. Highly recommended.