Close Your Eyes
Joe O'Loughlin Book 8
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4.4 • 265 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
I close my eyes and feel my heart begin racing
Someone is coming
They're going to find me
A mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince. Reluctantly, clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is drawn into the investigation when a former student, calling himself the 'Mindhunter', trading on Joe's name, has jeopardised the police inquiry by leaking details to the media and stirring up public anger.
With no shortage of suspects and tempers beginning to fray, Joe discovers links between these murders to a series of brutal attacks. Soon Joe's fate, and that of those closest to him, become intertwined with a merciless, unpredictable killer . . .
A chilling psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant crime authors of today, Michael Robotham. **INCLUDES BONUS extract from the explosive new thriller, The Other Wife**
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Robotham's gripping 10th thriller featuring British psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and retired detective Vincent Ruiz (after 2014's Watching You), brusque Det. Chief Supt. Veronica Cray wants Joe's opinion on the murders of Elizabeth Crowe and her university-bound daughter, Harper, in their West Country home. Elizabeth's death was from a frenzied knife attack, while Harper was asphyxiated in her bed and laid out like Sleeping Beauty. Joe is dismayed to learn that another psychologist has already leapt in to offer his so-called expertise on the case. Calling himself "the Mindhunter," Milo Coleman, a former graduate student of Joe's, is more stage performer than asset, jeopardizing the investigation at every turn by revealing key details to a public salivating for answers. Joe and Vincent dig into Elizabeth's background and discover her predilection for unconventional sexual exploits, even before more bodies start turning up. Robotham's tightly plotted whodunit meshes beautifully with a truly emotional family saga involving Joe's former wife, Julianne.
Customer Reviews
Joe
I recommend starting with book 1 and reading them in sequence. I enjoyed reading about Joe and his family, especially the love he has for his wife. This book made me cry. Yes, death is an inevitable part of life but Michael Robotham has the knack of making his characters come to life and they are very believable.
Writing with feeling.
The whole collection was so well linked, the characters were all believable, even though the ending was just a little sad, to say the least.
Thank you Michael.
Best book yet in this series
Joe is such a wonderful father and steadfast character