The Mother
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4.3 • 78 Ratings
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- £1.99
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Publisher Description
Prepare to lose sleep with this shocking and utterly engrossing thriller, for fans of Karin Slaughter and Angela Marsons.
The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonised last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths.
For grief counsellor Audrey Sherrod it’s clear the murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At first, the only link is the victims’ physical appearance. But then another connection emerges, tying them to a past series of horrifying crimes – crimes that hit all too close to home.
As the truth is unravelled, its more twisted and terrifying than anyone could ever imagine.
Reviews
"Not for the faint of heart! Shocking and terrifying, it will chill you to the bone." Tess Gerritsen
“A good, tense read.”
Yorkshire Evening Post
‘This gripping crime novel … [is] not for the faint-hearted … you’ll be guessing until the very end.’
Closer Magazine
About the author
An avid reader since childhood, Beverly Barton wrote her first book at the age of nine. Since then, she has gone on to write well over sixty novels and is a New York Times bestselling author.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Barton (Dead by Midnight) delivers a solid mix of romance and terror in her latest thriller. When the bodies of kidnapped women are discovered with long-dead babies in their arms, J.D. Cass of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation gets called in. Therapist Audrey Sherrod, a counselor for families of the victims, has dark secrets in her own family's past. The two despise each other at first, but are slowly brought together when Audrey befriends J.D.'s rebellious teenage daughter, Zoe. Barton paces the romance nicely, intertwining it with the mystery and an ever-growing list of suspects. Occasional sloppy prose hurts the flow of the book, but readers willing to overlook this will enjoy the action sequences and the leads' antagonistic attraction as well as the assorted twists in the murder case.
Customer Reviews
*Slow Burn*
I found this book dragged a bit at the start but the middle and the end picked up and saved the book for me.
It is about murders that take place of females who share a similar look Each victim is found holding what appears to be holding something gruesome….
It includes twists and turns and the killer is hiding in plain sight. As the detectives work secrets are being exposed and the final showdown is thrilling
Don't cry
Fabulous, unputdownable thriller
Brilliant
Couldnt put my ipad down, even had me dreaming about the characters!! Its a great read and thoroughly enjoyable!