Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Blog Tour for Booktoure

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Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Synopsis: "Make sure you wrap up warm for school, honey. A blizzard is on the way." Ten-year-old Teddy rolls his eyes at his mother. But then he hears a bang... By the time police arrive, Teddy's mother is dead. His open school backpack is strewn across the hallway. And Teddy is nowhere to be found.   When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake,  Agent Tori Hunter  races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that  ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared . His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy's father,  Tori finds he is missing too.   Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy's father, Tori's gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child?  An...
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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth and Narrated by Jessica Clarke

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Title: Darling Girls
Author: Sally Hepworth
Narrator: Jessica Clarke
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audiobook
Listening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutes
Date of Publication: April 23, 2024 

Description: SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life.

But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free. Even though they never saw her again, she was always somewhere in the shadows of their minds. When a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses. Or are they prime suspects?

A thrilling work of sisterhood, secrets, love, and murder by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth.


My Thoughts: Trigger warning: child abuse and neglect
=Darling Girls starts off slowly but quickly picks up pace especially after the police find the body of a young child and begin to meet with former foster children who lived at the home where it was found. The story uses multiple perspectives and timelines. It was a bit confusing for me at first to follow the different perspectives since there is a lot going on with the multiple main characters. The foster mother is a piece of work. It's easy to empathize with all the foster children and what they went through. They have some hard stories. The ending shocked me. I thought I had figured out who the body was but I was wrong. The narration done by Jessica Clarke was well done. She keeps the listeners engaged on this roller coaster of a story and emotions. Rating: 3 out of 5. This was a good book. The triggers were a little hard to listen to at times especially with the ignorance of CPS.

Many thanks to Macmillan Audio for this review copy as part of the Macmillan Audio Influencer Program. This is my honest opinion.

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