Title: CLOSE HER EYES
Author: Lisa Regan
Publication Day: MAY 3RD 2023
Book Description:
The young woman lay among the rocks next to the creek like a broken doll, strands of her long dark hair covering her face. Her body was the kind of cold that only the dead can be…
A body lies beside Kettlewell Creek, the waters rushing and churning next to her broken form. When Detective Josie Quinn arrives at the scene, she finds few clues and a victim with no enemies. Nineteen-year-old Sharon Eddy was cherished by her beloved grandmother, who raised her, and her death shocks the Denton community where she worked at the local animal hospital.
When Josie is called to the morgue to hear the results of Sharon’s autopsy, the case takes a sinister turn. She is horrified to see that a mark has been burned on to Sharon’s left hip with a cattle brand: a horseshoe shot through with an arrow. Shaken and terrified, the usually cool and collected Medical Examiner Anya Feist lifts her own top to show Josie an identical mark. Ten years ago, Anya fled her hometown after her marriage to her high school sweetheart ended in terror.
But Josie can find nothing to connect Anya’s ex-husband Vance Hadlee to the murder. Her search of his family farm leads to more questions than answers.
Then another body is found. A young woman in a red coat, lying in her final resting place, her hip bearing the same tell-tale horseshoe mark. As Josie gets closer to finding the truth, the killer creeps ever closer to home, threatening the lives of those Josie loves the most. Can she put together the pieces of this terrifying puzzle before it’s too late?
A completely unputdownable crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Gripping, page-turning and guaranteed to keep you up all night, it’s perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine
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Review for 'Close Her Eyes' by Lisa Regan.
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Lisa Regan, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous
Publication date 3rd May 2023.
This is the sixth book I have read by this author. It is the seventeenth book in the 'Detective Josie Quinn' series. It can be read as a standalone. I have previously read 'Her Deadly Touch' (book 12 in the series) , 'The Drowning Girls' which is the (book 13 in this series) , 'Watch Her Disappear' (book 14 in this series), 'Local Girl Missing' (book 15 in the series) and 'The Innocent Wife' (book 16 in the series) . I would highly recommend them all whether read as standalones or in order as a whole series.
I was originally drawn to this book by its beautiful cover and intriguing sounding synopsis and title. I am a huge fan of Lisa and if this is half as good as 'Her Deadly Touch', 'The Drowning Girls', 'Watch Her Disappear', 'Local Girl Missing' and 'The Innocent Wife' it is guaranteed to be a page turner. The synopsis stated that this book is A completely unputdownable crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Gripping, page-turning and guaranteed to keep you up all night, it’s perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine'. I am a huge fan of Angela Marsons so am looking forward to seeing if this lives up to this statement. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being Bookouture. I have yet to read a book published by Bookouture that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).
This novel consists of a prologue and 49 chapters. The chapters are short to medium in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!
This book is based in the USA 🇺🇸
This book is written in third person perspective and the main protagonists are Detective Josie Quinn. The benefits of third person perspective are that it let's you see the bigger picture of what's going on and you get to know more characters more, what they are thinking and what they are doing. It feels like you get to see the whole picture and not miss out in anything.
'Close Her Eyes' discusses some topics that may upset some readers or may not be suitable for others. I like to point this out ahead of time in my reviews so you can judge if this book is for you or not. In this book Lisa domestic abuse including gas lighting, manipulation, physical and emotional abuse.
Well, Well, Well Lisa you have done it again!!! Yet another absolute mind blowing page turner!!! I dont know how on Earth you manage to get better and better every time especially when I already LOVE your books but you absolutely blow it out of the water each and every single time!!!!
This book is extremely well written with vivid descriptions that captivates the readers attention and places them right in the centre of the action. The cover and synopsis suited the storyline perfectly. Lisa writes in such engrossing and engaging way that I become completely absorbed in the storyline.
As soon as I started reading this book I fell straight back into the storyline from 'the end of 'The Innocent Wife' as of I had just finished it. I have read well over 100 books since then which just goes to show how much of an affect on me and how memorable Lisa's books are.
The storyline was very fast paced, absolutely nerve-racking and heart racing and kept me consistently on the edge of my seat. I was biting my nails and turning the pages until I finished it in one sitting. Lisa's fantastic evocative writing skills ensures you are sucked deep into the storyline with the events and atmosphere coming to life around you along with the larger than life characters. In this book Josie is called in when a body of a 19 year old female Sharon is discovered. When she reaches the scene it looks possible that Sharon may have fallen but the team notices that something doesn't seem quite right with the scene. When the autopsy takes place it turns out that Sharon was indeed murdered and during the autopsy M.E. Anya Feist discovers something that has her in tears. This discovery sends Josie and her team to Anya's ex husband Vance Hadlee after Anya explains that what is found on the body is the same as what he had done to her when they had been married. Vance is living in Bly which just so happens to be the same place that Josie's twin sister and reporter Trinity is investigating for a case that has been handed in to her TV show to look in to. Are the cases connected? Can Josie, Noah, Mett and Gretchen solve the case before another body turns up? Well the answer is..... in this absolutely page turning explosive thriller that you just need to get your copy to discover the answers yourself!!! I have no idea how the amazing Lisa can create 17 books in a series and continue to make my heart pound and come up with unique crime scenes and situations every single time while getting better and better but she absolutely smashes it each and every time!!!! This book is ram packed with drama, murder, tension, red herrings, suspense, action, romance, abuse, secrets and absolutely everything you could ever ask for in a page tuner!! This book has everything and more that you want in a crime thriller. It is unique and realistic as well as being fast paced. There was constantly something happening and it left me questioning myself throughout the book. It was soo tense throughout the book and my heart was absolutely pounding, I don't think there's much left of my nails now either lol!!! It is also an emotional rollercoaster ride that will have you flying through the pages from beginning to end. This is one of those fantastic books that I promise myself that i will just finish one more chapter and then definitely go to bed. Alas, Lisa just would not allow me to do this as each and every time a chapter ended it left in a way that I just had to find out what was going to happen next. This continued throughout the book until, before I knew it, I had completely devoured the book in one sitting several hours later and THAT ladies and gentleman is a true sign of a blooming good author!!! I was absolutely mind blown by one of the twists in particular and would never have seen that one coming in a million years!! I also never did guess who was involved so a huge congratulations Lisa!!! It is getting harder and harder to surprise me but you had me hook, line and sinker!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on all previous and future books of yours!!!
Although this is the seventeenth book in the series I had absolutely no problems reading it without the others. Any details or events that have previously happened are mentioned in just the right amount of detail to let a new reader know what has happened and yet not too much to bore a previous reader.
Clear your schedules before picking this up as you will not be able to put it down!!!
I absolutely loved meeting all the characters again and it really felt like I was meeting up with old friends I have got to know them so well in each and every book and it seems that every time I pick up one of these fantastic books I learn at least one more thing about each of them. they have genuinely grown on me like friends and each time I come to the end of any of Lisa's books I am absolutely devastated that I have to say goodbye to them and wait untile the next extraordinary addtion to this addicitve series comes out. Please, please tell me I wont be waiting too long Lisa!! I miss them already and I have only just closed the book!! This just shows how fantatsic Lisa's writing skills are when the characters come to life every turn of the page and they feel so realistic that they start to feel like friends that you look forward to seeing and your heart pounds faster and faster everyt time they are in danger, which is most of the time!!! I absolutely love Josie's down to earth personality. Josie has suffered a horrific loss and instead of being the type or person to let it either overwhelm her or the type who completely gets on with life and forgets she is in the middle. Not only is Josie a strong female lead but Gretchen is also a fantastic female model and I love the bond between the two women. They make an absolutely fantastic team and the dynamic between not only Josie and Gretchen is spot on but also with them and Noah, Mettner, and Amber. I also really like M.E. Anya Feist who is amazing at her job and it was heart-breaking to discover her past which , just like Josie and Gretchen, you would never have guessed she had gone through anything so horrific as she is such a strong, amazing woman who try's not to let her demons and past take her down. I absolutely love watching Noah and Josie's relationship continue to develop along with Josie and her twin sister Trinity's relationship. Josie and Noah both deserve to be happy and make a perfect couple. I was intrigued by all the new characters we meet in this book and it was hard to know who to trust. Every single character in this book "played their parts" perfectly to make an absolutely fantastic and memorable team who I love meeting every time I pick up one of Lisa's books.
Congratulations Lisa Regan on yet ANOTHER absolutely fantastic action packed book and this is why your in my top 5 female author list and why this series is in my top 5 list!! Looking forward to the next episode in this amazing series 🥂
Overall a heart racing, page turning, addictive and unputdownable fast paced crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Genres covered in this book include Psychological Fiction, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, Serial Killer Thriller, Murder, Psychological Thriller, Female Detectives, Organised Crime, Noir Crime, Women Sleuths, Suspense, Serial Killers, Mystery and Crime Thriller amongst others.
I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of Angela Marsons, Carol Wyer, P.J Tracy, Kerry Wilkinson, Ross Greenwood, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine and any fans of nail biting, edge of your seat psychological crime thrillers.
389 pages
This book is just £2.99 to purchase on kindle and £9.39 in paperback via Amazon which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!
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Author Bio:
Lisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series. Lisa is a member of Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S. with her husband, daughter, and Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip. Find out more at her website: www.lisaregan.com
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