Little Girls Sleeping: An absolutely gripping crime thriller

Detective Katie Scott, Book 1

By: Jennifer Chase

Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling

He looked down at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around a teddy bear. He knew he was the only one who could save her. He could let her sleep forever.

An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California, and for Detective Katie Scott it’s a cruel reminder of the friend who disappeared from summer camp 20 years ago. Unable to shake the memories, Katie vows she won’t rest until she discovers what happened to Chelsea.

But as Katie starts to investigate, the case reveals itself to be much bigger and more shocking than she feared. Hidden deep in the forest she unearths a makeshift cemetery: a row of graves, each with a brightly colored teddy bear.

Katie links the graves to a stack of missing-persons cases involving young girls - finding a pattern no one else has managed to see. Someone in Pine Valley has been taking the town’s daughters for years, and Katie is the only one who can stop them.

And then another little girl goes missing, snatched from the park near her home.

Katie’s still haunted by the friend she failed to protect, and she’ll do anything to stop the killer striking again - but can she find the little girl before it’s too late?

Compulsive and gripping crime fiction for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine, and Melinda Leigh. Katie Scott’s first case will have you on the edge of your seat and gasping with shock.

©2019 Jennifer Chase (P)2019 Bookouture

Loved it and finished it in one day.

Finished quite a few sewing projects while listening to this story. Wonderful read well worth the time.

The narrator has an annoying voice

I really don’t enjoy listening her.
She is not a good voice for this story.

Eh, just ok.

It was just ok. Reads more like a YA book… The main character Katie comes across as a 16 yr old, not a seasoned war vet - not sure if that’s due to the narrator or writing.

Not the best

The narrator was rather flat, no personality to the characters. The plot was interesting but not a mazing. Hopefully the characters are better developed in the following books. I didn’t like how the main character was portrayed

Gripping

Great book, gripping and not predictable. The location was close to home for me so easy to picture some scenes