Patricia Gibney Libri

Quando in una fattoria viene ritrovato il corpo di una donna riverso in una pozza di sangue, la detective Lottie Parker viene inviata nella remota campagna irlandese per indagare. La scena del crimine racconta di un'aggressione brutale: ci sono vetri rotti, sedie fracassate e un cadavere martoriato. Cosa può avere scatenato una rabbia così feroce? Un impermeabile nero pare l'indizio decisivo per identificare il killer, ma una scoperta sconvolgente cambia tutte le carte in tavola: l'omicidio pare legato a un caso risalente a molti anni prima, che ruotava intorno al manicomio di St Declan, l'ultima indagine del padre della detective Parker, prima che si togliesse la vita. Mentre Lottie si interroga sugli oscuri segreti del suo passato, una ragazza scompare e un'altra viene abbandonata sugli scalini dell'ospedale, orrendamente mutilata. Ed è subito chiaro che se vuole impedire all'assassino di uccidere ancora, la detective Parker dovrà affrontare una volta per tutte i suoi demoni personali.

The gripping new instalment in the internationally bestselling and beloved Lottie Parker series. As Lottie is pulled into her most dangerous investigation yet, the people she loves most are put in grave danger . . .

When Amy Whyte and Penny Brogan leave a local nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning and don't arrive home, their families are beside themselves with worry. Conor Dowling has just been released from prison, a man full of hatred for Amy, the girl who put him behind bars in the first place. The case is given to Detective Lottie Parker, when the girls' blood-soaked bodies are found, days later, in a derelict squat. Chillingly, both girls are clutching silver coins in their hands--what message is this killer leaving behind? All the signs point to Conor but his alibi is water tight. As Lottie examines Penny and Amy's final days alive in a desperate search for clues, two more girls are found stabbed to death in a luxury apartment complex. Caught up in what is fast becoming her toughest case yet, Lottie is unaware that somebody is watching her every move. Then Lottie's two daughters, Katie and Chloe suddenly disappear from the town centre. Terrified that the killer has her girls, the stakes have never been higher for Lottie. But as Lottie puts everything on the line to find her daughters and solve the case, she's about to find herself in terrible danger--someone has a personal axe to grind with her and they know the best way to get to her is to hurt the ones she loves the most

In the tenth instalment of the million-copy bestselling Detective Lottie Parker series , Lottie is in a race against time to save the life of an innocent child before it's too late . . .

Eleven-year-old Mikey, a close friend of Lottie Parker's son Sean, is found dead on a bed of wildflowers. And the victims keep coming, with the same calling card.