Lottie Parker is an annoyingly impatient, gritty, hard-fighting detective with a heart full of love. Her family, friends and colleagues are everything to her and she will do anything for them but... she habitually pushes people away. And later regrets it.

In an overly-complicated case of family murder. Lottie pushes her team hard to interview and investigate until the pieces come together. She doesn't get enough sleep, or regular healthy food, and is overwhelmed by her job and being a mom of three teens and a grandmother to a newborn.

Her disorganization and chaotic behavior is irritating but her determination, integrity and compassion help her solve horrific crimes. And help her cope with finally learning the shocking truth about her father's death.

Hoping she can now calm down a bit but don't think that's actually going to happen.

2.5 stars....another book, another member of Lottie's family involved with a serial killer, alhough this time it is Lottie herself. Will read the next in series only to see what the plot line will be no that we have run out of family members..... ( )

La inspectora Lottie Parker acude a la escena de un crimen en una remota granja irlandesa. Los cristales rotos, las sillas volcadas y el cuerpo destrozado de la mujer que encuentra allí son señales de una ira incontrolable. Cuando Lottie cree que ha identificado al asesino, una perturbadora pista la llevará a pensar que el crimen está relacionado con los sucesos del manicomio de Saint Declan, el último caso que investigó su padre antes de suicidarse. Días más tarde, aparece una nueva víctima: es la hija de la mujer asesinada en la granja, y le han cortado la lengua. Lottie comprende que debe darse prisa, pero cuando un secreto que se había perdido en el tiempo salga a la luz, la vida de la inspectora cambiará para siempre.

Now I gotta keep on with this series to find out what Lottie does with this new information! ( )

Please see combined series review on my blog at https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2019/10/blog-tour-broken-souls.html.

In The Lost Child, book 3. Lottie and Boyd have their hands full with three very different scenarios that begin with an old woman found brutally murdered. Her daughter has experienced horrific trauma and the murdered woman's granddaughter has disappeared. The clock is ticking and Lottie leaves no stone unturned in trying to solve these related cases. Meanwhile, by now, if readers are anything like me, have fallen in love with Lottie as this series spins forward. Lottie is far from perfect, however. She drinks too much, depends on mood stabilizers and struggles in her personal relationships with her family. Lottie and Boyd are an item by now, but the road is most certainly rocky. Lottie's past faces her again in this book, as her father's long-ago suicide is examined and secrets begin to unravel. With lots of twists and turns, this was another excellent read ( )