Little Lost Dolls: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a shocking twist
Detective Jo Fournier Book 7
M. M. Chouinard
345 pages
Bookouture
published May 4, 2023
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About the book
The young woman lying on the forest floor looks like she’s dreaming; her brown hair fanning out into a crown around her head, her hands clasped over her breast. She could be sleeping—if it weren’t for the brutal slash across her neck…
It’s autumn in Oakhurst when Detective Jo Fournier rushes to local beauty spot, Crone Ridge Woods, desperately hoping to find Madison Coehlo alive. Instead, she discovers the pregnant woman’s pale and lifeless body, killed in the spot where she loved to walk her dog. Madison looked after her sick mother and studied at community college, who could have wished her harm?
Madison’s mother is utterly broken by her brutal murder, but she cannot give Jo any insight into the tiny doll pushed into her daughter’s hand. Supposed to bring luck to whoever finds one, is it a coincidence or a warning from the killer? When Jo gets another frantic emergency call, she rushes to the scene, determined to catch this cruel monster before he can steal more innocent lives. Her heart pounds when she finds another identical plastic doll.
As the local community panics, Jo and her team work round the clock to keep other pregnant women safe. The call logs of the murdered expectant mothers give Jo the clue she desperately needs, but her heart splits in two when she realizes another woman is in danger. Can Jo get to her first, or is the killer pulling them both into a deadly trap?
From USA Today bestseller M.M. Chouinard, Little Lost Dolls is a keep-you-up-all-night utterly gripping crime thriller with a truly jaw-dropping twist! Fans of Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Gregg Olsen will be completely addicted.
My Review
This is a great addition to this series. I like Jo Fournier as a detective. She’s smart and pragmatic. I always like when the case is a little personal to the detective. While this is a little bit of a stretch to the personal angle. It is her brother in laws pregnant mistress that knows the murdered woman. She’s the one that calls Jo and reports the problem. It puts Jo in the middle and drags her family into the story.
There are so many suspects and just when I thought I had a grasp on them, another thing popped up and it added more suspects. At halfway through the book, I didn’t even have a theory on what happened. The twists kept me on my toes and not wanting to put this one down.
I highly recommend this one and the entire series. Definitely worth reading. Crime and mystery lovers will find enjoyment in this book. I can’t wait for book 8.
Author bio
M.M. Chouinard’s first fiction story was published in her local paper when she was eight, and she fell in love with Agatha Christie novels not long after. While pursuing a Ph.D in psychology and helping to found the first U.S. research university of the new millenium, the stories kept rattling around inside her skull, demanding to come out. For sanity’s sake, she released them. She’s currently at work on her seventh novel.
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