Publication: June 4, 2013
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Like everyone reading the newspapers these days, 10-year-old
Barney Roberts knows the killer will strike again soon. The victim will be
another boy, just like him. The body will be drained of blood, and left
somewhere on a Thames beach. There will be no clues for London detectives
Dana Tulloch and Mark Joesbury to find. There will be no warning about who
will be next. There will be no real reason for Barney’s friend and neighbor,
Lacey Flint, on leave from her job as a London police detective, to become
involved…and no chance that she can stay away. With the clock ticking, the
violence escalating, and young lives at stake, Lacey and Barney both know
they can’t afford a single wrong step if they hope to make it through alive.
S.J. Bolton, an award-winning author of five novels, delivers
her most compelling novel to date, in which a fragile police detective and a
courageous, lonely eleven-year-old boy must work together to unmask a killer.
Lost provides all of the pulse-pounding suspense, beautifully drawn
characters, and intricate plotting thriller fans could hope for—and more.
Please note, this title is published in the UK as Like This
For Ever.
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Lacey has had a tough
go of things over the last few months. She is still traumatized by what
happened when she was in Cambridge. Regardless of what occurred, she doesn’t
want to talk about it. Not even to a physiatrist that she is forced to see if
she wants to keep her job. Lacey spends a lot of her time attempting to keep
busy by biking, walking, using a punching bag, but it isn’t always enough to
keep her inner demons at bay.
She befriends a little
boy named Barney, who lives with his father next door to her. Barney notices things that other people normally
may not. He is a very observant and smart boy with some OCD tendencies. After
five boys go missing in London and turn up dead, Barney and his group of
friends begin to follow the case very closely. But Barney seems to be fixated more
than most about the case.
Even though Lacey isn’t
a part of this investigation, before she can even realize it, she is drawn into
the events that begin to unfold.
I’ve liked Sharon Bolton’s writing ever since I read Now
You See Me, the first book in the Lacey Flint Series. Out of all three
books, I think I prefer this one over the second book, but the first book is my
favorite.
The writer does a
really nice job of weaving together a story that had me engrossed from the
beginning. I started suspecting one person, then second-guessing a couple more
people…and yet I didn’t see the ending coming. She threw enough suspicion and
twists into the story that I never could piece together who the killer was
until the end.
If crime thrillers or
police procedurals stories are up your alley, than I would definitely recommend
this book/series.
RATING: 4½ out of 5.
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