Breathe Your Last: An addictive and nail-biting crime thriller

· Detective Josie Quinn Book 10 · Bookouture
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Josie presses her hands into the center of the drowned girl’s chest and pumps, counting off compressions. She takes in the girl’s beautiful face, her brown eyes glassy. Breathe. Just breathe…

 

The body of a young girl lying face down in a swimming pool—white tennis shoes still on her feet, chestnut hair fanned out like a halo—is the last thing Detective Josie Quinn expects to find on an early morning visit to see her brother before class at Denton University. But when she recognizes the girl’s face as she drags her limp body from the water, there’s only one question racing through Josie’s mind: how does a champion swimmer accidentally drown?

 

Nysa Somers’ family are distraught. She was a model student, beloved daughter and everybody’s friend. There’s no way she would do anything reckless enough to put her scholarship at risk, let alone her life. It’s up to Josie and her team to piece together what happened in the hours leading up to Nysa’s death, and that begins with finding her missing backpack.

 

But the bag, discarded in the woods on the nearby campus, contains nothing more than empty food wrappers, Nysa’s phone and a cryptic calendar entry telling her to be a mermaid.

 

The next day, a terrible housefire envelops the nearby home of a retired fireman, nearly killing his two granddaughters. The last words the little girls heard him mutter before he set the blaze were, be a match.

 

As the body count rises, it’s only Josie who can see the deadly pattern forming. Can she convince her team that the wrapper found in Nysa’s bag is the crucial link they’re missing? Josie knows she must go it alone if she’s going to stop this silent and calculated serial killer before any more precious lives are taken.

 

But with the killer finally in her sights, Josie takes a dangerous risk and finds herself hanging onto life by her fingernails. Can she trust her team to save her, and before it’s too late?

 

An unputdownable and nail-biting crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine.


Everyone is talking about Breathe Your Last:

Absolutely brilliant!!!! One hell of a rollercoaster ride, with so many twists and turns it'll make you dizzy!! It's energetic, exciting, thrilling and nerve-wracking!!… will have you shouting O.M.G. at every page!! Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars


‘Brilliant, nail-biting, rollercoaster of a rideThere were times I gasped "Oh No!" and shed a few tears… a super novel. NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars


Wow! Great story. There was one moment where I completely froze in shock


Can’t wait for the next one! Rachel Owl Books, 5 stars


‘An absolutely brilliant book. I was totally gripped from the first page. Full of intrigue and psychological thrills. A really fast-paced book. The ending is a total wow!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars


‘Wow, what a rollercoaster of a thrill ride! Absolutely loved this book it had me hooked from page onefive stars.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars


Holy crapThe twist in this book is one I never saw coming. I cannot sing the praises of Breathe Your Last enough. This is one book that no one should miss. Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars


Wow, wow, wow! blew me away… so much nail-biting action. I really thought I was going to have no nails left by the end of this book… Just loved it so much.’ Blue Moon Blogger, 5 stars

Ratings and reviews

4.5
66 reviews
Linda Strong
January 5, 2021
Detective Josie Quinn and her team are charged to investigate a series of non-explainable deaths. A champion swimmer is found face down in a pool. A retired fireman is almost killed when his house is caught on fire. Both cases are the same ... cameras everywhere show that no one entered or left after these tragic happenstances. Quinn will find herself looking for a serial killer ... the likes she has never seen before. As the body count rises, it’s only Josie who can see the deadly pattern forming. It gets real personal when the killer eyes his next victim .... Josie. This series has been exciting, riveting, and this latest addition has upped the non-stop action and page-turning suspense. The characters are solidly defined and the blend of personal with the professional lends another layer of credibility. The ending is breath-takingly unexpected. I am so looking forward to the next installment. Many thanks to the author / Bookouture / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
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carla
December 9, 2020
This novel is absolutely buzzing with thrills from start to end! I loved the set up, and the antagonist was as scary as they get. There’s danger around every corner and it doesn’t get more life threatening. There is so much at stake throughout, I couldn’t help but hurry through it to find out who the culprit was. I also really enjoyed the romantic element. Don’t get me wrong, this book is first and foremost a crime book but the relationship between Noah and the kickass lead, Josie just heightened everything. Then there was an oh-my-goodness ending where I wanted to cover my eyes, but that’s just stupid when you’re reading. So... with one eye open, I braved the rest. ‘Breathe Your Last’ is a tightly plotted, tense, police procedural and thriller with huge lashings of action. Brilliant and bravo!
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Cathy Geha
December 21, 2020
Breathe Your Last by Lisa Regan Detective Josie Quinn #10 Murder mystery, police procedural, serial killer, and more. This book is not my favorite in the series, and I am not sure why…perhaps I it seemed a bit more unbelievable than previous books. Still and all, it was enjoyable and allowed me to see what Josie, Noah and the gang were up to. What I liked: * Josie: focused, intelligent, loving, caring, intense, good sister, good with her team, in love with Noah – eager to see what happens next * Noah: didn’t see a lot of him but know he loves Josie and seems to be good at his job * The police procedural aspects of the story * Hearing the thoughts of the murderous whack-job killing people for reasons I found implausible…but then whack jobs are hard to fathom * Seeing the team members * That the killer was eventually determined and dealt with * Some of the red herrings * The way the book ended * Wondering what will happen next What I didn’t like; * The murderer * knowing that there is indeed a drug like the one used in this book – rather scary to think about * That innocent people were so easily done away with Did I enjoy this book? Yes, It was okay Would I read more in this series? Yes Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC – This is my honest review. 3-4 Stars
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