• Cold Heart Creek

  • Detective Josie Quinn, Book 7
  • By: Lisa Regan
  • Narrated by: Kate Handford
  • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (909 ratings)

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Cold Heart Creek

By: Lisa Regan
Narrated by: Kate Handford
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In the stark light of dawn, the young couple are laid out on their backs by the dying campfire, their hands clasped between them. Their eyes are open, but their hearts are cold....

When a park ranger stumbles across the bodies of Valerie and Tyler Yates by a creek in the small town of Denton, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. Still reeling from the news that her abusive mother is dying, Josie suspects this is more than just accidental poisoning, and she’s right: Someone jammed a crudely carved pendant necklace down Valerie’s throat before she died.

Combing the area, Josie’s team discover a third sleeping bag indicating there could have been an extra guest around the fire that night. A lucky escape? A missing victim? Or a suspect on the run? Finding this person is the key to the entire investigation....

Trawling the couple’s photo albums for clues, Josie can’t imagine why anyone might want to harm these smiling, carefree young lovers. Until a face in one of the pictures stops her in her tracks and leads her to a farmhouse hidden deep within the forest - a special place where people go to escape, and to hide. There they meet a young girl with frightened eyes and bandaged wrists who knows more than she is saying. But the next day she’s found dead, choked with a matching necklace....

With her mother’s life hanging by a thread, Josie has an impossible decision to make. But first, she must find the meaning of the pendant and catch this twisted killer before another innocent life is taken. Is she already too late?

An addictive and gripping crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Those who love Robert Dugoni, Angela Marsons, and Rachel Caine will be sleeping with the lights on after this roller-coaster.

©2019 Lisa Regan (P)2019 Bookouture

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Detective Josie Quinn

Plot. The Detective Josie Quinn series consists of several police procedurals, most involving missing or murdered women or girls. The setting is a small town in Pennsylvania. Josie's childhood trauma is interwoven into each story; we watch her character struggle with her job, love life, and the brain-twisting murders traversing the series.

Liked, Characters. Stories are initially straightforward who-done-it murders that morph into complex mysteries to enjoy. Josie's circle of friends consists of her fellow cops, the medical examiner, and her boss, each with a unique personality. Her family is initially small, but you'll see it expand as the stories progress. Not too many characters to keep track of - as they are integrated into each story. You'll have fun getting to know the characters and puzzling solutions. You'll find yourself muttering, "Wait ... what?" near the end of most books as the plots twist and surprises abound.

Not so hot. The first three books were poorly narrated by Eilidh Beaton as diction and child-like pronunciation were annoying. But stick with it as the rest are well read by Kate Handford. Production is fine, bumped speed to 1.4 - a preference, not a criticism.

The series is written by Lisa Regan and released from early 2018 through today. Bookouture published iinitially, later picked up by Hachette.

Recommended murder mysteries.

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A great book.

Really enjoyed this book. It just kept you going on and onr. Could not stop reading.

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Another Great Thriller!

Josie is an awesome detective whether she is exhausted or well rested! Josie’s assignments keep getting better in each book.

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Suspenseful

Liked the narrator, the details and Josie and Noah! Sweetest couple and I hope the author keeps them together.

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The characters!!

I loved this book! However, I miss Ray lol! Very good storyline! I love the way the characters get along!

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Stunning story

thanks Lisa, we loved the whole series, they were all gripping stories. There is just one thing that offended us, was the blasphemy of Jesus as a swear word, you could have used “Oh Buddha” or “f###hammed” or “holy crap” but I guess you can only curse the True AND ONLY God! But we did enjoy the stories overall.

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My favorite so far!!!!

I love this series, but so far, Cold Heart Creek is my favorite of them all!
I had ABSOLUTELY NO idea who it was until the very end!!! :)
Josie's inner conflict made things even more interesting!
The ending was the sweetest!
I cannot wait for book #8! I'm sure they will just keep getting better!

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cold heart creek

great mystery, loved it a must read narrowrator was excellent also I really like this author.

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A dead couple in the woods, a missing woman...

Can Josie and her team figure out the link between these three ppl and a local cult?
The first few chapters seemed a bit slow but then the story picked up steam. Not the best of the series but still worth the read/listen.

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Excellent story line.

This is another good book by Lisa Regan. I’m looking forward to hearing the next one.

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