Book Review: Remember Her Name by Lisa Regan
Publication Day: 17th September 2024
Published By: Bookouture
Her heart stutters as she draws closer. A woman’s fingertips curl over the boat’s edge. Dark crimson blood clashes with the faded blue peeling paint beneath. They’re too late, the beautiful woman within has been dead for some time…
Detective Josie Quinn lifts the baby from the pram, holding her close and gently soothing her. Josie scours the scene for the sweet little girl’s mother, but the park is deserted. Glancing down, something catches her eye. Nestled amongst the child’s soft pink blankets is a polaroid photo, the corner smudged with blood.
The search for Cleo Tate has Josie and her team in a chokehold; the abandoned newborn needs her mother, and every second counts now lab results show the blood belongs to her. The blurred photo of a body of water is Josie’s only lead. But what does it mean? And where was it taken? The answer is just within reach, but with Cleo’s husband lying about his movements that day, Josie can’t see it. Then it finally clicks: Cold Heart Creek, a crime scene from Josie’s past that she will never forget. Josie is terrified by what she finds there: Cleo’s body, cold as ice, with a second photo of a new location.
A twisted killer is playing a devilish game. And when Josie finds a second innocent victim at the site of a different case she solved, she begins to suspect that she herself is at the very heart of it. But why? As more bodies and more photos follow, Josie must dig deep into the secrets and mistakes of her past to get one step ahead.
The link between these women is key to cracking the case. Someone wants revenge, and won’t stop until their story is told, and no one involved is left breathing. Can Josie stop them before any more precious lives are taken? And just what will it cost her?
MY REVIEW
I do love this series, and have been a HUGE fan since Book 3 – yes yes, let’s not go over the fact I haven’t started Book 1 or 2 yet – but it just goes to show you can read these books as standalone. However, the side stories, are explained, it’s good to get the entire picture.
The opening of this book is enough to take your breath away. We go back to the beginning, Josie is newish on the job, on a case that is something out of a horror film. One that has stuck with her. Losing her cool on the job leads her to where she is now.
I’m not going to lie, I lost a bit of thread to whom some of the characters were being investigated, but that’s when you listen to the audio. The narrator is just epic, but I lost my concentration, so that’s on me. So I went back and re-read things, and I had heard right and I was still just as shocked.
But those polaroids! They were creepy as hell!! And that baby at the beginning! Jeez, you are put through the wringer in this book!
This is probably the most messed up book in the series, in the twisted nature of some of the characters and most definitely the one with the most swearing in it…which shocked me.
I will also admit that Turner is growing on me, and I do hope that he stays. His attitude, as much as it’s infuriating, actually made me chuckle.
I can’t wait to see how the epilogue pans out in the next book, but it will definitely amp up the fear factor in future books!
Until the next time xxx
Thank you so much to Noelle @ Bookouture for the tour invite and a copy of the book in return for my honest and unbiased review.
About Lisa Regan
Lisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series. Lisa is a member of Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S. with her husband, daughter, and Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip.
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