By: S.A. Dunphy
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About the Book
When tearful young Ellie O’Farrell walks into a rural Irish police station to report she’s dreamed a murder that hasn’t happened yet, she is gently, but firmly, sent on her way. But the very next night a beloved local grandfather is found dead, lethal knife wounds showing a struggle exactly as she’d described. How did innocent Ellie know what was going to happen?
Called in to investigate, Detective Tessa Burns has never seen anything like this. Meeting Ellie and her desperate parents, it’s clear Ellie’s home is filled with love. She swears she has never met the victim: Tessa’s case seems to stall before it’s even begun. But when Tessa gets a frantic call from the young girl only days later to say she’s had a terrifying second dream, the race is on to prevent another murder.
Was Tessa’s usually flawless instinct about Ellie’s home life wrong? Has Ellie overheard something she shouldn’t? With only hours to go until Ellie’s terrible prediction comes true, Tessa is shocked to get a deadly warning from someone in her own dark past. Leave the case alone, or she – and Ellie – are next.
Tessa refuses to stop her investigation – it’s the only way to save Ellie. But then a deadly attack leaves Tessa’s team fighting for their lives, and Ellie taken… Tessa would risk everything to unmask the most twisted killer she’s ever encountered. But first she must rescue Ellie, before it’s too late for them all…
My Review
I really enjoyed this third installment of the Tessa Burns series. Dare I say, it’s my favorite installment to date (I’m hoping there’s more!). This is such an exciting, thought provoking, and complex story and I was here for every word of it. The plot slowly builds with such intensity (but in a good way) and then it reaches the peak and there is so much action.
Ellie was such a believable character. I was absolutely horrified at the way that the Sargent handled the situation with her. She’s just a little girl and a good one at that! I really enjoyed Tessa, Danny, and Maggie once again. I enjoy these three together. I have such a soft spot in my heart for kids, that they work that they do in these series is what makes me want to read them (and of course, the author’s talent at storytelling!). There were quite a few twists that I didn’t see coming – which is the way that I like reading these types of books!
There could be some triggering themes in here: kidnapping, organized crime, gang violence, and foster system failures.
If those do not trigger you, then start this series (if you haven’t already), and read this book!
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About the Author
Shane Dunphy (S. A. Dunphy) was born in Brighton in 1973, but grew up in Ireland, where he has lived and worked for most of his life. A child protection worker for fifteen years, he is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the number one Irish bestseller Wednesday’s Child and the Sunday Times Bestseller The Girl Who Couldn’t Smile. His bestselling series of crime novels (written under the name S. A. Dunphy) feature the criminologist David Dunnigan. Stories From the Margins, his new series of true crime books written for Audible, has been critically acclaimed and the second title in the series, The Bad Place, is an Audible True Crime bestseller.
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