This is one of my favourite crime series and this book was another fast paced adventure with Lottie. Whilst this is focused on such a tough subject with the murder of a child it has been written sensitively but in a way that conveys the emotion to the reader.

The boy’s body was so white it was almost transparent. But that’s not what caused the nausea to rise up her throat. He was so young. His body was unmarked, surrounded by a halo of plucked wildflowers.

One hot summer evening, eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll is on the way home from playing with friends. Two days later, his body is discovered on a bed of wildflowers by some local teenagers.

The case is assigned to Detective Lottie Parker and this time it’s personal. The victim was a close friend of her son, Sean, from the run-down Munbally estate on the other side of town. Sean tells his mother Mikey was behaving normally before he died, but Lottie can’t help but feel that her son is keeping something from her…

Then days later, another boy is found dead, surrounded by wild flowers next to beautiful Ladystown Lake.

On the hunt for a twisted individual with a terrifying calling card, Lottie must uncover the web of secrets within Mikey’s circle of friends. Someone is hiding something but who are they protecting and can Lottie find out before it’s too late? Lottie is desperate to catch the killer before he strikes again because this time her own child could be in terrible danger…

Lottie is a great detective. She’s a mother who never quite seems to get any kind of balance of time spent between her job and her family. She fights relentlessly to get justice for victims, which often puts her family in second position. With this case though, she’s going to need to switch her focus to protect the ones she loves the most.

Read it everyone. Just read it! But start from the beginning of the series - you won’t be disappointed!

Patricia Gibney has pulled out another gem with Tell Nobody which is number five in the Lottie Parker books. In this book we really get to know more about Lottie's very chaotic personal life so by now in the series she has developed into a relatable and familiar character. This time Lottie's career and private life collide so she feels even more pressure to find a sinister child killer and the clock is ticking.
The plot is tight, twisty and totally gripping. The subject matter is at times hard to read but the wonderful storytelling keeps you turning the pages. Hours flew by as I immersed myself totally (and didn't guess the outcome).
This book works fine on its own but I strongly recommend that you don't miss out on the earlier books in this series especially if you love fast paced, gritty crime novels with plenty of twists and turns.

The boy's body was so white it was almost transparent. But that's not what caused the nausea to rise up her throat. He was so young. His body was unmarked, surrounded by a halo of plucked wildflowers.

One hot summer evening, eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll is on the way home from playing with friends. Two days later, his body is discovered on a bed of wildflowers by some local teenagers.

The case is assigned to Detective Lottie Parker. The victim was a close friend of her son, Sean, from the run-down Munbally estate on the other side of town. Sean tells his mother Mikey was behaving normally before he died, but Lottie can't help but feel that her son is keeping something from her...

Then days later, another boy is found dead, surrounded by wild flowers next to beautiful Ladystown Lake.

On the hunt for a twisted individual with a terrifying calling card, Lottie must uncover the web of secrets within Mikey's circle of friends. Someone is hiding something but who are they protecting and can Lottie find out before it's too late? Lottie is desperate to catch the killer before he strikes again because this time her own child could be in terrible danger...

If you love Karin Slaughter, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Abbott, you'll love the latest heart-stopping thriller from Patricia Gibney. Tell Nobody will keep you guessing until the very last page.

In 2019 I learned something. All the books that you say 'I'm saving this one for when I can properly sit down with it,' will probably never ever get read. For this reason towards the end of the year I began to look into my kindle and at my Netgalley pile (back up over frigging 30 after I got it from close to 40 to 4, can you believe it?!) and compile a list of the books I HAD to read. This, of course, was number 1. As a result, new year, new reading habits, and I settled in to devour this, number 5 of the DI Lottie Parker series.

I found this one the toughest of the series starting off, probably because there was just so much unease and unrest, as a young baby and young boy are found murdered. We were drawn to so many bullies, every parent's nightmare and all so close to my son's age and situation, that I couldn't help but feel this was a book I might struggle with. Saying that I rode it out and was very much entranced and engrossed in a story so full of twists and turns, where everyone were suspects, and I couldn't figure out who the evil person who was intent on bringing down so many innocent children was. The action was i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e, so spot on I found myself nodding, slack jawed, regularly! 

It was a great book as well for us getting to know everyone in the station, and I loved that where you had Lottie and Boyd off interviewing someone, you also had O Donoghue, Kirby and Lynch more at the forefront than I remember them ever being.

There was fantastic, beautiful prose that put me right at the location (to be fair not too difficult since I know the locations!!), some breathtakingly lovely romance, and so much sorrow and heartbreak too. This book was a belter and has me ready to jump into book 6. Epic. Thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for the book in return for an honest review.

Rating:5/5

I just love these Detective Lottie Park books, such a good read

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

Thrilling story with a plot that kept me turning the pages, really well written with great characters. Highly recommend to everyone who is a fan of this genre.

I have immensely enjoyed reading this book. Its well written. Will definitely recommend. I am glad I was given access to this arc.

I just love Patricia Gibney's novels, and once again this book doesn't disappoint!!!!! Lottie and her family are homeless (previous books), and have to stay with her mother. This brings it own challenges which while combined with a very challenging investigation brings an entertaining novel!!! It was very well written, and I loved every minute of it!
Highly recommended.

Tell Nobody – Patricia Gibney

First of all I must apologise for my tardiness in writing this review. I downloaded and read it on the same day but I’m afraid due to illness it completely slipped my mind.

The Lottie Parker novels are a well-written gripping police procedural set in Ragmullen Ireland. In this one we find Lottie more than a little discombobulated in herself and with life at the moment. Having been caught in a compromising position with a colleague’s husband (not one of her finest moments). To top it off her relationship with Boyd is at an all time low, poop keeps rolling down the hill. One good thing in this book is Lottie staying clean, high five girl not that it makes her any sweeter natured.

Never mind she doesn’t have long to wait for something to come in and take her mind off it all not that the storm that’s heading her way is going to make things any clearer. Three children turn up dead; one of them is Mikey Driscoll this brings trouble closer to home, as he is a friend of her son Sean.

This is such a blinking good series; I’m always chuffed when I have a Detective Lottie Parker novel to read. I have a seasoned routine for this, a shower, clean pjs, chocolate, tea and peace and quiet. A highly recommended series, go on treat yourself, you know you want to.

Read for an honest review. Thank you Patricia Gibney, Netgalley and Bookouture

This book by Patricia Gibney was a difficult read as there is are murder victims, and sadly, they are children. The first child found in D.I. Lottie Parker's newest case was eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll. After a soccer match and a treat at McDonald's, Mikey never made it home.

Sadly, his broken body was discovered. Young Mikey was a friend of Lottie's son Sean. Shortly after, fifteen-year-old Sean, and his friend Barry, were drinking and fishing, The boys tragically discover the body of a baby. Was it a coincidence that a teen girl stumbled into the police station claiming "I think I killed him"? As if Lottie and her team do not already have their hands full, yet another body of a child is found.

While Lottie is searching for the teen, who after being sent to the hospital, managed to disappear, she finds a powerful connection to the two dead boys. At the top of each boy's head was a wreath of flowers. So, Lottie begins her investigation with the parents of the children, their friends, and even her son, Sean.

Clues are hard to come by, as there are a lot of secrets and several suspects. Will Lottie be able to act quickly enough before another child is found? And, of course, she is worried about her son Sean. What a thrilling story! As mentioned above, this was difficult, but it was in no way gruesome. Only the facts were revealed and the focus of the story was on the investigation.

Occasionally, in the pages of this book, readers catch a glimpse of the killer's perspective. Even so, the twists and turns were numerous and in no way was I able to figure out the identity of the killer. Tell Nobody is the fifth book in the series. I just came into the series, but was able to easily follow the story. There was a backstory of Lottie and her family, and how they came to live with her mother. In this story, Lottie grew close to one of her detectives, Boyd. I do wish I had read the earlier stories so I could have seen how they worked together prior to this book.

The previous titles in the Detective Lottie Parker series are, The Missing Ones, The Stolen Girls, The Lost Child and No Safe Place. The next book in the series is Final Betrayal, which has already been released.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC to review in exchange for my honest opinion.

Tell Nobody is a mystery with many layers and twists and turns. A few things happen at the beginning of the book and you have no idea if they are related and how they could possibly fit together. I absolutely love the Lottie Parker series but I have to say this was not my favorite of the books. While I enjoyed the book and appreciated it kept me guessing it just didn't have the same pull to keep me reading as some of the other books have. There is one death in this book that I am just heartbroken about! :( And I'm so sad for the character that will endure the most pain from it. I expect this will play out more in the next book in the series. I can't wait to read it!

I literally could not put this book down and read it in one sitting! I was hooked and could not work out the who, why where or hows!

Book 5 in the Detective Lottie Parker series is another cracker. Lottie is back as dysfunctional and head wrecking as ever before and I couldn’t be happier to be along for the ride!
When Mikey O’Driscoll is found dead Lottie immediately thinks of her own teenage son and as the number of bodies rises the action amps up and the book speeds along dragging the reader with it. Lottie and her children are still living with her Mother Rose and desperately counting down the days until their new house will be ready, she is still dancing the will they /won’t they dance with Boyd.
The number of plot angles was fantastic you just couldn’t tell which way to turn to point the finger of accusation. Being Irish I adore the way Patricia Gibney writes, the way she works phrases that are everyday into the book means that you can hear the characters voice in your head as you read it.
Ten out of ten every time for this fantastic writer

Another riveting and twisty thriller from Gibney. I just cannot get enough of the complex, quirky and unapologetically-bold Detective Inspector Lottie Parker! I never want this series to end.

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book from NetGalley & Bookouture in order to read and provide a voluntary and honest review, should I choose to do so.

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Thank you #NetGalley for an advanced copy of #TellNobody!

Anyone who’s read any of Patricia Gibney’s books knows how fabulous they are; extremely suspenseful with twists left and right up until the very last page. This book is #5 in the Lottie Parker series but luckily if you haven’t read books 1-4, you won’t be confused (you know how some books you just can’t fully understand without reading all series books in order). So book #5 is about Lottie Parker and her detectives trying to solve the murders of a newborn baby and two 11 year old boys. Each chapter offers up another potential suspect to the point where you literally can’t even guess who the killer could be, because it really could be anyone! My only gripe with these books (totally my own preference and certainly not a showstopper) is how TERRIBLE Lottie is to her partner, Boyd, and her other detectives. At times it really made me feel bad for them because Lottie is just so mean/rude but hey! Maybe that’s how a female detective living in a male-dominant profession has to be! Regardless of this, I highly recommend this book as well as the others in the series. I’ve only read books 1 and 5 but can imagine the others are just as great and worth the read!

From my blog: Always With a Book:

This is the 5th book in Patricia Gibney's Detective Lottie Parker series and I think it just gets better and better with every book! It is definitely a dark, creepy series and certainly not on for the faint of heart, but I sure do love my crime thrillers and this series is one heck of a good one!

As is typical in this series, right from the beginning you are pulled into the investigation and are not sure who is behind the gruesome murders. As you meet potential suspects you wonder if they are the "one." I had so many theories as I was reading, yet I never ended up guessing the right person. And even as we hear from the murderer's point of view at times, I still couldn't pinpoint who they were...and let me tell you, those chapters were quite chilling!

Besides all this going on, there is still the usual character development happening that is the hallmark of this series. Detective Lottie Parker and her children are now living with her mum because of developments that occurred in the previous book and things are not easy. Lottie's temper is getting the best of her most days and she is running herself ragged trying to stay on top of work, keep track of her children and get their new place ready to move in yesterday. To say she is a "hot mess" is putting it mildly!

While this book can be read as a stand-alone, I really think - and strongly recommend!!! - that you read this series in order for the sole purpose of watching these characters develop as they were meant to. There are relationships that have been built, developments that have occurred and character development that has been developed over the course of this series that really is the foundation of this series. As much as it is a crime fiction series, it is also a character-driven series.

There is a major development that occurs for Lottie's team at the end of this book that is both devastating and horrific. It has implications not only on the team as a whole, but on a particular individual within the team and I am so anxious for the next book to come out to see how this development moves forward. There is also things going on in Lottie's personal life that need to be addressed - concerning her mother as well as a visitor from the U.S. I am looking forward to seeing how that plays out, too.

This series is one of my favorites and that next book cannot come out soon enough!!!

I have not read any other books by Patricia Gibney and so was attempting to read Tell Nobody as a standalone.
Hmmm, well I persevered until 39% but have decided not to finish the book. I usually enjoy crime procedural wuth twists but the language used ie the use of excessive blasphemy, and the multiple reference to vomitting have resulted me stopping reading, and me commenting here so that others may be prepared - had I known either fact I would not have started to read the book.
To be fair to the author who can clearly write and create a plot and sustain a style within a series I will give 4 stars.

I haven't read the other books in this series, so was a little at sea with the detectives. I found myself losing track of the numerous characters - detectives, victims and potential suspects alike - but the book was an enjoyable read nonetheless.

I haven't read any of the other Lottie Parker books, so I felt at a bit of disadvantage here. Although not necessary, I did feel like I was missing something. However, this book would have been a good standalone anyway, and I did enjoy it.