Back to Ragmullin in Book Five of the series. I'm glad I read the previous books and kept up with the series. This book has wrung me out emotionally. It's unsettling. The themes are loaded. It's fast-paced, sharp and packed with action all the way through. DI Lottie Parker continues to be sarcastic and tetchy, but she is a dedicated detective. After a fire at her home in the last book, she and her children are squashed in at her mother's house. She seems to subsist without much food, sleep or that elusive "me-time.". The rest of the team are smart and likeable, especially Mark Boyd. There are two cases running parallel. It's an involved plot and requires a lot of unravelling. A dead new-born baby turns up, and the mother has vanished. Then, Mikey Driscoll goes missing and is eventually found dead. DI Lottie and her team face a dilemma. As the bodies of young boys keep appearing and the suspects mount up Lottie and her team are as foxed as me. Events spiral out of control, and Lottie scarcely knows which way to turn. Towards the end, there is a crushing, emotional part, which tore me apart. While I was reading, I couldn't help turning over in my mind the alarming thought that predators are lurking purposely on the lookout for unaccompanied children. If you delve back into the mid-1960's this was how Myra Hindley found the victims for her and Ian Brady to torture and kill. Later, the same with Rose and Fred West. Do we never learn? Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.

WoW!!.........Tell Nobody by Patricia Gibney is the 5th instalment of Detective Lottie Parker series. I've been a fan of these of books from the very first book of Detective Lottie Parker series many moons ago. So this book was just as excellent as her first book. Once I opened my kindle and start to read Patricia's latest "Tell nobody" I couldn't put it down, I was hooked.

A big shiny 5 Stars

So, Looking forward to read Book 6 of Detective Lottie Parker series especially to find out more about the stranger with the green eyes are!

Big Thank you to Bookouture, Netgalley & the very Talented Patricia Gibney for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.
I loved it x

Another great read in this series. This book is gripping and full of action the whole way through. There is a lot to the plot and some really interesting characters. There are a lot of layers to this story which are very cleverly written. This is a gritty story with down to earth believable characters. I hope there are more books to come.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

My first introduction to Detective Lottie Parker, a really great read, a story line that kept me enthralled from start to finish. Looking forward to reading more of the Lorie Parker series. A thoroughly recommended read.

I haven't written a review yet as I'm too upset by Gilly dying. I've read and reviewed the other books in this series and I hated the author taking this direction -- particularly since so many other of the same type of detective stories I've read lately have the same thing happening.
NetGalley won't let me post this without clicking some stars and boxes and at least 100 words but I wanted to say that my review can't be favorable with GILLY dying. It just seems like it is a page taken from so many other books where members of the detective team have died. Just one example is Dawson's death in Angela Marsons' series. I didn't like when that happened either. I can't take it anymore. It's not too late to change that one little piece without affecting the rest of the story.

First of all let me say that this is the third book on my TVR for October and it is another 5 star Bobby Dazzler.
I get really excited when a book from this author lands in my inbox.
What can I say about this book?
A fantastic read which I expect from this author. I havè read every book written by this author and is now one of my firm favourites. As I would expect from this author I was hooked from the first page.
Her main character Lottie Parker has so much to deal with in this book. Dead boys from a local football team, a dead new born baby, sexual abuse and a half brother poking his nose in.
This book is fast paced. Another rollercoaster of a crime thriller. Lots of red herrings and a family from hell !!!!!
Highly recommended and a must READ. This book is the fifth in the series, but can be read as a stand alone. I am sure that once you have read this book you will definitely want to read the rest of this series.
HAPPY READING.
I would like to thank the author Patricia Gibney, Bookouture and Net.galley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for giving an honest review.

I loved my return to Ragmullin and the world of Lottie Parker. I wouldn’t want to live there, as they seem to have more than their fair share of baddies, but I do enjoy visiting.
This story was quite complex, but it all came together at the end. The puzzle kept me guessing, but I did not guess the major reveal.
I enjoyed revisiting the characters, and look forward to more stories from this author. Well done!

Tell nobody is the 5th instalment in the Lottie Park series. She is streill messed up as ever and she is now living with her mother Rosie, with her kids, after the family home burnt down. They can’t wait for the new house to be finish, so they can get away from her meddling.
The story starts with Hope Cotter turning up at Ragmullin Police Station losing a lot of blood and screaming “I Killed him”. Later Lottie’s son Sean and his friend go fishing and they find a body of a new-born baby dead in the canal. Are these two incidents linked in anyway?
After scoring the winning goal and finish eating the celebratory McDonalds meal with his team mates Mikey Driscoll makes his way home to be found dead the next day arranged with flowers around his body. Lottie is leading the investigation with the rest of her team, Boyd, Charlie and Lynch and she knows that she has a serial killer on her hands. There is a race to find the killer before more bodies turn up.
This is another gripping instalment in this series. This story is more character driven then before and it was a bit more sensitive as it dealt with Children, drugs and abuse. It had a lot of twists and turns that keeps you guessing throughout the story and I really enjoyed the twist at the end. The only question I had at the end of the story is what is happening to Lottie and Boyd as they seemed to get closer in the story. I suppose I will have to wait for the next instalment, Can’t wait.

A superb series! Good writing, great characters with fascinating back stories and a tremendous plot that retains one's interest throughout. Already looking forward to number 6!

These books are like a fix. I was just wondering when I could get my next dose when this latest one came out and like the others, it was hard to put down. Patricia Gibney doesn't waste any time, the story gets going from page one and there isn't a boring page in the book. Lottie with all her failings and problems remains a likable character and the Irish setting contributes to the story. I am a fan and looking forward to the next one.

It's the first book of the series I read. Sometimes this is tricky, because you have missed out on a lot of the main characters' lives. A rather large amount of people were thrown into my lap, but I never had the feeling that it was confusing. The author always gave enough information about the past but never gave away too much. It enabled the reader to pick up right away. The one thing she achieved is me wanting to read the whole series, but that can only be classified as a good thing. LOL.

She also introduces a number of new individuals and I never had to go back because I did not know who was who anymore. This is a fabulous skill.

I was trying so hard to figure out who was the perpetrator that it almost fried my brain and only at the very last moment, I had it nailed. It leaves you speechless once again how one person's actions can put a whole drama into action. I know this is fiction, but it happens to often in real live as well.

This book is so fast paced and fluently written that I wanted to turn off my phone and doorbell to make sure I could read in peace without anybody disturbing me. It's a brilliant and emotional story. 5 stars.

Thank you, Patricia Gibney, Bookouture and Netgalley. (review to be posted on goodreads and my blog on publication day)

This was my first book in the Detective Lottie Parker series. I am now thinking of reading the previous books too because this was great. A fast paced police procedural that never slows down. A strong, clever plot. Lottie I didn't care much for but that didn't matter, I still enjoyed this book a lot.
If you like dark, complex edge on your seat thrillers then this one's exactly that. Thank you to Netgalley because I wouldn't have discovered this series otherwise!

I was hooked from page one. This is a very busy book. Many things happening at once. This book caused me to do something I rarely do when reading. I cried. Patricia Gibney writes a book that wrings the emotion right out of you. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can’t wait for the next one.
I received an advance review copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really like this series. Lottie is a great character and the plot of each book is always intriguing.
In this novel, Lottie is on the trail of a person who has killed two young boys. There's also a newborn, found dead by Lottie's own son. There are no shortage of suspects but I really had no idea who was responsible until the end.
Lottie's personal life is a mess. She has so many things to deal with on a personal level, her kids, her aging mother and a messy love life. She always manages to focus on the job though and that's what makes her so impressive.
I can't wait for the next installment in this series...

Well, Lottie’s patience hasn’t improved any with the start of book five. And she still hasn’t put the pieces of her personal life back together. She and the kids are living with her mother after their house burned down.

Lottie loves her kids but no one is giving her mother of the year awards. One phrase caught me though. “He was her son. She knew every hair on his head but had no idea of the thoughts that careened through his mind.” Hasn’t every parent of a teenager thought that on a regular basis?

All deaths are horrible but before Lottie knows it, she’s dealing with the death of three children, one a mere baby. The book is as well written as its predecessors. Characters are well fleshed out, descriptions vivid enough to picture the scenes. Lots of tension, fast paced action. Lottie can’t get a break, let alone time for food or sleep and you feel her anxiety. Her team is having difficulties interacting with lots of internal drama this time around.

I would not recommend reading this as a stand-alone as there several backstories that come into play.

My thanks to netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of this mystery.

Absolutely loved Tell Nobody Lottie Parker has become one of my favourite detectives she is extremely talented and intelligent but also very human and flawed and this just makes me love her more. As usual she is trying to balance work and family and her life is chaotic as always. This time around someone is murdering children and leaving flowers beside their dead bodies and the race is on for Lottie and her team to find the killer before more bodies start piling up. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and wow what an ending I definitely didn't see that coming or I would have bought a mountain of tissues!!!! Fantastic read and can't wait for the next book.

Thank you very much to NetGalley, Bookouture and Patricia Gibney for the ARC of this book my review is honest and unbiased in any way.

Can't believe we are up to book 5 in this series. Lottie Parker and her team are back for more. I swear living in Ragmullin is like living in Midsomer... dangerous if you want to live! So much death in this Irish town...good job they have a crack team of detectives on the job.

This one was a tough read as it is kids that are the age of my kids being murdered. First Mikey Driscoll is found dead, a friend of Lotties son Sean. If that isn't bad enough he has just found a dead baby at the canal. Then another young boy turns up dead and the town is in panic mode. Lottie in her own way sets out to solve this case as well as that of the dead baby.

I really do enjoy this series, even though Lottie is definitely an acquired taste. Her family love her and are having their own dramas. I look forward seeing what happens next for them.

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased

You know that feeling when you find a series you love and, opening up that first page, you just slip back into the protagonists world without a moment's hesitation? When you feel like you're back with old friends. That's how it is with the Lottie Parker series by Patricia Gibney. I am so used to life amongst the various characters of Ragmullin that I am always happy when I hear another book is just around the corner. It is no wonder she has had such success with the series as it is fabulous, and Tell Nobody is another cracking read.

Now the main story may be a little upsetting for some as it is centred around the murder of a young boy and a rather unsettling discovery in the local river, made by none other than Lottie's own son, Sean. Now I don't want to say too much about that element of the story other than to say the way in which it is woven into the main investigation is very carefully and skilfully done.

The prologue really sets us up with a true sense of foreboding, a sense of panic and setting the pace for what is to come. After that, the main body of the book actually opens in a rather jubilant way, watching a team of young footballers go on to win their match and the subsequent celebrations at a local branch of McDonalds. No - unbelievably, eating a McDonald's isn't actually the greatest or darkest crime in the book. As the chapter continues you get that ominous feeling in the pit of your stomach and, by the end, you know that something bad is going to happen, much, much worse than a dodgy post match diet.

I love the way in which the author has continued to develop the character of Lottie Parker. She has always been one hundred percent devoted to her family and this book sees her pushed to her limits once more, partly down to the fact that, following the events in the previous book, they have been forced to move in with her mother, something not necessarily conducive to a balanced family life. Not only that, but her son Sean is caught right in the middle of a potential murder investigation and her friendship with colleague Boyd has hit a difficult patch with Lottie torn between her feelings for him and her feelings for her dead husband. Lottie is a woman with problems, both at work and at home, plagued by demons and events which she can do nothing about and a little too addicted to chemical and alcohol based crutches. But she is still a character you warm to. She's not neat, she's not organised, but she if bloody well committed to her job and determined to find justice where she can.

The supporting characters in this book really make it the story that it is. Lottie's team are so diverse and yet you kind of love them all. There is added anxiety amongst them this time around, Boyd because of his potentially unrequited feelings for Lottie; Maria Lynch because she has strange ideas about Lottie's friendship with her husband, possibly driven by baby hormones. Larry Kirby is perhaps the only laid back one amongst them as, right now, everything is okay in his world. Collectively they make a great team but individually there are so many personality quirks, a psychologist would have a field day (and quite possibly need therapy themselves at the end of it). Love them all.

The secondary character, those who lurk on the periphery of the investigation and those who are full on suspects, are really well drawn and the author excels in moving suspicion from one to another as their actions become more or less suspicious. There are so many possibilities for who the perpetrator may be, and although we are treated to passages told from the killer's point of view helping you to understand a little of their perverse logic, you still don't get the full picture or any inclination of the who until the very end. There are some elements which perhaps lead you to a certain conclusion, and I was right, to a point, in my thinking. The ending was still a surprise though, so many secrets kept until the last.

And speaking of secrets, Lottie has a visitor in this book, one who could spell all kinds of trouble for her. I am excited to see where this who thread of the story leads. It is a major part of Lottie's life and not going to go away easily I don't think.

The pacing in this book felt quicker than previous books. Not quite sure why but I certainly found myself blasting through it in record time. Perhaps it is the subject matter, perhaps the urgent feeling of the chase while they try to identify suspects, or find the young girl who may be a key witness to it all. Maybe it's just the fact that the stakes were so high and the tension flowed from the page. Certainly the final few chapters are action packed, full of high stakes drama and yet tinged with an overwhelming sadness. Whatever the case, Patricia Gibney sure knows how to keep her audience rapt.

If you are a fan of the series you are going to love this book. Full of tension, a compelling plotline, littered with poignant moments that will play with your emotions, and with characters you can't help but love, this is a damned fine story. Top stuff.

I was excited to read Tell Nobody because I had heard the Lottie Parker series compared to Tana French's police procedural books and I am a huge fan of French's work. Gibney's book and series have lots of great reviews but unfortunately, I did not end up liking this book at all. What I enjoy about Tana French's work is her characterization and insights into the human condition within the detective format. In Gibney's book, there are too many characters and there is shallow characterization. We learn the most about the main detective Lottie but she comes across as an unpleasant person and I don't really care to know more about her. I had trouble making myself read the book and by the end, I wish I hadn't. There are several extremely disturbing sub-plots that I wish I could scrub from my brain. Some of the police procedures did not seem realistic, i.e. instant test results. I can understand that if you were following the series of books, it would be interesting to see what happens in the lives of the main characters and perhaps this mitigates the other aspects of the book. I received an electronic ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This series just gets better and better. Fast paced and for once I was wrong about 'who did it'! . .