A great, thrilling read, which will keep you entertained throughout. A good one sitting read, get the nibbles ready, close the door, and read!

I have to admit that maybe I am a little bit biased as I absolutely love the Josie Quinn series, however I really really did enjoy this one.

Time and time again Lisa Regan pulls you in right from the first chapter and keeps you hooked.

I cannot wait for the next Josie Quinn instalment. I feel that this may be a series I never want to end.

Fabulous plot which I could not put down. Brilliant characters, and twists and turns. Highly recommend to other fans of this genre!!

The author has once again delivered an amazing nail biter. I love the Josie Quinn series. There are twists and turns and flashbacks to Josie’s past and the trauma she experienced growing up. The characters were well developed and you will find yourself drawn into the mystery. There are some underlying themes of domestic violence, kidnapping, etc. that has you guessing where things will go. While it would help to read the books in order, this one is intriguing enough to enjoy by itself. I can’t wait for the next adventure with Josie.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookoutre for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

This is a page turning book which was very enjoyable
The story is captivating and intense. A great read

This is book seven in the series, having said this it can be still be read as a standalone book. I personally hadnt read any of Lisas books but I will definately be reading more. It had me sitting on the edge of my seat. This book was captivating ... I loved it.

Lisa regan writes thrillers/mysteries like no one else. Josie is a complex and fascinating character. I thought this particular book might just the the best one so far!

Wow-I loved this book. The only disappointment for me was that I hadn't read the other books in this series, so now I have to do that. Brilliant, well-written, great plot, fabulous characters. Recommended.

Nice addition to the series...in fact one of my favorite books in this series.

I loved the mystery, the pacing and the characters. I found it hard to put this one down. If you're a fan of this series, then this one is a definite read!

I received a free e-copy of Cold Heart Creek (Detective Josie Quinn #7) by Lisa Regan from NetGalley for my honest review.

The most exciting, amazing, heart-pounding series I have read in years. I just can't get enough of this amazing series. It just keeps getting better and better. Love the characters, the mystery, and the writing is amazing! Please keep this series going.

I can’t believe that this is the seventh book in the series featuring Detective Josie Quinn and her team. In this book they are called out to investigate two bodies, found by a park ranger, at a forest campsite. It becomes clear that there was another woman with them but she appears to be missing. Whilst seeking clues Josie comes across a woman, in,labour, staggering out of the woods. It appears that this woman went missing two years ago and informs Josie that she has been held captive by a hermit In the woods. Josie and Noah, who is a Lieutenant in her team and also her boyfriend, have to try to see if there is a link between the murders and this woman. They come across an isolated farmhouse in the forest known as The Sanctuary where people can go who want to escape their lives and Josie is convinced that some of the people there are involved. As well as struggling to solve this case, Josie is struggling with nightmares as her abusive “mother” who is dying in prison wants to see her. Josie is a likeable character, a dedicated police officer with a heartbreaking past and you can’t help but feel sorry for her. This is a great book in the series but can easily be read as a standalone. It is fast paced, gripping with plenty of twists and turns that you won’t want to put it down. I can’t wait for book number eight!
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Book 7 in the Josie Quinn series!!! Yahoooo, as you all know this is my #1 series of all time!!!!!!

This book did not disappoint! We saw Josie go through so much and the last couple of books and I felt there wasn’t much of a storyline advancing Josie and Noah’s relationship but I feel like we did get a bit more in this novel and I was so pleased.

To me, Lisa Regan writes the perfect blend of edge of your seat thriller and relationship development. I really appreciate all the characters and their development throughout every installment. You don’t just fall in love with Josie but you fall in love with the other important characters in Josie's life.

As usual, a brilliant gripping page-turning novel!! I’m already counting down the days to the next one.

You can read these as stand alone’s but I highly highly recommend reading this series in order! It will be worth your time I promise you.

This story involves two newlyweds found dead at their campsite, and a cult/commune house not far away from the murder site….

I received this ARC from Netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Netgalley.com, to Bookouture, and to Lisa Regan.

In book 7 of this fantastic series, Lisa Regan does not disappoint. I highly recommend this book. It is suspenseful and is a real page turner.

This is book 7 featuring homicide detective Josie Quinn and the series shows no sign of becoming stale. If anything they are becoming more compelling as we learn more about the cast of characters. This story starts with the mysterious deaths of two campers which soon leads to a strange cult like commune deep in the woods. As always the intrigue builds quickly leading to a shocking conclusion leaving the reader begging for more. Lets hope the author doesn't leave us waiting too long for book 8.

A young couple are found at the side of a campfire dead. Have they eaten something they shouldn’t have or has somebody killed them . Detective Josie Quinn and her team are called to the scene. While coming the scene they find a third sleeping bag .,Where is the other person are they alive or dead. They also find a farmhouse is the middle of the woods where people go to escape .There is a young girl there who looks like she wants to say something but doesn’t.
While coming away from the farmhouse a young pregnant woman runs into there path. Josie has to deliver the baby in the back of the car.
While at hospital this woman tells Josie she was taken from a camp and kept held in the coves by the hermit.
Then when the body of the young woman from the farmhouse turns up dead. Has everything got to do with this farmhouse or the hermit who lives in the coves
Great read
Thanks NetGalley

Josie Quinn has been one of my favourites ever because of the way her character has been developed with believable qualities as well as flaws. We can identify with her pain and the abuse she suffered in her childhood at the hands of the woman she thought was her mother. Josie’s vulnerability coupled with her inner strength and determination makes her the complete woman that she is. Noah her boyfriend and her partner is the only who understands her and supports her especially when she gets these horrifying nightmares where she actually relives her harrowing experience of abuse and torture.
When Noah and Josie get back from vacation they come face to face with a challenging case of two bodies found at a campsite by a creek. There are no visible injuries on them but the police do discover puddles of vomit close by indicating that they might have been poisoned
The presence of a third sleeping bag points to a third person, a woman. The search for the missing person leads Josie and her team deep into the forest where they discover a cult living in a farmhouse led by a charismatic woman called Charlotte.
Cults always have had a negative connotation as being a group of people with novel beliefs and socially deviant views and this group of people also start behaving strangely when Josie starts questioning them. Intrigued she decides to investigate them further. The case takes a bizarre turn when they find a pregnant woman in labour in the woods. Are all these cases connected? Is there something more than what meets the eye in the cult which is called the Sanctuary?
The plot of this captivating narrative keeps our hearts racing as we wait with bated breath for the next twist. Just when we think it cannot get better than that Lisa springs us with another shocking turn of events. The writing is fluid and lucid, the plot well crafted and the characterisation phenomenal which completes the ingredients of a perfect thriller.
Kudos to Lisa for yet another winner. My score a perfect 5 *.

Lisa Regan really does it for me. Her books are so captivating, and i love following the characters!

Two campers are found dead with no sign of distress. Det Josie Quinn is called in where she finds these were calculated deaths. The eerie feeling of this story is a little different from prior books but it was definitely an attention grabber. Add Josie's personal trials on top of the investigation and the mystery grows as the killer becomes bolder. Lisa Regan can be counted on to give her readers an excellent story that keeps them reading "just a few more pages" until the end.

I really enjoy Lisa Regan's Josie Quinn series and this was another excellent addition. There was lots going on to keep my interest from a creepy cult to a hermit living in the wilderness. Can't wait for book number 8

This was simply fabulous!! Exactly what I needed when life got tough for me.

2 bodies in the woods, Josie and Noah were called to investigate. A third missing camper made it a wider search. A missing woman was suddenly found on the road just to have Josie deliver the child at the back of her hatchback. Josie had a potpourri of an investigation but it smelled real bad. Something was afoul there.

My first book by author Lisa Reagen, though 7th book in the series. The first word that came to me while reading was - the writing was so friendly. Reading a new author and that too a mid-series book, I should have felt alienated. But this author went over and beyond in the story. The past and the present were so well assimilated that understanding the characters was seamless.

I couldn't help but keep looking at Josie. A lead Detective in the police procedural with her own demons, in a relationship with her lieutenant, I was in awe of her. I couldn't stop reading the book to get to the end. There was something hypnotic and loving about the whole vibe of it as if the book was inviting me to read in its pages and forget my tensions. Make no mistake, it was a murder / missing persons investigation and quite hard hitting at the core of it.

The last section was so spellbounding and throat-ripping that I had to walk while reading to get rid of the excess adrenaline. My thriller-y heart was so happy reading this book. I simply loved. My afternoon read today, a perfect escape from life.