Lottie's son, Sean goes to a party at the home of Lucy McAllister to celebrate the end of their exams and school year. Hannah, Lucy's friend is also there. Later, DI Lottie Parker and her team are called in to investigate the murder of seventeen-year-old Lucy. Sean had left at midnight when Lucy went to pick him up, and Hannah can't seem to remember much about anything. Lucy's right-hand man and boyfriend DS Mark Boyd is away in Spain where he is getting to know Sergio, the son that his ex-wife, Jackie has just recently told him he has. Can Lottie crack the case?

Dark, chilling and utterly gripping, the plotline in The Guilty Girl is a busy one. The super-talented Patricia Gibney handles everything with her usual expertise making this novel extremely difficult to leave even for five minutes. Will The Guilty Girl keep you guessing as it did me? Very highly recommended, I still really need to catch up on the instalments I've missed.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Bookouture via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

This is Lottie Parker at her best. It is a stand alone but for those lovers of the Lottie Parker series it is wonderful to pick up on much loved characters. In this book Lottie has her hands full (nothing new there!!). Her mother Rose, with whom she has a love hate relationship, is struggling and Lottie is feeling guilty she is not there for her mother as much as she should be. She is also missing Boyd, who is in Spain bonding with the son he didn’t realise he had until recently. Apart from all that is going on in her personal life Lottie has a murder to solve, with Superintendent Farrell breathing down her neck. Lucy McAllister was murdered in her own home following a wild party. Lottie has to decide if this is a sex crime, drug related or revenge. Lucy had her fingers in a lot of pies and is not the nicest character. To add to Lottie’s woes a second body is discovered linked to the same party, which her son, Sean also attended. Why was a teacher acting as a bouncer at a teenage party? What is the DJ hiding? And why have Lucy’s parents left her home alone for three weeks?

This is not a book to read with one eye on the children or the TV. There are several suspects and a lot going on, including a very dark undercurrent which may upset some readers. My brain was nearly as scrambled as poor Lottie’s. Having said that, as usual Patricia Gibney does not disappoint and it’s a great read to the twisty, exciting finale. I’m so looking forward to reading the 12th book in this series and I hope it won’t be too long a wait

Lottie, the main detective has a lot on her plate , her mother is ill and she is relying on her own children to keep an eye on her. Her son goes to an end of exams party and she insists on picking him up at a reasonable hour. The next morning, it becomes apparent that a girl has been murdered at the party and drugs and alcohol were in abundance. Some of the party goers cannot remember what happened and some are not telling.
As you read, you get the sense that some bigger crime is happening in this place , you get glimpses that something is going on, though it takes a good while until this is revealed in the book. There are lots of characters, Lottie's partner Boyd, is in Spain so less involved in the investigation . One of a series, this reads fine as a stand alone, there is enough information so that you get to know the main characters.
On the whole a great book, maybe slightly too long, there was a bit in the middle where it didn't feel to be going anywhere, but it kept my interest well. Not for the faint hearted because the crimes are nasty and some perhaps needless
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

So lovely to be back in Lottie’s chaotic world. Number 11 in the series and it’s another belter of a read.
The end of term party that results in the host’s death provides a brilliant main plot and the development in the characters and the subplot is subtly brilliant. As always the suspects are mounting up, along with the deaths and it’s a race against time for Lottie and the team to solve the mystery with a totally brilliant twist. Not so much happens as is hinted at in the subplot but it lays the groundwork for some brilliant challenges for Lottie in number 12 and I can’t wait to read it

Thanks to Patricia and NetGalley for allowing me to read The Guilty Girl before the publication date.

When her parents go on holiday, leaving 17 year old Lucy at home, she takes the opportunity to hold an end of exams party.
The cleaner, Sarah, arrives early to find the house trashed and blood on the floor. Lucy is lying in a pool of blood on a bedroom floor.

Called to investigate, D.I. Lottie Parker is faced with identifying the party goers, knowing that her son Sean had been there until she picked him up around midnight.

As the guest list grows, Lottie is surprised to find that Lucy’s PE teacher was acting as a doorman at the party.
It becomes clear that many have secrets and many are lying.

This is an intriguing story with many threads and a surprising outcome.

A party goes horribly wrong when the host, seventeen-year-old Lucy is found brutally murdered in her own home. For Detective Lottie Parker, the investigating officer, it’s all a bit too close to home when she finds out that her son, Sean, was at the party and could have information that will help her enquiry. In a case where everyone seems not to be telling the whole truth, time is definitely running out for Lottie as the threat of her being removed from the investigation is becoming increasingly real.

The eleventh book in the Lottie Parker series is probably the darkest to date, dealing with some very uncomfortable subjects that may act as a trigger for some. It is dealt with in a sensitive way with Patricia Gibney really pulling at your heart strings with one part in particular hitting me hard, showing that the author is not afraid to shock the reader.

What starts out as the detective trying to solve a murder soon turns into something much bigger, the plot not going in the direction I was expecting. There were plenty of shocks and twists along the way that really kept me on my toes and kept me guessing right until the end.

There was a great sub-plot featuring Lottie’s sergeant, Boyd, who due to revelations in a previous book, is not in Ragmullin but, instead, is in Spain dealing with a personal matter. I liked how he still became involved in the case and think that there are fun times ahead with a new character who definitely has the attributes to be a great detective!

This is definitely one of my favourite books in the series to date and hope that we get many more like this one.

Always an exciting moment when I get to open the latest Lottie Parker book! I got sucked in to the story right from the start. Local teenagers have a party at one of their homes while the parents are away. One girl is bullied by the party organiser, and soon after, she is the number one suspect in the murder of the girl. who bullied her. The place is a mess after the party, and the girl who organized the party is dead.

There are many young people involved in dodgy things, both at the party and otherwise. One of them is Lottie's son. He is not telling her, or anyone else what he saw that night. Most people have something to hide, and this makes the case especially tricky for the police.

Lottie is dealing with a lot of things, and it doesn't help that she is worried about her son's involvement in the case. There are a lot of bad things going on, and Lottie can't trust anyone. It is a messy case, and the story is filled with twists and turns. It feels like things just keep on piling up, and it is impossible to put the book down. So, i didn't. I had to finish it in one go. Another excellent story, brilliant detective work, and fantastic writing!

It's not the first Patricia Gibney's novel I read but it's the one that moved me to tears and kept turning pages.
I read it in one afternoon as I wanted to know what happened, why, and the culprit/s
I suppose sometimes I forgot to breath as there's not a moment when the plot drags and there's enough unexpected twists to keep me on the edge.
Lottie is a great character, she's a bit wonder-woman at times due to her preternatural capacity of multitasking, and I like her. I would be happy to invite her to dinner and get to know her better.
The plot is well crafted, I don't want to explain anything because it would be spoiling, and it made me feel a series of emotions. i appreciated the empathy towards the victims and the fact that there's no pity and not cheap emotions.
The people involved in these stories are all very young. It's a story about very young people. It starts and closes with a BANG.
I loved it and it's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Book 11 in the Lottie Parker series and this is up there with the best of them.

Here Lottie is called to the murder of 17 year old local Lucy McAllister. From a well to do family, Lucy was holding an end of school party in her home while her parents were away in Spain for three weeks.

What first appears to be a disagreement that may have gotten way out of hand, things soon take a very dark turn as two more teenagers are quickly murdered and the investigation becomes much more widespread involving drugs, the dark web and all sorts of unsavouriness.

This one is a fantastic read. What starts off as what looks like a party that got out of hand slowly unravels into very dark places. Lottie is as tenacious as ever following up leads and listening to her gut instinct, all while trying to balance it with her hectic family life and avoiding her ever skeptical boss.

I’ve read this series from the beginning of their releases and the standard has been top notch. I think there was one, maybe two that didn’t quite reach the heights of the others but this one stand easily with the best of them. The perfect balance of detective and family life for me and the series really does have life left in it yet.

I really like the central character Lottie. She makes mistakes, is single minded to her own detriment at times but she cares about her work and people, sometimes too much. She is a really well rounded and written character to lead all these stories in Mullingar, sorry Ragmullin!

If you are fan of clever and engaging police procedurals then you should really check out Lottie Parker and her team. 11 books in and she and her team are up there with the best in the genre period.

Many thanks to the publisher for the ARC through Netgalley.

Book 11 in the fantastic DI Lottie Parker series. As with all the books in this series I don’t even need to read the blurb to know I’m going to love the book. Right from the prologue this book just had me completely hooked. Often I read crime thrillers and quite early on I have a fair idea of who the guilty person is but I honestly have to say I had no clue in this book. One chapter I was suspecting one character and then the next thing that idea went out the window and my suspicions were on someone else, and I just love that in a book. Patricia Gibney writes this series so well that at times I actually feel I’m there with the characters and going through all their emotions with them. The Guilty Girl is an utterly gripping crime thriller that had me on the edge of my seat at times. Now I’m eagerly awaiting Book 12.

Lottie Parker is back in book eleven with another disturbing murder case.
17 year old Lucy throws a party that ends in murder and Lottie must solve the case before anyone else gets hurt.
I cant get enough of Lottie and her gang. I love the cases, the characters, the fact that anything goes!
This is irish crime writing at its finest and I am absolutely hooked on Lottie Parker.
I cant wait for the next book.

I’d like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Guilty Girl’, Book 11 of the Detective Lottie Parker series written by Patricia Gibney, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

As Lucy’s parents are away she decides to hold a party at her home to celebrate the end of school exams. All Lucy’s friends are invited, including some who aren’t, but at the end of the night Lucy has died. DI Lottie Parker and her team are called out to investigate and although she knows her son Sean was at the party she didn’t realise he’d returned to Lucy’s home in the early hours to collect his jacket and had seen her body. Without the help of Boyd this will be a difficult case for Lottie that appears to involve more than just murder and drugs.

This series is set in the town of Ragmullen where more crime exists than you’d expect, with ‘The Guilty Girl’ being the latest instalment in the life of Lottie, her family and her relationship with Boyd who’s discovered he has a son with his ex-wife. I’ve enjoyed reading this thriller that’s well-written with plenty of drama, action and twists and turns, and although the number of characters has been slightly confusing at times there’s still been enough suspense to keep me reading.

Who would think there was so much crime happening in a small Irish town? There’s underage drinking and drug use, and an army of young bicyclists who dole out drugs to dealers, who are also tasked with keeping tabs on specific targets. Who’s calling the shots? We’re introduced to the world of boxing and of the money that can be made off the matches. After peeling off layers we find that sexual grooming of young girls and explicit photos come to light.

And there is negligent parenting, including that of our overworked Detective Inspector Lottie Parker. Lottie is dealing with having her own son involved in the investigation, being peacemaker with her bickering daughters, and dealing with an ill mother. Her work life is just as bad, and how she manages to escape meeting with her boss is a “how-to” for avoiding supervisors that we all need to study. There are a lot of twists and turns, and you won’t guess the ending.

The Guilty Girl is one of those books that just shouts one more chapter , just one more and before you know it, its almost dawn.

The Guilty Girl hooks you from page one and the bodies begin to pile up.

Lottie and her team are desperately trying to solve who killed the teenage girl at her own house after a party that it seemed everyone was at including Lottie's son.

Things always go somewhat awry for Lottie but she gets the job done after some heart breaking murders.

This is book 11 in the series but you could easily read it as a stand alone but I guarantee you will head back to book 1 .

I cant wait to see what chaos Lottie and Boyd face next . I will be first in line

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for another outstanding read in the Lottie Parker Series.

#TheGuiltyGirl #NetGalley I am an avid reader of police procedurals and look forward to reading the latest installment in my favourite series'. When this book, number 11 in the DI Lottie Parker series, became available I dropped everything else to read this one first and oh boy, it did not disappoint!! Full of action and dram from the start with some very dark and disturbing storylines, this kept me on the edge of seat and turning pages well into the night. Lottie's personal life is a bit of a mess, with a child caught up in the case and her mother ill and she has to juggle her home responsibilities with trying to solve one murder after another. Also with Boyd away in Spain, she does not have the support of the one she needs most. A great read and I look forward to Book 12 in this series!

The Guilty Girl is a cracking read. That grabbed me from the start and never let go. As D.I. Lottie Parker and her disjointed team are called to investigate the murder of school girl Lucy McAllister.

A murder that is complicated by a messy crime scene thanks to a house party that got out of control and was attended by Lottie's son Sean. But Lottie knows he's not responsible even if someone on her team isn't quite so sure.

And with big twists this was an enthralling and at times heartbreaking read. That was brilliantly paced and had me guessing until the very end.

Furthermore, it's made me more keen than ever before to pick up the books in this series I've missed out on. Even if I have a TBR pile that is seriously out of control!!!

I would happily recommend The Guilty Girl to others.

I love police procedurals and there are several series where I long for the next book; and this is one of them.This is book 11 and the series is not flagging at all. Excellent read as a stand-alone also. Lottie Parker is definitely a favourite D I . Her life and family are chaotic and she is not as in control as many fictional detectives, although focused on the investigation despite family problems.
This is a dark and disturbing investigation, meticulously plotted, with so many false alleys, covering bullying, drugs, grooming,and ultimately the dark tunnel of Paedophilia, with several murders as well.
Well written and beautifully paced it is a real page turner and a definite 5 stars.

If I had to use just one word to describe this book it would be BRILLIANT
Thank you Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to give my unbiased opinion and recommend this book!

Book 11 in the Detective Lottie Parker series and another enjoyable police procedural set in Ragmuffin, Ireland and Spain. A great police procedural and although very plot centred there is still time to learn a bit more of Lottie and Boyd’s personal lives. Well written and interesting plot with some great characters - multiple crimes, many characters but still easy to follow.

Briefly, Lottie and her team are investigating the case of a murdered 17 year old girl, Lucy, who was killed after a party at her home, when her parents were away in Spain. Prime suspect is another girl, Hannah, but Lottie isn’t convinced. What is the motive?When the body of a boy who was also at the party is found the list of suspects increases. Then Lottie finds out something about her son that shocks her, is he involved? With family issues at home and her partner, in and out of work, in Spain with his son, Lottie is burning the candle at both ends.

This is a much more complex case than it initially appeared to be with a number of threads all coming together seamlessly. There a number of different crimes, all connected somehow to the murder, and one particularly harrowing crime which sadly, was all too believable. This was a really good read that kept me page turning late into the night. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

So many threads to untangle!🤗

This Lottie Parker murder mystery kept me confused and off balance -- in a good way -- right through to the exciting climax. Though I had correct suspicions about the main villain of the piece, I never guessed at the true scope of the web of criminal activity and wickedness that Parker has to uncover. And she and her team succeed in a matter of just a few days which means the pace is fast and never lets up.

I like that some of the complications of Lottie's home life are exposed but don't take the focus away from the investigation.

This is a series and author that I will keep returning to.

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.