The Girl in the Pink Shoes by Stacy Green narrated by Amelia Sciandrais is a new release for a book that came out back in 2014. I'm not sure why it's being published again under a new name but I actually do like the new name of the book a lot more.

It's the first book about Lucy Kendall, an ex social worker, who is now a private investigator set on finding Kailey, an 8 year old girl that went missing after school. As Lucy had worked with many children in difficult and tragic situations, she believes she can help find the girl. In addition to being a private investigator, Lucy also moonlights as a vigilante by killing pedophiles with cyanide. It gave me major Dexter Morgan vibes.

I actually quite enjoyed the story itself, the whole whodunit. I didn't guess any of the twists and it's pretty rare. I was suspecting everybody at once and I was completely off. So I really enjoyed that. I'm not sure if I liked some things about Lucy - she was a bit pushy and I can see where she really had an ability to aggravate the local detectives assigned to the case. I might read other books in the series to see if the stories are as interesting.

I thought the narrator did a great job separating male and female voices but she did come off a bit monotone for my liking. But she did have a nice briskness to her voice. So it might just be my preference with the tone as she does have strong points also.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for providing an ARC of this audiobook for my unbiased and honest review.

Stacey Green had me hooked into The Girl with Pink Shoes instantly!! Lucy Kendall a former social services social worker turned private I vigilante is the protagonist. Kendall forms allegiances with others to work on the case of a young missing girl. All of these allegiances aren’t welcomed but that doesn’t stop Kendall. The story takes on the topic of pedophilia however it doesn’t include anything grotesque in nature. It is a well written psychological thriller which has you on the edge of your seat and not wanting to stop reading until every piece of the puzzle has come together.

Rounded up to three stars

Unfortunately I didn't find the main character particularly likeable or believable.
The story had some good twists in it, that I didn't see coming, and that's what kept me going.
I won't be looking for book 2.

I loved this one! I was expecting a basic child missing and the main character tries to find her book but this had so much more! True, there were some aspects that wouldn’t happen in real life but it’s a book so you have to expect a little of that in order to make the plot points connect sometimes. I listened to the audio version and enjoyed the narrator, great voices and emotion. I hope the next books in the series are turned into audiobooks because I would love to listen to them.

The Girl in the Pink Shoes is a re-release of a 2014 book featuring main character Lucy Kendall. That said, I wonder if almost 10 years ago my feelings about the plot would have been different. Today, after the world we have occupied since 2016 (at least in the United States), I am exhausted by vigilante agendas, I am done with violence, and although I am definitely #TeamWomanPower, I could not appreciate the actions or choices made by Kendall. That, sadly, affected my enjoyment of the material.

In a nutshell, Kendall is an ex social worker, and current private investigator full of her own violent baggage who now eliminates people she believes to be pedophiles. On the whole who wouldn't want to live in a world without pedophiles, but should citizen activists be judge, jury and executioner?

I have read many other reviews on the book and I am in the minority on this, so do give it a read if you aren't bothered by the premise.

This was an audio version and the narrator did an excellent job. Author Stacy Green can write, and strong female characters are surely better than weak ones, but I probably would not read book 2 in this series.

Thank you to Bookouture for allowing me to listen in advance of the 1/30/23 release.

ARC audiobook provided in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed the narration of this book and the story hooked me in immediately! I really liked the whole plot of vigilantes teaming up to take out child predators. Some aspects of the story were lacking for me, while others seemed very repetitive. I found the twist near the end to be a little predictable, but most likely it won’t be for everyone. Overall I enjoyed the story, but probably wouldn’t continue to other books in the same series.

4.5⭐️
Pub 30/1

#1 Lucy Kendal

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A debut crime thriller with a different premise. It’s dark and gritty for sure.

Lucy Kendall is a Private Investigator having previously been in social work.
Lucy offers to help find missing 8 yr old Kailey.

Lucy has various allies that she can call on. IT hacker Kelly.
Kris attaches himself to her, they all have child abuse issues in various forms from their childhood which has left it’s scars.
Lucy has a good relationship with Todd the policeman on the case.

It’s fast paced, lots going on, it grabbed my interest from the beginning.
I couldn’t help but like Lucy, I was rooting for her. The characters have good depth as their backstories are revealed.
There’s lots of twists and turns, I loved this one, and keen for book 2. It’s good to read a crime thriller that’s a bit different.

Thank you Net Galley for an audio copy of The Girl in the Pink Shoes. This is a mystery that is the first in a series. Main Character is Lucey Kendall, who is a social worker turned private detective, who likes to take matters into her own hands. She calls it "talking out the trash". This is fast paced, with an explosive end.

ARC audiobook provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

“The Girl in the Pink Shoes” is a mystery/thriller told from the perspective of Lucy Kendall, a former CPS worker who now works as a private investigator. However, that is not all that Lucy does. Lucy lost her sister at a young age to the darkest evil, and she has never forgot it. She has dedicated her life to fighting for children of abuse, and now she puts her private investigator skills to use to hunt down the worst of the worst, doling out her own form of justice.

Then one day Lucy sees fliers of smiling eight-year-old Kailey Richardson, who has gone missing after leaving school while wearing her brand-new pink shoes. Lucy knows she must get involved. She has to find Kailey. As Lucy begins to investigate with the permission of Kailey’s mom, Jenna, red flags appear everywhere. A car idling outside the school. Another car routinely passing down their street. A friendly adult man across the street with a checkered past. Jenna, hollow-eyed and jumpy, and clearly not telling Lucy everything.

Lucy has promised Jenna she will do everything to find her daughter. However, connections emerge between Jenna and the prime suspect in the disappearance, a suspect linked to Lucy’s haunted past. As the investigation continues, Lucy finds herself in a complicated web of dangerous clues. Time is running out to find Kailey, but will Lucy be able to save this little girl before her own demons destroy her?

This was a great introduction to the Lucy Kendall series. The characters are interesting and varied, and all of them come with baggage and damage, Lucy most of all. Lucy is not your typical heroine protagonist. She is full of darkness with a drive to do good. The author does a great job of really demonstrating her struggle to fight her own inner demons, complicated past, and preconceptions. The story itself was definitely full of twists and turns, keeping me guessing until the very end. I truly did not see it coming. There were a bit too many revealed coincidences during the last quarter of the book, but it is a fictional story, so I was willing to give it a pass and suspend my disbelief. The writing style was easy and engaging. I greatly enjoyed the book overall and went through it fairly quickly.

My copy of the book was an audiobook, so I must comment on the narrator. I thought she did an excellent job. Her narrative tone was well done, and her pace was well-executed. Both her male and female voices were distinctive and believable. I am often critical of male voices narrated by females, as they can be tough to pull off, but this narrator did an excellent job. Her narration kept me engaged in the book all the way through.

Overall, I think it was a great setup for the Lucy Kendall series as a whole, and it left me wanting to read more. I would recommend this book for adult readers and fans of mysteries and thrillers. I will definitely be looking into reading more in this series!

This was informative and I loved the revenge stuff, the vigilante stuff, and the mystery.
But something was off here. It could just be that I am super not into cop mysteries and this is kind of that. It could be that the protagonist is a bit flat. You just don't connect with her. Somehow you connect more with Justin.
I don't know. I worked for a police department and I swear they were all dead inside like this. Hopeless. like they no longer had personality. I guess broken would be the best description.
I think this is an amazing book for someone who is really into cop mysteries, or PI mysteries. The mystery is twisty.

The narrator was perfect for this book. I am proud of her.
I loved that ending too.

What a wonderful thrill ride! There was so much going on in this story that I couldn’t help but get caught up in it and not want to put it down. Lucy Kendall is a tough, likeable, but flawed former CPS case worker that now works as a PI hunting down the same type of person she used to investigate for CPS. All the twists and turns in this story caught me off guard and added to the enjoyment of the story. This was a well-paced and well written mystery and I can’t wait to read the next one. Note: there is a lot of sexual abuse, particularly to children, mentioned in this book.

WHOA! Thank you NetGalley for this advanced copy. Lucy is a private investigator who also takes it upon herself to kill sex offenders as a way to cope with what happened to her sister. Kailey is kidnapped and we see Lucy investigate suspects and taking people out along the way. Great suspense. Great story! New author for me and I will continue to follow her.

The Girl in the Pink Shoes (previously titled All Good Deeds) is a gripping, page turner that I devoured in one day! The opening scene along with the mystery of what happened to Kailey, made for a riveting page turner which did not disappoint!


Every parent’s worst nightmare.

Eight-year-old Kailey Richardson left school but never made it home. Somewhere between the time school was dismissed and her home, Kailey was taken. Her mother is beyond worried and devastated.

Private Investigator Lucy Kendall, a former CPS case worker, saw fliers about Kailey and knew that she had to help. She is willing to do whatever it takes to bring the girl home. Lucy is an interesting character in that she wants to catch criminals but has not problem dolling out her own form of justice. Plus, she believes she knows who took Kailey, a convicted sex offender she was once assigned when he was a child.


This is the first book in the Lucy Kendall series, and it blew me away. It deals with a tough subject - child abuse/child sexual abuse. This hits close to home as Lucy's sister was abused and later committed suicide.

This book also has an interesting cast of characters leaving readers to wonder about their guilt as the suspect list grows. This was a captivating mystery which kept me guessing and doing my own detective work. Who took Kailey and why? Stacy Green kept me on my toes with lots of twists and reveals. Just when I thought I had things figured out, she pulled the rug out from under my feet.

I enjoyed the pacing of this book and plowed through it. I enjoy Green's writing and her cast of characters. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

Gripping, well written and shocking!

Kailey Richardson went to school one day and never came home. She seems to have just vanished. PI Lucy Kendall knows all too well the pain of losing a loved one after her own sister was taken. Now, Lucy is determined to find Kailey alive, but she find’s Kailey’s mother strangely uncooperative and there were reports that a man in a blue car was watching children on the playground. It soon becomes clear that Jenna, Kailey’s mum, has a connection to the prime suspect in the little girl’s disappearance and Lucy knows she can trust no one if she has a chance of bringing home the little girl alive. I enjoyed the plot of this story, but the narrator’s little girl lisp was very difficult to listen to