This book was a slow at the beginning of the story. But half way it was so exciting! I love Lisa Organs book, have read quite a few of them

Great job Lisa. It was very interesting to see how you can weave this story. It had alot of twists and turns that I never saw coming.

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I think this might be one of the most twisty-turny books I’ve read in ages. I absolutely love how we see the love and dedication of Josie and Noah along with her team. When a trauma retreat turns into a trauma, you can count on Josie to be in the middle of it. Loved the ending. A must read for romantic suspense lovers.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own." eARC provided NetGalley

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for my copy of Face Her Fear by Lisa Regan
I can’t believe this is the 19th book in the Detective Josie Quinn Series.
It’s been a great journey with the characters. This time the setting is different, Josie heads for a retreat, high up in the mountains.
Already devastated by the loss of one of her colleagues, Josie and Noah receive some heartbreaking news and Josie gets away from everything to think and repair herself.
She doesn’t expect to be wrapped up in a murder case, or for a storm to come in that cuts her, the rest of the guests and the murderer off from the outside world. Struggling to contact Noah or the rest of the team, Josie must use all her skills to stay alive.
Loved it.

The latest Josie Quinn mystery finds Josie at a remote retreat to deal with PTSD. Things seem dire when a blizzard rolls in, but get worse when one of the retreat participants ends up murdered. Now Josie is trapped on a mountain with a murderer and no clear way to get help.

This was a change of pace in terms of setting and style for the Josie Quinn mysteries! Normally, we have the other detectives and get more traditional detective investigating. I liked that Regan went a different direction and that we also got some misdirection with the Noah-Cooper storyline. Can’t wait to see where Josie goes next!

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

It's rare to find a series that is as fresh at book 19 as it was in book 1, but Lisa Regan has achieved just that. She created new characters that were interesting and blended them with the main cast of characters with absolute perfection. This book is definitely a winner.

This is book #19 in the Detective Josie Quinn series. Whilst it is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone book. Josie has taken herself off to a retreat to try and deal with the trauma she has found herself facing. It's out in the mountains of Pennsylvania, miles from anywhere and anyone, but things take a sinister turn when the weather turns, the snow comes in and Josie and the other people on the retreat find themselves trapped. with food and heat in short supplies!

I absolutely loved this book! It felt completely different to the other books in the series. Josie was obviously struggling and suffering, but when a body is found, she finds herself having to unofficially investigate a murder whilst keeping her own sanity and those around her. I liked the way the storyline focussed almost entirely on Josie without seeing too much of her colleagues who are usually around to help her out and it threw her right in to the middle of the mystery rather than just investigating it! It showed that she was such a strong character to deal with everything herself and I loved how she kept her head whilst trying to prevent anyone else from being killed.

The storyline flowed along well, fast paced with plenty of mystery and suspense. There weren't a lot of suspects as it's only the people who were on the retreat with Josie, but you are certainly left wondering throughout who could you trust and who was telling the truth. Everyone seemed to hiding something, which made it really difficult to work out who was involved, and I found myself suspecting everyone at some point! I was absolutely hooked into Josie's story very early on and couldn't put the book down until I'd finished it! Can't wait for the next instalment in Josie's story! Would definitely recommend!

Face her fear was a whirlwind story from start to finish. It was captivating with so many twists and turns. Lisa Regan’s books have a way of sucking you into the story and they won’t let you go until the very end. You will not be disappointed to read this book.

I love this Josie Quinn series and even though it’s book 19 in the series it is as brilliant as the previous books albeit in a slightly different way with Josie and husband Noah not investigating together as Josie is at a retreat. Plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader hooked make for a great storyline. I highly recommend this book/series and author.

Thank you Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC Face Her Fear. I have read all the of Josie Quinn books in 2023, this is the 19th book in the series. I enjoyed reading the book but it seems like a very different story for Josie. I am interested to see where Lisa Regan is going to take this story line.

Who do you trust when the resort you go to for a week to get help from your trauma has a murder? Then another person from the group goes missing. And oh, yes, its' in the middle of a blizzard and they are in remote Pennsylvania. Josie has so much going against her as she struggles to figure out who is murdering the other guests and why. Cell coverage is iffy at best on the mountain and they were suppose to leave them in their cars at the bottom of the mountain.. Good thing Josie didn't listen, although it's still dicey to get information out and help into the camp. The caretaker leaves before the storm hits and doesn't make it back. Is he another victim, the culprit, or just stuck in town because of the blizzard? Then one of the couples accuse Sandrine, the therapist, of not being who she claims to be. What secrets is she hiding? Just who can Josie trust when it seems like everyone has secrets, but which are ones that people are willing to kill over? Beware that once you start reading, you will not be able to put it down. The story is riveting as each clue is revealed, it becomes that much tougher to stop reading. Highly recommend.

This book - the 19th in the series - is a bit of a departure from the usual case-solving procedural featuring Denton Police Department Detective Josie Quinn. Here, she's more than a little bit out of her usual element, taking part in a trauma recovery program at an isolated Pennsylvania retreat after losing a dear friend and colleague and having a meltdown of sorts that involves her husband Noah.

There are six participants in all - five women and one man - led by a Zen-like therapist named Sandrine, who organized the retreat and loves helping everyone get in touch with their feelings. Everyone there is a victim of some kind of trauma, which they're invited to share either in group sessions or with Sandrine privately. To spook things up a bit, no cell phones, laptops or other communication devices are allowed, nor is Josie allowed to bring a weapon - she's not there as an officer of the law, and besides, she's no longer within her jurisdiction. Amid all that, a huge snowstorm appears out of nowhere (with all of today's technology, I must say I found it implausible that any meterorologist worth his or her salt could possibly have missed a storm of that magnitude, but hey).

In really short order, everyone becomes snowbound and virtually unreachable on a mountaintop with enough food, burnable wood and generator-produced electricity to last the week - if they're prudent. By now, you know what's coming next: one of the participants, a woman named Meg, is found dead in the woods; and although Josie knows Meg was murdered, she has no authority to investigate - and worse, no way of contacting anyone in the outside world.

From that point on, Josie tries to put her crime-solving skills to work while knowing there's little she can do even if she does identify the killer - one who almost certainly is among them. Problem is - at least for me - she just can't seem to get her own act together; much of her time is spent amid self-doubt and unfounded speculation. While I understand her personal conflicts and the reasons she's at the retreat in the first place (well, except for her knee-jerk interaction with Noah, which I honestly couldn't relate to at all), that constant second-guessing didn't grab me much. Happily, enough facts and hard evidence were interspersed to keep things interesting and hold my attention throughout (to that end, another of the retreat participants turning up missing and Josie's revelation that cameras have been hidden throughout the buildings certainly helped).

By the finish line, everything gets resolved, and although it's no secret to series followers that Josie will live to see another installment, exactly how it all comes together is for me to know and other readers to find out (yes, there are a few surprises). All in all, an entertaining read once again - for which I thank the publisher, via NetGalley, for the pre-release copy.

Still struggling to get past the murder of a trusted colleague (along with all the other grief and trauma she's experienced), Detective Josie Quinn take's her therapist's advice and goes on a retreat for those suffering with PTSD.. At a secluded mountain retreat center, she is joined by others who want to find ways to cope with the terrible events they have experienced, but is everyone who they say they are? When one member of the group is found murdered in the snow, Josie must switch into detective mode to find the killer. With a murderer on the loose and a blizzard cutting the group off from civilization, the suspense builds. Will anyone else die? Will the remaining members freeze or starve to death? It's a great adventure!

Face her Fear is for me, the best in the Josie Quinn series! wow! what a great suspense! I loved the fact that everything happens in a closed space and that Josie and her husband are for once not able to investigate together. The twists and turns were really unexpected and I loved every minute! I can only recommend to go and get this book, you won't regret it!

Detective Josie Quinn goes to Sacred New Beginnings Retreat for some much needed healing in a time of emotional crisis. Instead of emotional healing she’s right in the middle of the other retreaters drama and a snowstorm traps her there. She finds a dead body in the woods and chaos arises. This was an excellent read that quickly sucked me in. Thanks NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC that will be released January 30, 2024!

I was so looking forward to reading this installment of the JQ series and I was not disappointed even though it was a huge departure from what we have come to expect from Josie Quinn! Less police procedural and more "who dunnit". I loved seeing the relationship between Josie and Noah be "real"...not the fantasy that most books make relationships out to be. Little spoiler though....why would Cooper need to leave the mountain to check on the weather when they had a satellite phone? That kind of irked me, lol, but overall a very minor slip in the main story. Would have like to find out a little bit more about the new team member because tbh I have already forgotten his name. Seeing Josie finally starting to realize that she needs help working through the massive amount of tragedy that she has experienced in her life was awesome.

If you have been a fan of this series from the start like I am you will not be disappointed in this book at all.

Thank you to Netgally and Lisa Regan for allowing me to review this book.

Book Title: Face Her Fear (Detective Josie Quinn Book 19):
Author: Lisa Regan
Series: Detective Josie Quinn Book #19
Publisher: Bookouture
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: January 30, 2024
My Rating: 3.7 rounded up Stars
Pages: 385

Detective Josie Quinn has been dealing with the deaths of her grandmother and a beloved colleague. She can no longer deal with this on her own and enrolls in a week long specialist trauma retreat located in the mountains in Pennsylvania.
~.There are six patients all dealing with dark secrets - however, neither she nor the others knew ahead of time but a blizzard is headed their way- the storm soon isolating them in their cabins

Then one morning, Meg Cleary disappears. Having spent years living in terror of a stalker, Meg had come to the retreat to try to piece her life back together.

I boarded the Lisa Regan/Josie Quinn train late with book # 10 so this is only my ninth Josie but I call myself a big fan of both author. Lisa Regan| as well as Josie!

Lisa Regan has written over 400 published titles, including picture books, puzzle books, children's
reference and curriculum-linked workbooks. She lives in Colchester, UK, with her sons and husband.

Her work ranges from magazine-style books on fashion and sleepovers, to highly illustrated STEM titles
that fit into schools and libraries lists. Her favorite topics are wildlife and geography, but she also has huge
fun writing rhyming tales.

This was different from the other stories I read in this series. Great title as it deals with serious issues.

I also love reading “A Letter from Lisa” as I enjoy knowing the motivation for the stories. I was especially curious regarding this story! Lisa tells us that she wanted to be sure to be authentic regarding the police procedure piece of this story. Josie, of course, is able to use her knowledge however being in a remote retreat she was out of her jurisdiction
Lisa states that although the retreat is her imagination she had been at this location and is very familiar with Josie experience of no cell service!

In her Acknowledgements she thanks us readers for our continued dedication.
Yes! I am looking forward to #20!

Want to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for January 30, 2024.

'OMG the whole time, whilst reading this book, I was shivering. Not only because I felt the cold seep out from the book, but also because of the suspense the author has filled the story with.

Because of the devastating and traumatising events Josie has been through in the recent and not so recent past, she still is not convinced that going on a retreat to undergo more intensive therapy is something that is going to help her. But she goes anyway, almost on the brink of running away from home and to put some distance between her and her every day life.

A police officer does not ever seem to be off duty and that is a fact Josie is faced with real soon. Being isolated from the rest of the world due to a snow storm and with a killer hiding in plain sight in the small group your are in lock down with is not the best place to be.

Up to Josie to make all the puzzle pieces fit.

Great set up, great story, wonderful series. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but that did not come as a surprise, because every book in this series has been a gem stone. 5 stars

Thank you

As always 5 enthusiastic stars. Josie Quinn is like family and one of my favourite literary characters of all time. This book did not disappoint. Set In a remote freezing camp there is no outside help and Josie is on her own without her right hand man. People are dying everyone has secrets and there is no guarantee whom you can trust and no one is coming to help. This rushes along at break neck speed and the setting alone is enough to give you chills. The characters are wonderfully done so they are relatable but still keep you guessing. There is depth to this writing that takes you deep in and you feel like you are part of the plot. There is suspense galore and you can’t put this down till the last bitterly cold page!

Another gripping and thrilling installment in the fabulous Detective Josie Quinn series! Woohoo! Lisa Regan uses a new approach in this book. The previous books are all police procedurals while Face Her Fear is more like a locked room mystery. It has the element that I love in books, snow filled environments that produce that trapped feeling.

Detective Josie Quinn has not had an easy life. She suffered greatly in her childhood and is currently reeling from the loss of a respected and beloved team member. She finally decides to take some time for herself and goes to a trauma retreat in the mountains of Pennsylvania. There she will take part in individual and group sessions hoping to address the many traumas she has experienced and learn some coping skills. There are others there as well, working on their own personal traumas.

As the snow begins to fall heavily, they find that one of the group members is missing. After a search, her body is found with signs that she has been murdered. With no one being able to get on or off the mountain, it is evident that one of them is a killer. As their supplies dwindle, the danger mounts, tension rears its ugly head, and the group’s suspicions kick into overdrive.

This was a gripping and engaging book which had me guessing and lining up my suspect list. I guessed one thing but did not come close to figuring out what the other reveals in the book. This book mainly focuses on Josie, but we do see Noah doing his best to get to get to Josie and those stuck on the mountain with her. Gretchen also has a minor part, but this book is mainly Josie doing what Josie does best.

Lisa Regan kept me on my toes wondering what was going to happen next. I enjoyed that she had Josie addressing her past traumas while having her work at not only surviving but solving the case. Throw in a huge black bear and you have yourself an engaging tale of survival, wits, danger, and resiliency.

As with the other books, I loved the writing, the pacing, and the detective work. I found this book to be well thought out and riveting. Plus, the snow-covered mountain provided atmosphere while at the same time creating a trapped and chilling feel to this book. I did miss the teamwork but look forward to getting back to that in the next book. Another thing I appreciated was that Regan has Josie and Noah dealing with a real-life issue that affects many in real life.

I am always over the moon when I see that Lisa Regan has a new book coming out in this series and this one did not disappoint! I'm already looking forward to book #20, thankfully Regan is a fast writer.

Atmospheric, gripping, hard to put down page turner by Lisa Regan!

What an amazing story! In the 19th installment of Josie Quinn, instead of a police procedural, it reads more like one of those escape rooms. The kind where you have to solve a bunch of clues and puzzles to get out.

Josie goes into the remote mountains of Pennsylvania on a retreat for people suffering with PTSD, along with a psychiatrist, groundskeeper and 6 other patients. There are no phones, electronics, and no way to leave without outside help. When one of the patients is found dead, the scene is suspicious enough for Josie to treat it as a crime scene. Without her team or anyone else to help, she has to try to figure out who she can and can't trust. Things go from bad to worse rather quickly, which made reading this story really easy to do in one sitting.

I absolutely love this series and Lisa Regan's writing.