Her Pretty Bones: A completely addictive crime thriller with nail-biting suspense (Detective Gina Harte, #3)

by Carla Kovach

• ISBN10: 1786816679
• ISBN13: 9781786816672
• Publish Date: 17 January 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Bookouture
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 316
• Language: English

Reviews

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via netgalley. I love DI Harte so I was soooo excited to go back to Cleevesford. While this is the third book in this series you could read it as a stand-alone.

In this instalment, DI Harte is still struggling with the after-effects of her last case. While battling her own issues of anxiety and guilt she must work out why this young girl has fallen out of a van on this quiet road. I love DI Harte. She is very realistic. She has many issues and is trying to work through them but like any of us sometimes old habits die hard. It would be good to see Gina's relationship whit her daughter grow.

The case was very interesting and did not unravel as I expected. There were quite a few twists and turns. I was definitely surprised by the outcome. The story also showed elements of the gritty world of the homeless that most of us probably ignore on a day to day basis. I also really felt for Julia. I really wanted to take all her pain away.

This was a thrilling case that really captured me and I can't wait to see what DI Harte faces next.

[zooloo1983]

This is the third book in the series, I read the second one last year and I was a bit hazy on the storyline this time but when you delve back in I was reminded quite promptly of the characters and what happened. I hold my hands up I have brought the first book but I still need to read it. (Don’t shoot me!)

So DI Harte is thrown back into a new case after the events of the last book. Only just finishing her therapy, is this really the best thing to do? Her relationship with her daughter is still fraught and tempers flare. But nothing matters whilst trying to save the red hair girls!

As you all know I am a book cover hoe and this one drew me in straight away! It was only after I realised it was a Carla Kovach book and the next book of Gina I got really excited!

I try not to rehash the plot when I write my reviews but try and convey in my limited vocabulary my thoughts about the book. Plus it is hard not to divulge too much without giving anything away. This time despite spending most of my life wanted to be a redhead like the boy I’m glad I’m not!! Moving on!

You have Gina, trying to put a stop to the killings before anymore happen. A girl called Mikey caring for an older lady waiting for her next fix. Then, Christina, her daughter has gone missing months before, and she is trying to find her and answers. All woven together in this intense read. Sometimes I found myself a bit confused about who was doing what and when but once I told myself to get a grip the reading was thrilling. It adds to all the twists and turns and to the exciting conclusion. The characters are well developed and you feel like part of the team.

I do love reading a book where you are on edge and fear time will run out and this one is no different. Will Gina and team be able to solve the crimes before it happens again?!