The Silent Children (Detective Robyn Carter Crime Thriller, #4)

by Carol Wyer

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One thing you have to love about Carol’s writing is she will go dark! She is not afraid to go there and then some. In the “then” segment of this book, it was tough, some of the scenes, wow I struggled to listen to it and read it. I just wanted to cry and dive into the story.

Not only were these difficult to listen to, but I also spent most of my time getting tied up in knots trying to figure out who these are people!! I changed my mind so many times and I eventually stuck to someone and changed my mind all over again. Carol threw so many spanners at you, head = spinning.

This case is a big confusing pile of spaghetti mess. With one murder victim discovered in their car, in a park, with an unsent message on their phone. We then have another victim, they have been killed in their house but how are they linked? The idea I had was not the reason to what actually linked them, my mind was taking me down a different route. The reasoning behind it, well I did not see coming but it was a clever twist to the sting in the tale.

Shearer, he is melting my heart with each book. I absolutely adore him, he is really a softie! Only Robyn sees it but she thinks he is playing with her, but she really does need to open her eyes. I worry about her because she won’t be opening her eyes anytime soon!! Even though it has been over 2 years now with Davies, he was a huge part of the book. You felt his presence in this story, and if we did, then you can bet your bottom dollar that the team and Shearer felt it. With the hangover from the end of The Missing Girls, I knew that things would not be settled so quickly and now we have further developments and a shady character it just builds on the excitement and the fear of what might be discovered.

I finished this book in a day, yup that is right 1 day! I listened all day and then spent the rest of the evening reading it. I had to find out what was going on and who was who and who was doing what and why were they doing it, just so bittersweet. I wish things could have been different, it just broke my heart. Yet, with that last explosive sentence of the book – that is what I call a mic drop by Carol.

Carol, you have written one twisty story that I feel my head is still twisted up in knots and I can’t unravel it! It is an addictive, engrossing, thrill-seeking ride of a story.

Right, I have to find the strength to read Robyn’s last adventure…