Little Sister: Is she witness, victim or killer? A nail-biting thriller with twists you'll never see coming

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Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for an advance copy of Little Sister, the latest police procedural/ psychological thriller by Gytha Lodge. Having read all the previous books featuring DCI Jonah Sheens and his dedicated team, I have admired the details of the effort put forth in a solid police investigation: their interviews, the search for clues to determine the perpetrator and motivation, the boredom and the excitement of establishing proof, and the exhaustive work of a cooperative and determined police team. Bones are found 30 years after a young girl goes missing on a camping trip. The DCI for the new homicide case, Jonah Sheens, was a young man at the time and knew the victim from school. This is the first in a new series involving Jonah Sheens. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she's fine. Then she smiles. It's her sister he needs to worry about. Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a children's home a week ago. Now Keely is here--but Nina's still missing. Jonah is sure Keely knows where her sister is--but before she tells him anything, she insists, he has to listen to her story from the beginning.

This is a brilliant series, each new addition is one I eagerly anticipate and yet again there is no disappointment! This one is very thought-provoking as it focuses on the care system and I’m not going to pretend it’s an easy read as it makes you feel edgy and uncomfortable at times, exactly as it should. According to Keely, the sisters were subjected to emotional, physical and sexual abuse in two foster homes and one group care facility. In each case, their claims were discredited, and the evidence points to Keely being a sociopath and pathological liar. Nina is the “good” sister and the police try to follow the frustrating clues to find the missing, and possibly injured child. She has signed with Penguin Random House worldwide for the first three books in her crime series featuring DCI Jonah Sheens. She Lies in Wait will be released in J Gytha Lodge is a multi-award-winning playwright, novelist and writer for video games and screen. She is also a single parent who blogs about the ridiculousness of bringing up a mega-nerd small boy. The party goes late into the night, until everyone eventually passes out. In the morning, when the hungover teens awaken, they find nothing of Aurora but her cold, empty sleeping bag.

Jonah Sheens is at a local pub, enjoying an infrequent day off from the police force, when a young woman comes in, covered in blood. The young girl is taken to the station for a statement- is she hurt? Whose blood is on her? Is she safe? But now that the young girl, Keely, has the attention of police, she insists that her sister, who has been missing for a week, is in danger but she won’t give any more details until the police, Jonah and his partner, especially, listen to her story from the beginning. Is Keely a victim? Or is she a killer? But instead of acting traumatized or desperate to locate her sister, Keely begins telling a story about how she and her sister were abused while in foster care, only dropping hints, and leaving clues as to where her sister might be or if she’s okay or not.

First of all: I admire Gytha Lodge’s extra ordinary story telling skills and her brilliant efforts to create this moving series!Detective Jonah Sheens knows that she must know what happened to Nina. But before she tells him, Keely insists on telling their full story from the beginning. Thank you so much to the publisher, Random House, for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review.