It’s with the biggest apology I bring Her Silent Prayer by MM chouinard on behalf of Bookouture Books to my blog, too many days late for my slot on the blog tour. Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of the book to take part in the tour.
“Help!” she screams, kicking as hard as she can against the closet door. But it’s nailed shut, and nobody can hear her. She drops to her knees and curls into a ball like she did as a little girl, praying someone will find her before it is too late…
When the body of single mother Melissa Rollins is found trapped inside a bedroom closet in her immaculate suburban home, Detective Jo Fournier races to the scene. The small town of Greenfern is sweltering in a heatwave, and Jo is horrified to find that Melissa’s heating was turned up to the max whilst she died of thirst. Who would kill a devoted mother in such a cruel way?
Searching the house for clues, Jo’s team discovers that the front door was locked from the inside. And with no sign of a break-in, they realise the killer must be someone Melissa knew. But everyone in the frame has an alibi…
As she delves deeper into the case, Jo uncovers a link between Melissa and a recent cold case: another single mother who was tied up and brutally murdered. Someone is on a mission to kill local mothers, and Jo knows they will claim their next victim soon.
But as temperatures continue to rise and the team works around the clock to stop a twisted killer, someone from Jo’s past catches up with her. They’re watching her family’s every move, and they will stop at nothing to get revenge… Can Jo save the people she loves and catch the killer before it’s too late?
This is the fifth book in the Detective Jo Fournier series. I have read the books in this series but there is enough information within this one to read it without having to read all of the series. It’s easy to just slip into it at any point.
A challenging case for Jo and her partner, Bob Arnett, the discovery of a single mother, Melissa Rollins, murdered and trapped in a cupboard in her home. They struggle to find anything to work on until another single mother is found as well. Alongside these Jo is working on a case personally and it brings even more danger to everyone close to her.
The way MM Chouinard has written this story just grabs you and doesn’t let go until the last page. The plot is an original one full of suspense, mystery, lies intrigue and even some romance. The story isn’t just told by Jo but we have two killers perspectives as well, I felt really spoilt with that one. I already love it when we have one killer and their perspective, but two is even better. This only increases the tension of the story, I couldn’t read it fast enough.
This is a fast paced thriller that not only keeps you on the edge of your seat but brings thought provoking questions that you will find yourself pondering over after you have closed the book.
Multi layered with many twists and turns that you couldn’t guess, this is another excellently written and thoroughly entertaining addition to the series.
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Author Bio
M.M. Chouinard is the author of the Detective Jo Fournier mystery thrillers, and the standalone mystery thriller The Vacation. Her first fiction story was published in her local paper when she was eight, and she fell in love with Agatha Christie novels not long after. While pursuing a Ph.D in psychology and helping to found the first U.S. research university of the new millenium, the stories kept rattling around inside her skull, demanding to come out. For sanity’s sake, she released them.
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