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Rebekka Franck #9
Ten Little Girls
Every Mother's Worst Fear!
Imagine waiting for the school bus, waiting for your daughter to come home, looking forward to spending the afternoon with her, but as the bus stops and the children start to come out, your daughter isn't there.Ten little girls go missing on the same day in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Ten little girls all from the same school. Ten abductions that hold the entire town captive...until the letters start to arrive. Letters with lines from the nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians letting the parents know where to find their daughter's bodies.
Rebekka Franck’s daughter Julie is one of the missing girls and together with local detective Jack Ryder, she is launched into the most unsettling case of her career. What follows is a heart-pounding race to find the girls before they all end up dead.
Ten Little Girls is a spine-tingling standalone mystery featuring Willow Rose’s iconic characters Rebekka Franck and Jack Ryder. If you like horrifying scares, courageous parents and a tug on your heartstring, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s fast-paced Thriller.
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234 books2,719 followersWillow Rose is a multi-million-copy best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 100 novels.
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She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming. That's why her fans call her The Queen of Scream.
Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Connect with Willow online:
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November 8, 2018I really tried to finish this but the writing was so flat and uninteresting I just couldn't be bothered wasting any more time on it.
I can't even give this one star.
I can't even give this one star.
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Blurb:
Every Mother's Worst Fear!
Imagine waiting for the school bus, waiting for your daughter to come home, looking forward to spending the afternoon with her, but as the bus stops and the children start to come out, your daughter isn't there.
Ten little girls go missing on the same day in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Ten little girls all from the same school. Ten abductions that hold the entire town captive...until the letters start to arrive. Letters with lines from the nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians letting the parents know where to find their daughter's bodies.
Rebekka Franck’s daughter Julie is one of the missing girls and together with local detective Jack Ryder, she is launched into the most unsettling case of her career. What follows is a heart-pounding race to find the girls before they all end up dead.
Ten Little Girls is a spine-tingling standalone mystery featuring Willow Rose’s iconic characters Rebekka Franck and Jack Ryder. If you like horrifying scares, courageous parents and a tug on your heartstring, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s fast-paced Thriller.
Blurb:
Every Mother's Worst Fear!
Imagine waiting for the school bus, waiting for your daughter to come home, looking forward to spending the afternoon with her, but as the bus stops and the children start to come out, your daughter isn't there.
Ten little girls go missing on the same day in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Ten little girls all from the same school. Ten abductions that hold the entire town captive...until the letters start to arrive. Letters with lines from the nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians letting the parents know where to find their daughter's bodies.
Rebekka Franck’s daughter Julie is one of the missing girls and together with local detective Jack Ryder, she is launched into the most unsettling case of her career. What follows is a heart-pounding race to find the girls before they all end up dead.
Ten Little Girls is a spine-tingling standalone mystery featuring Willow Rose’s iconic characters Rebekka Franck and Jack Ryder. If you like horrifying scares, courageous parents and a tug on your heartstring, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s fast-paced Thriller.
July 1, 2018
This will put fear in any parents heart! Ten girls, all from the same elementary school are taken. One of the girls is Rebekka Franck's daughter, Julie. Rebekka and Detective Jack Ryder work together to try and find the girls. There are notes that start coming in, they are a liking to the nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians. Can Rebekka and Jack figure out who the kidnappers are before it is too late? Warning.....don't start this book late at night, you won't want to stop until the ending! Almost gave me nightmares!
April 26, 2022
I hadn't realised that this was part of a series until I was already reading it. I have now picked up the first book in the series because I am interested in finding out more about the character Rebekka.
April 7, 2019
Rebekka has had her day
I've read most of the Rebekka Franck books and I find the storylines riveting but I must confess to being disappointed with this one. As usual, the storyline was great but I found the characters rather two dimensional. In the previous books I have not really found Sune a strong character and he dwindled into insignificance next to Jack and Rebekka but I never actually disliked him. In this book, his complete lack of concern for Julie and for what Rebekka was going through left me cold.
I'm not sure what new readers would think of the characters. None of them is described so if you hadn't read any previous books there was no way to visualise them.
Sadly, I think it's time Rebekka retired!
I've read most of the Rebekka Franck books and I find the storylines riveting but I must confess to being disappointed with this one. As usual, the storyline was great but I found the characters rather two dimensional. In the previous books I have not really found Sune a strong character and he dwindled into insignificance next to Jack and Rebekka but I never actually disliked him. In this book, his complete lack of concern for Julie and for what Rebekka was going through left me cold.
I'm not sure what new readers would think of the characters. None of them is described so if you hadn't read any previous books there was no way to visualise them.
Sadly, I think it's time Rebekka retired!
December 26, 2019
I don't know how I ended up downloading this book from an author I've never heard of, but, wow, I want to read more! I loved this book! I once had a teen-age daughter missing, so I could surely relate to what the parents of ten missing girls were experiencing. The story was so well-told (in different parts), and I stayed up way too late reading it....then took it to a rehearsal this morning to finish. At one point, the conductor had to yell at me because I didn't come in on my solo (I had something better to do)!
Moving on to another book by this fabulous writer!
Moving on to another book by this fabulous writer!
August 6, 2019
This is my first book by Willow Rose and she shoots up to one of my favorite thriller authors. I'll definitely be looking for more of her books. This book made me think of all the missing children in the world and what happened to them. Typing that just gave me chills. I can only pray that the plot of this book never happens in true life. This book is not for the weak minded!
Ten girls do not make it home from school on their bus route. The families, detectives and town have no idea what nightmares are fixing to unfold. Can the girls be found in time? Who has them and why? Why are there no ransom calls? Have they been stolen by sex traffickers or human traffickers or is it all just a bussing mistake and they be home shortly. Then there is a note with a nursery rhyme riddle sent to one set of parents and the whole nightmare begins to unfold. One mother catches on to fact that it is a riddle and she's on a mission to find out what the riddle means. Can she figure it out and find where the girls are being hidden?
Excellent read!
Ten girls do not make it home from school on their bus route. The families, detectives and town have no idea what nightmares are fixing to unfold. Can the girls be found in time? Who has them and why? Why are there no ransom calls? Have they been stolen by sex traffickers or human traffickers or is it all just a bussing mistake and they be home shortly. Then there is a note with a nursery rhyme riddle sent to one set of parents and the whole nightmare begins to unfold. One mother catches on to fact that it is a riddle and she's on a mission to find out what the riddle means. Can she figure it out and find where the girls are being hidden?
Excellent read!
July 4, 2019
Dual storylines kept me reading as the plot came together. This story was filled with suspense as 10 young girls went missing after school. Rebekka Franc's daughter Julie was one of the missing, as they were temporarily residing in Florida. Good connection of the characters and I was surprised when the culprit was revealed. I'm wondering if this will be the final straw for Rebekka as the ending was an OMG moment
February 28, 2019
Edge of your seat read
What a thrillride of a book! I'm pretty sure I didn't breathe for the last few chapters. I finally remembered to breathe when they had found Julie and saved her. Just to be sucker punched with Sune and the nurse. Gah! Too bad Jack Ryder is with Shannon or I think he and Rebekka would make a pretty awesome couple... hint hint ;)
What a thrillride of a book! I'm pretty sure I didn't breathe for the last few chapters. I finally remembered to breathe when they had found Julie and saved her. Just to be sucker punched with Sune and the nurse. Gah! Too bad Jack Ryder is with Shannon or I think he and Rebekka would make a pretty awesome couple... hint hint ;)
July 16, 2019
Read it in two days, difficult to put it down!
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July 27, 2019Free on Amazon 27th July 2019
December 9, 2019
Willow Rose -- you're growing on me, girl!
December 18, 2020
Actual rating: 3.75
August 1, 2018
One of her better books
July 12, 2018
Ten Little Girls by Willow Rose is Rebekka Franck novel number nine. Almost all criticism I have of Willow Rose books relate to their structural presentation. If a novel is listed on Amazon at 295 pages as this one is, I expect to read a story that is close to that length. That happened with this novel, there are 270 pages of the story which includes a very good three-page afterword in which Rose reveals some of her research. That is as scary as parts of the novel because it references actual events modified slightly in her fictional representations.
I am not a speed reader, I average fifty pages per hour so this novel should have taken me approximately five hours. I read it in just over three hours. That should qualify it as a page turner (or page clicker on my Kindle). I gave this fast-paced thriller five Amazon stars. It is a thriller; children are kidnapped and (yay!!) the only sex presented during critical parts of the story is a vague possible worry on the part of the captured and confined children who are pre-pubescent and sexually uninformed. In other words, this thriller is safe for kids and other families. Even violence is expressed in a low-key way as far as the kidnapped children. There is violence depicted in a spousal abuse context but it is in no way gratuitous.
It is the afternoon of an average school day and there is a collection of waiting mothers for a school bus arrival at a neighborhood collection point. Moms are airing common complaints and sharing gossip. Busses arrive but several students don’t arrive. After several hours of confusion, it is apparent that a total of ten children have probably been kidnapped. One is Julie Franck, daughter of our series hero, Rebekka Franck.
For those who haven’t read other novels from this excellent series, Rebekka is from Denmark. She and husband Sune with their children are in the US on a five-year visa. This is lucky for their family because husband Sune has suffered an injury confining him to a wheelchair. He is recovering steadily through physical therapy and will recover completely but in this novel, he is useless until the very end of the novel when he becomes less than useless. (Really, this is not a spoiler).
Children are missing, authorities and communities are mobilized for search team duties. Nothing works. No effort succeeds in finding children. It is only when the kidnappers decide to return the children one by one that some parents find relief. Kidnappers do not release children directly to their parents. They place the children in concealed locations and deliver parts of a nursery rhyme to give rescuers clues about the children’s location. The clues are difficult to decipher. It is only Rebekka that comes up with correct interpretations about where the released children are. That is a bit coincidental but this is an entertaining work of fiction; we must allow creative license.
Julie Franck becomes a leader of the confined children, helping them to survive a confined environment and eventually helping some of them to escape. From the first attempted escape of the children to the final climax, the pace of writing becomes even faster.
I have read all eight previous Rebekka Franck novels and this novel does not disappoint. It is still fresh in its approach and is not formulaic. There are still surprises. I look forward to reading more from this author with a solid performance as a writer of entertaining thrillers.
I am not a speed reader, I average fifty pages per hour so this novel should have taken me approximately five hours. I read it in just over three hours. That should qualify it as a page turner (or page clicker on my Kindle). I gave this fast-paced thriller five Amazon stars. It is a thriller; children are kidnapped and (yay!!) the only sex presented during critical parts of the story is a vague possible worry on the part of the captured and confined children who are pre-pubescent and sexually uninformed. In other words, this thriller is safe for kids and other families. Even violence is expressed in a low-key way as far as the kidnapped children. There is violence depicted in a spousal abuse context but it is in no way gratuitous.
It is the afternoon of an average school day and there is a collection of waiting mothers for a school bus arrival at a neighborhood collection point. Moms are airing common complaints and sharing gossip. Busses arrive but several students don’t arrive. After several hours of confusion, it is apparent that a total of ten children have probably been kidnapped. One is Julie Franck, daughter of our series hero, Rebekka Franck.
For those who haven’t read other novels from this excellent series, Rebekka is from Denmark. She and husband Sune with their children are in the US on a five-year visa. This is lucky for their family because husband Sune has suffered an injury confining him to a wheelchair. He is recovering steadily through physical therapy and will recover completely but in this novel, he is useless until the very end of the novel when he becomes less than useless. (Really, this is not a spoiler).
Children are missing, authorities and communities are mobilized for search team duties. Nothing works. No effort succeeds in finding children. It is only when the kidnappers decide to return the children one by one that some parents find relief. Kidnappers do not release children directly to their parents. They place the children in concealed locations and deliver parts of a nursery rhyme to give rescuers clues about the children’s location. The clues are difficult to decipher. It is only Rebekka that comes up with correct interpretations about where the released children are. That is a bit coincidental but this is an entertaining work of fiction; we must allow creative license.
Julie Franck becomes a leader of the confined children, helping them to survive a confined environment and eventually helping some of them to escape. From the first attempted escape of the children to the final climax, the pace of writing becomes even faster.
I have read all eight previous Rebekka Franck novels and this novel does not disappoint. It is still fresh in its approach and is not formulaic. There are still surprises. I look forward to reading more from this author with a solid performance as a writer of entertaining thrillers.
September 17, 2019
What an amazing physiological thriller. I’m a huge Lisa Gardner fan, she writes phenomenal thriller books.
Well I just stumbled onto another author that grabbed me and had me on the edge of my seat the entire book.
Willow Rose will now be another author I’ll faithfully follow. Ten Little Girls will forever remain in my soul, this book was such an amazing and well written book. I don’t get scared very often, but this book spooked me, I was truly grieving for these ten young girls who were abducted from their bus stop and taken to a box truck underground. It was a virtual grave they had to survive in, under extreme conditions.
One by one the girls were released, each parent received a message from the kidnapper’s in the form of the children’s song: Ten Little Injun’s...
The police and parent’s must decipher what each message means in order to find their child before she dies.
Absolutely an addictive, hair raising, bone tingling - thriller!
Well I just stumbled onto another author that grabbed me and had me on the edge of my seat the entire book.
Willow Rose will now be another author I’ll faithfully follow. Ten Little Girls will forever remain in my soul, this book was such an amazing and well written book. I don’t get scared very often, but this book spooked me, I was truly grieving for these ten young girls who were abducted from their bus stop and taken to a box truck underground. It was a virtual grave they had to survive in, under extreme conditions.
One by one the girls were released, each parent received a message from the kidnapper’s in the form of the children’s song: Ten Little Injun’s...
The police and parent’s must decipher what each message means in order to find their child before she dies.
Absolutely an addictive, hair raising, bone tingling - thriller!
May 6, 2019
The female bus driver had a hard time explaining to the mothers why their daughters: Julie Franck (6th grade), Alicia (3rd grade), & Alondra were not on the bus.
Tonya, Emmy (5th grade), Haley, Nikki (1st grade), were on board also.
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary school. Ms. Elaine (receptionist) greeted Rebekka Franck (mom) Sue Porter (mom), & Nancy Browning (mom).
Detective Jack Ryder had arrived also.
Colleen talked to each/every one of the children: Jane, Matthew Riley (son), Anna (daughter), Elisa (14, twin sister), Penelope (14, Elisa’s twin sister).
She also listened to the older kids concerns/gripes.
5/2018, Julie was trying to give Nikki water. The child was barely breathing & had a fever.
Detective Ryder had called in & asked the other patrol officers to look for Alicia Porter around the Cocoa Beach, FL. area.
All rise, the Court is now in session. Judge Emmett Porter is presiding.
Jane Wilson (19, ex-wife/mother, Ron Jon's surf shop, swimsuit dept, former drug addict) had finally been able to afford Scott a good attorney.
She had been compliant in everyway possible.
DCFS handed Matthew (1) over to Jane.
The Orange County's Sheriff's Department was now at Disneyland looking for Alicia.
Brian had Alicia in his arms. Sue (mother) grabbed her & took off.
Rebekka was dehydrated & lost a lot of weight, but the Dr. said she will be fine.
What is Elaine up to?
Warning: This book contains adult content, violence, or sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.
A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written crime thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a large set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great crime thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. A very easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free author; Buoy Media LLC; 1 edition; BookSends; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons (Washburn; MSW)
Tonya, Emmy (5th grade), Haley, Nikki (1st grade), were on board also.
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary school. Ms. Elaine (receptionist) greeted Rebekka Franck (mom) Sue Porter (mom), & Nancy Browning (mom).
Detective Jack Ryder had arrived also.
Colleen talked to each/every one of the children: Jane, Matthew Riley (son), Anna (daughter), Elisa (14, twin sister), Penelope (14, Elisa’s twin sister).
She also listened to the older kids concerns/gripes.
5/2018, Julie was trying to give Nikki water. The child was barely breathing & had a fever.
Detective Ryder had called in & asked the other patrol officers to look for Alicia Porter around the Cocoa Beach, FL. area.
All rise, the Court is now in session. Judge Emmett Porter is presiding.
Jane Wilson (19, ex-wife/mother, Ron Jon's surf shop, swimsuit dept, former drug addict) had finally been able to afford Scott a good attorney.
She had been compliant in everyway possible.
DCFS handed Matthew (1) over to Jane.
The Orange County's Sheriff's Department was now at Disneyland looking for Alicia.
Brian had Alicia in his arms. Sue (mother) grabbed her & took off.
Rebekka was dehydrated & lost a lot of weight, but the Dr. said she will be fine.
What is Elaine up to?
Warning: This book contains adult content, violence, or sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.
A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written crime thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a large set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great crime thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. A very easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free author; Buoy Media LLC; 1 edition; BookSends; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons (Washburn; MSW)
May 19, 2020
I have really enjoyed this author's work. She has a way of pulling you into the story and just making you flip the pages faster than you should just to find out what happens next. In Ten Little Girls, one of the worst things has happened. Ten girls go missing they were supposed to get on the bus to head home but what happened? No one knows that is until the lines of a nursery rhyme get delivered and at that time it will be a race against time. I liked how Rebekka started to put the pieces together and once she had them it was like a light bulb clicked on and things started clicking. Even though Jack is the detective in all this, it seems that Rebekka is the detective that was the way I took it. When we find out the reason behind the abductions I felt for the villain (I know, I know before yall start in on me.) I understood her pain but I did not like how she went about taking the girls to get her point across. With Rebekka trying to find her daughter and everyone else's (though she is not supposed to be), she is also dealing with something going on with her boyfriend. Things have not been the same and as we get towards the end we see it goes a little bit deeper. I can't wait until I read the next book! Now, this is book six in this series, and you do not have to read the others before this one to follow the story. Yet, I would recommend you read them so you can get back story on the characters.
October 11, 2019
This was a fast paced tale. I felt for those girls, for everything they had to go through. The fact that it's based on true events is horrifying. Incorporating the old rhyme added to the suspense as well. I also felt fury as I read Jane's chapters, following along with her life and all the unjust things she had to deal with. That this, too, happens to people all the time is a sickening thought.
There were a number of red herrings in this book, which, as someone who makes guesses as they read, I can appreciate. Can't say more than that without spoilers.
At the beginning of this book, it felt like there was a lot of telling going on and not enough showing. But the more I thought about it, the more it gave the first narrator, and the setting, a juvenile feel. Even if it wasn't the author's intention, it ended up adding to the book for me, and if it continued past the first few chapters, I stopped noticing it.
There was one moment where the youngest child's voice dramatically changed to one much older than the rest of their dialogue. Really threw me for a loop! But aside from that I didn't notice any errors, which is a nice chance of pace from what I've been reading lately.
I'm interested in the fact that there are more books in Rebekkah's series. Following her family through more of their journey would be interesting, especially after all this.
There were a number of red herrings in this book, which, as someone who makes guesses as they read, I can appreciate. Can't say more than that without spoilers.
At the beginning of this book, it felt like there was a lot of telling going on and not enough showing. But the more I thought about it, the more it gave the first narrator, and the setting, a juvenile feel. Even if it wasn't the author's intention, it ended up adding to the book for me, and if it continued past the first few chapters, I stopped noticing it.
There was one moment where the youngest child's voice dramatically changed to one much older than the rest of their dialogue. Really threw me for a loop! But aside from that I didn't notice any errors, which is a nice chance of pace from what I've been reading lately.
I'm interested in the fact that there are more books in Rebekkah's series. Following her family through more of their journey would be interesting, especially after all this.
July 17, 2018
Ten little Injuns standin' in a line, One toddled home and then there were nine.
Ten little girls mysteriously vanish from outside their school at dismissal one day. Everyone is arguing and looking to place blame until one by one letters start being discovered by their parents with lyrics from "10 Little Injuns" giving clues as to where to find their daughters' bodies.
This book is NON STOP action start to finish to the point where I read it in 3 hours without being able to put it down. This would typically be a 4 star review for me but according to my Kindle I was 16% into the book when I figured out who was behind all of this AND why. That's far too early and was kind of annoying how painfully obvious it was to me.
I also really enjoyed the source material given by the author at the end of the book. I didn't know that certain parts and story lines were based on real events so I spent about a half hour on wikipedia after finishing the book to read some of the actual events.
REGARDLESS, I recommend this book because it's a very good, quick read, that is full of action.
Ten little girls mysteriously vanish from outside their school at dismissal one day. Everyone is arguing and looking to place blame until one by one letters start being discovered by their parents with lyrics from "10 Little Injuns" giving clues as to where to find their daughters' bodies.
This book is NON STOP action start to finish to the point where I read it in 3 hours without being able to put it down. This would typically be a 4 star review for me but according to my Kindle I was 16% into the book when I figured out who was behind all of this AND why. That's far too early and was kind of annoying how painfully obvious it was to me.
I also really enjoyed the source material given by the author at the end of the book. I didn't know that certain parts and story lines were based on real events so I spent about a half hour on wikipedia after finishing the book to read some of the actual events.
REGARDLESS, I recommend this book because it's a very good, quick read, that is full of action.
July 10, 2023
Much of this story was very disturbing. So much so that I almost stopped reading it. However, I had faith in the author and decided she would make everything turn out OK...which she did. The characters were so real that much of what was said and done really bothered me. Very young girls being kidnapped is so much like current human trafficking that the situation really disturbed me. Nevertheless, the writing is so good that I kept reading
Much of the plot was brilliant. Actually I should say plots, plural. There were two stories going on, but one was happening nearly twenty years prior to the main story. I had a feeling that at some point the two stories would come together, but it wasn't until the very end that it happened. It was a bit of a shock and surprise because so little had been devoted to the telling of the "old story", and there was catching up to do at the end. I recommend the story as a very good mystery, just asking the reader to have faith in the author the way I did.
Much of the plot was brilliant. Actually I should say plots, plural. There were two stories going on, but one was happening nearly twenty years prior to the main story. I had a feeling that at some point the two stories would come together, but it wasn't until the very end that it happened. It was a bit of a shock and surprise because so little had been devoted to the telling of the "old story", and there was catching up to do at the end. I recommend the story as a very good mystery, just asking the reader to have faith in the author the way I did.
July 28, 2019
This tells the story of 10 girls kidnapped from their school by being diverted to a different bus. The kidnappers send the parents nursery rhymes as one by one they are placed in dangerous situations with only the ingenious Rebecka Franck to rescue them. The detective in the novel is bumbling and seems to sit around waiting. The story contains several subplots, Jane a domestic violence victim whose own children are removed from her, and Rebecka and Sune - Sune is recovering from an accident. While the book generally held my interest, it was less and less believable as it progressed. Loosely based on the Chowchilla kidnappings in the 70s -- that story was a straightforward attempt at ransom -- unlike the convoluted plot here. I won't spoil it, but honestly cannot believe the mastermind would want to wreak havoc like this on innocent families and children.
August 2, 2019
Captivating
Absolutely throat grabbing! As the author states, this story had occurred and I remember it vividly. And Willow was creative in how she wove a novel storyline based on an actual fact. And the story does make you ponder. And it should make you sit up and take notice and have our children aware of "family code words"!! Marvelous idea!
As to the DV and child abuse issue, Willow is correct! This occurs much more often than you know! As an DV officer with a No Ca. Sheriff's department, witnessed this more than I care to admit!! I too survived, and that may be just why the story line resonated so deeply with me!
This book, in my humble opinion, is well written and even with the subject matter, enjoyed it. And I will read more of her works!!--P/
Absolutely throat grabbing! As the author states, this story had occurred and I remember it vividly. And Willow was creative in how she wove a novel storyline based on an actual fact. And the story does make you ponder. And it should make you sit up and take notice and have our children aware of "family code words"!! Marvelous idea!
As to the DV and child abuse issue, Willow is correct! This occurs much more often than you know! As an DV officer with a No Ca. Sheriff's department, witnessed this more than I care to admit!! I too survived, and that may be just why the story line resonated so deeply with me!
This book, in my humble opinion, is well written and even with the subject matter, enjoyed it. And I will read more of her works!!--P/
August 14, 2019
Loved it. Kept me guessing - who was behind the kidnapping. Rebeka, Sune, a cop, Jane? There was an odd dynamic between Rebeka and Sune and I suspected Sune for a while. Although he was somewhat disabled, thought he could have had help kidnapping the girls. Couldn't figure out how Jane tied into it all. But loved her story right up until the end. And, loved Julie - Rebeka's daughter. She was such a kind and compassionate child. The book kept my interest and kept me guessing. There were some parts towards the end that were pretty unbelievable. Rebeka found out things that seasoned cops did not, found that hard to believe. But still really liked this book. This was the first book I read by the author. I will definitely look for her other books.
July 19, 2018
"This Thriller Will Have You Screaming"
In Cocoa Beach, Florida, ten little girls go missing on the same day, all from the same elementary school. The town is stunned and even more so when letters arrive with lines from the nursery rhyme, Ten Little Indians. Rebekka Franck's daughter, Julie, is one of the missing. With detective Jack Ryder, she dives into the most puzzling, unsettling case of her career. This is a heart-stopping suspense and is spine-tingling. I believe this may be the most frightening story the Queen of Scream has ever written. Hope you are able to sleep well after reading this story.
In Cocoa Beach, Florida, ten little girls go missing on the same day, all from the same elementary school. The town is stunned and even more so when letters arrive with lines from the nursery rhyme, Ten Little Indians. Rebekka Franck's daughter, Julie, is one of the missing. With detective Jack Ryder, she dives into the most puzzling, unsettling case of her career. This is a heart-stopping suspense and is spine-tingling. I believe this may be the most frightening story the Queen of Scream has ever written. Hope you are able to sleep well after reading this story.
September 7, 2020
What a heart stopper
OMG I can't even imagine what the girls or their families went through. I can't believe how brave Julie was through all of this either. I remember the case where the bus full of children was highjacked and burried underground. To know what they had to endure was truly heartbreaking to say the least. Then on top of everything Sune screwing aroun on his wife with his therapist made me sick. I hop all the kids were able to get past what happened but I doubt Rebbeka will.
I missed book 6-8 and can't wait to read them. This book is a definite read for anyone that loves a good mystery.
OMG I can't even imagine what the girls or their families went through. I can't believe how brave Julie was through all of this either. I remember the case where the bus full of children was highjacked and burried underground. To know what they had to endure was truly heartbreaking to say the least. Then on top of everything Sune screwing aroun on his wife with his therapist made me sick. I hop all the kids were able to get past what happened but I doubt Rebbeka will.
I missed book 6-8 and can't wait to read them. This book is a definite read for anyone that loves a good mystery.
September 28, 2020
This book was a fairly quick read but I think it's because I tore through it so quickly!!! So much suspense and terror packed into a shorter book that I very much enjoyed. Ninth in a series (which you can read out of order, I had no problem with characters or plot lines) I found it delightful and engaging. I am definitely planning on reading more of this series.
10 girls go missing from the local elementary school and when the first one shows up dead and missing fingers, it's a race against the clock to find the other nine. As each girl shows up suffering a consequence from the poem Ten Little Indians, and most near death, it's anybody's guess who is doing this and why.
10 girls go missing from the local elementary school and when the first one shows up dead and missing fingers, it's a race against the clock to find the other nine. As each girl shows up suffering a consequence from the poem Ten Little Indians, and most near death, it's anybody's guess who is doing this and why.
May 25, 2021
Unbelievably Nerve Racking
Ten Little girls kidnapped? Okay, that's bad enough, but then to bury them in a tanker container? Then killing them off in ways that relate to The 10 little Indians rhyme, very creepy like "IT" Santa and working my nerves? Okay. But then at the end, when you think you've made it through to the other side of the nightmare, the author throws another unbelievable curve ball that made me want to throw it up my hands and yell " Why Do I Bother! " I mean Really?!? Can we say Self- Centered Prick boys and girls? Okay okay That's as much as I can say without doing a spoiler, so just, read the book and hope things get better.
Ten Little girls kidnapped? Okay, that's bad enough, but then to bury them in a tanker container? Then killing them off in ways that relate to The 10 little Indians rhyme, very creepy like "IT" Santa and working my nerves? Okay. But then at the end, when you think you've made it through to the other side of the nightmare, the author throws another unbelievable curve ball that made me want to throw it up my hands and yell " Why Do I Bother! " I mean Really?!? Can we say Self- Centered Prick boys and girls? Okay okay That's as much as I can say without doing a spoiler, so just, read the book and hope things get better.
August 14, 2018
Not a terrible novel, but I wish I had realised it was book 9 of a series so I'd have felt more towards the characters (not that the police in this novel actually seem to do much of the work!) it's not a read all night sort of book but it doesn't demand much of your brain so is good for insomnia riddled nights where your brain can't process too much. It's easy to see the outcomes before they happen as the book holds your hand and points them out to you pretty well leaving you feeling sort of unsatisfied and needing a bit more.
September 26, 2018
I was surprised how the author related one story to the other at the climax. I didn't have a clue. That was one of the reasons I kept reading. I almost put the book down within 15 minutes of starting, but decided to see what magic would be used to get everything settled. It was a fairly easy read, so I knew I wouldn't waste too much of my time.I did like the use of the rhyme, but overall I was disappointed. Still, this author has been very prolific, and maybe the next one of her books that I chose will be more appealing.
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