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Detective Josie Quinn #1-3
The Detective Josie Quinn Series: Books 1–3
Looking for a new absolutely unputdownable crime series that will have you hooked in a heartbeat?
Look no further than the first three crime thrillers from Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Lisa Regan, introducing you to the unforgettable Detective Josie Quinn.
VANISHING GIRLS: When Isabelle Coleman, a blonde, beautiful local girl goes missing, everyone from the small town of Denton joins the search. They can find no trace of the town’s darling, but Detective Josie Quinn finds another girl they didn’t even know was missing…
Fearing there may be other girls in terrible danger, Josie follows the trail to a cold case labelled a hoax by authorities. Someone in this close-knit town is committing unspeakable crimes. Can Josie catch the killer before another innocent victim loses their life?
THE GIRL WITH NO NAME: The high chair lay on its side, a toy elephant and a crumpled green blanket scattered across the floor beside it.
“The baby’s gone.”
Josie arrives at a large house on the outskirts of Denton to find a single mother fighting for her life, her newborn baby missing. A young woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie’s only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn’t know who she is, where she’s from or why she’s so terrified. Is she a witness, a suspect, or the next victim?
HER MOTHER’S GRAVE: When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Josie races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose.
Josie’s past crashes into her present when a rare dental condition confirms the bones belong to a teenage foster-child who was murdered thirty years ago. A girl named Belinda Rose…
These addictive, nail-biting cases will keep you up all night on a rollercoaster of emotions. A perfect read for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine.
Readers are going wild about Lisa Regan:
‘Absolutely outstanding! Just wow, this book was incredible, I loved it… literally had me sitting on the edge of my seat holding my breath. The twists kept coming, all were a surprise I didn’t see coming. There were so many wow moments, I was totally engrossed and couldn’t put the book down… 5 stars.’ Bonnie’s Book Talk, 5 stars
‘Anyone who knows me gets that I really like a strong, female, kickass main character and that’s exactly what I got in Josie Quinn… The plot motors along at breakneck speed often leaving me holding my breath. I’ll be waiting impatiently for the next instalment.’ Angela Marsons, no.1 bestselling author of Silent Scream
‘Addictive and emotional… I was gripped instantly… I was obsessed, I couldn’t stop myself from reading… when you think you have it all worked out another curveball is thrown right at you.
Look no further than the first three crime thrillers from Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Lisa Regan, introducing you to the unforgettable Detective Josie Quinn.
VANISHING GIRLS: When Isabelle Coleman, a blonde, beautiful local girl goes missing, everyone from the small town of Denton joins the search. They can find no trace of the town’s darling, but Detective Josie Quinn finds another girl they didn’t even know was missing…
Fearing there may be other girls in terrible danger, Josie follows the trail to a cold case labelled a hoax by authorities. Someone in this close-knit town is committing unspeakable crimes. Can Josie catch the killer before another innocent victim loses their life?
THE GIRL WITH NO NAME: The high chair lay on its side, a toy elephant and a crumpled green blanket scattered across the floor beside it.
“The baby’s gone.”
Josie arrives at a large house on the outskirts of Denton to find a single mother fighting for her life, her newborn baby missing. A young woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie’s only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn’t know who she is, where she’s from or why she’s so terrified. Is she a witness, a suspect, or the next victim?
HER MOTHER’S GRAVE: When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Josie races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose.
Josie’s past crashes into her present when a rare dental condition confirms the bones belong to a teenage foster-child who was murdered thirty years ago. A girl named Belinda Rose…
These addictive, nail-biting cases will keep you up all night on a rollercoaster of emotions. A perfect read for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine.
Readers are going wild about Lisa Regan:
‘Absolutely outstanding! Just wow, this book was incredible, I loved it… literally had me sitting on the edge of my seat holding my breath. The twists kept coming, all were a surprise I didn’t see coming. There were so many wow moments, I was totally engrossed and couldn’t put the book down… 5 stars.’ Bonnie’s Book Talk, 5 stars
‘Anyone who knows me gets that I really like a strong, female, kickass main character and that’s exactly what I got in Josie Quinn… The plot motors along at breakneck speed often leaving me holding my breath. I’ll be waiting impatiently for the next instalment.’ Angela Marsons, no.1 bestselling author of Silent Scream
‘Addictive and emotional… I was gripped instantly… I was obsessed, I couldn’t stop myself from reading… when you think you have it all worked out another curveball is thrown right at you.
- GenresMystery
1037 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 8, 2019
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About the author
Lisa Regan
35 books3,815 followersLisa Regan is the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series as well as several other crime fiction titles. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She is a member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers’ Association, and International Thriller Writers. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, daughter and Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip.
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July 15, 2020
I really like series! Finished all 9 waiting for the next one in August.
February 27, 2025
A book group I'm in decided to read this series. They weren't available as e-books at my library so I bought the first nine books in the series as three-book bundles. These first three books are really good and I look forward to continuing the series.
March 18, 2021
I’ve decided to review all three books in this box set in the same review. As it turns out, this isn’t one of those NLS compilations designed to economize digital memory card space. It’s an actual set of the first three books in this series created by the publisher.
In Vanishing Girls, someone dies while driving an Escalade through town. The car clips Josie as she stands at a gas pump. Her marriage is essentially over, but the new guy, a fellow cop, is ready to marry her. Before the car struck her, Josie watched a newscast about a missing and apparently abducted college girl in the community. Josie can’t work the case; she’s on suspension for mouthing off to the chief of police. Now that she’s physically injured, she has more time than ever to brood and think about the missing girl. Then another girl appears—a girl no one thought was gone. She has in her mouth the tongue ornament of the first missing college girl who was on the news the day the car struck Josie.
So, we have a missing girl, a speechless girl, and before this book ends, the horror broadens to include missing women from throughout the region. And who is the mysterious Ramona?
In the second book, The Girl with No Name, Josie and her fiancé are about to call it quits on a pending marriage, at least that’s Josie’s take. While they’re discussing wedding announcements, Josie gets a call. A local stripper has given birth to a baby boy under nasty circumstances. Someone kidnapped the child, and Josie’s fiancé goes missing as well. Is the local security magnate a worthy suspect?
I worry about my cognitive ability as a reader. This second book had more characters than I felt comfortable keeping track of. It felt like you needed one of those character tree things in the appendix. That said, the ending is a fast-action suspense-filled experience.
The final book, Her Mother’s Grave, is the best and most intense of the three. Regan seems to find a rhythm and hit her stride here—sorry for the clichés, but there’s no better way to describe it. Her writing feels more on point. The chapters end at the right places that motivate you to keep reading. They are short, so they become like little guilty pleasures—you’ll want to sneak just one more in before you get responsible about your day.
Some little boys playing war games in the woods near a trailer park find human bones that someone buried many years earlier, judging from the condition and decomposition of the bones. The dead woman has the same name as Josie Quinn’s abusive mother, Belinda Rose. So, if the dead woman is Belinda Rose, who is Josie’s despicable mother? And does Josie really want to dig into her past and unearth deeply disturbing and troubling stuff? The discoveries she makes about her past will keep you reading to the end you didn’t see coming. While I recommend reading all three of the first books in this series, if you just can’t do it, and if you determine to read only one, this third book is the one to read.
In Vanishing Girls, someone dies while driving an Escalade through town. The car clips Josie as she stands at a gas pump. Her marriage is essentially over, but the new guy, a fellow cop, is ready to marry her. Before the car struck her, Josie watched a newscast about a missing and apparently abducted college girl in the community. Josie can’t work the case; she’s on suspension for mouthing off to the chief of police. Now that she’s physically injured, she has more time than ever to brood and think about the missing girl. Then another girl appears—a girl no one thought was gone. She has in her mouth the tongue ornament of the first missing college girl who was on the news the day the car struck Josie.
So, we have a missing girl, a speechless girl, and before this book ends, the horror broadens to include missing women from throughout the region. And who is the mysterious Ramona?
In the second book, The Girl with No Name, Josie and her fiancé are about to call it quits on a pending marriage, at least that’s Josie’s take. While they’re discussing wedding announcements, Josie gets a call. A local stripper has given birth to a baby boy under nasty circumstances. Someone kidnapped the child, and Josie’s fiancé goes missing as well. Is the local security magnate a worthy suspect?
I worry about my cognitive ability as a reader. This second book had more characters than I felt comfortable keeping track of. It felt like you needed one of those character tree things in the appendix. That said, the ending is a fast-action suspense-filled experience.
The final book, Her Mother’s Grave, is the best and most intense of the three. Regan seems to find a rhythm and hit her stride here—sorry for the clichés, but there’s no better way to describe it. Her writing feels more on point. The chapters end at the right places that motivate you to keep reading. They are short, so they become like little guilty pleasures—you’ll want to sneak just one more in before you get responsible about your day.
Some little boys playing war games in the woods near a trailer park find human bones that someone buried many years earlier, judging from the condition and decomposition of the bones. The dead woman has the same name as Josie Quinn’s abusive mother, Belinda Rose. So, if the dead woman is Belinda Rose, who is Josie’s despicable mother? And does Josie really want to dig into her past and unearth deeply disturbing and troubling stuff? The discoveries she makes about her past will keep you reading to the end you didn’t see coming. While I recommend reading all three of the first books in this series, if you just can’t do it, and if you determine to read only one, this third book is the one to read.
March 16, 2022
THIS IS THE REVIEW FOR THE 2ND BOOK IN THIS SERIES - THE GIRL WITH NO NAME. (For some reason, book #2 does not show up in GoodReads as a standalone). This is another great one in the Josie Quinn series. This book is jam packed with action and suspense, as well as twists and turns that you will never see coming! Josie Quinn is my hero. She has overcome great odds to be the strong and capable and woman she is today. She is tenacious with her investigations, and you feel that she truly cares about victims of the vicious crimes she investigates. She is called to the scene of a vicious attack on a woman. This is bad in and of itself, but it gets worse when she realizes that the woman has just given birth and the baby is missing. From that point, it is a race against time to find the baby and find out exactly why this lady was attacked and who wanted her baby. You will be pulled into the underworld of greed and corruption to the point that you will feel "dirty" reading about it. Lisa Regan never disappoints. I ended up starting this series late (I started with #13), so now I am back tracking. I highly recommend that you start this series from the beginning. If you like thrillers with a lot of police procedural drama, you will not be disappointed.
April 23, 2022
Couldn't put it down, then ordered all 14
It's been a long time since I read a book that I just couldn't get enough of. Every twist I didn't see coming, Lisa regan is now a author I love and will read everything I can get my hands on.
I love this series, my heart leaped, stressed with Jo. It broke with her traumas and I wanted to jump in this book and defend her.
Congrats Lisa regan, I knew from the first 2 pages, just why detective Josie had 14 books.
It's been a long time since I read a book that I just couldn't get enough of. Every twist I didn't see coming, Lisa regan is now a author I love and will read everything I can get my hands on.
I love this series, my heart leaped, stressed with Jo. It broke with her traumas and I wanted to jump in this book and defend her.
Congrats Lisa regan, I knew from the first 2 pages, just why detective Josie had 14 books.
October 9, 2019
Love Josie
I really enjoyed reading the first three books in this series. Have already downloaded the complete series. Cant wait to finish them so I can read more of her books. These were page turners for me. When I thought I had it figured out I got surprised! Thanks Lisa and keep them coming.
I really enjoyed reading the first three books in this series. Have already downloaded the complete series. Cant wait to finish them so I can read more of her books. These were page turners for me. When I thought I had it figured out I got surprised! Thanks Lisa and keep them coming.
September 21, 2019
Omgosh!!!
What a great series! I could not put this down and it kept getting better and better. While some parts seem unrealistic, it was still a great story and a phenomenal read! I highly recommend this series!
What a great series! I could not put this down and it kept getting better and better. While some parts seem unrealistic, it was still a great story and a phenomenal read! I highly recommend this series!
June 20, 2022
I love a book series!
Book 1-3 was good. Reads like a television series. Not a detail left out. It's very very specific.. Once you start you have to read the rest bc it's definitely interesting.
Book 1-3 was good. Reads like a television series. Not a detail left out. It's very very specific.. Once you start you have to read the rest bc it's definitely interesting.
January 7, 2020
Hooked!
What a great series! Awesome writing! Love the characters! The stories are incredible and strong. Keep me hooked from beginning to end!
What a great series! Awesome writing! Love the characters! The stories are incredible and strong. Keep me hooked from beginning to end!
March 19, 2020
Amazing read
These three books were absolutely amazing, definitely the best detective books I've read. They have you gripped all the way through.
These three books were absolutely amazing, definitely the best detective books I've read. They have you gripped all the way through.
January 22, 2021
One of the best series I have ever read and I’m a retired Cop
March 7, 2021
This series is one of my favorite series!!!
March 15, 2021
The first 3 books in the Josie Quinn series was fantastic! A great way to start reading. A wonderful way to entwine yourself, meet the characters and enjoy the ride within the storyline.
August 7, 2022
I Love Lisa Regan & Josie Quinn !!!
I am up all night with them !!!! All the twists & turns of the cases keeps me on the edge of my seat !!!
I am up all night with them !!!! All the twists & turns of the cases keeps me on the edge of my seat !!!
August 22, 2022
This 3 book bundle is just the start of what i can feel is an amazing series. At first i was a bit unsure there was so much going on in book 1 that had started previously and i was super worried about not connecting with the characters as i didn’t see the progression. However, as time wore on i saw i didn’t need to the whole point is Josie and her life and shes constantly evolving and being a kickass woman whilst still having her own past and vulnerabilities. I love all of the secondary characters (yes, even Misty if you can believe it!) and can’t wait to know more about them as we see Josie grow, prosper and continue to solve cases. This is my first ever Lisa Regan novel and i can tell you with absolute certainty it will not be my last.
January 22, 2023
Excellent.
I have not read a book in a long time.... I couldn't put these books down. I am purchasing TBE next series.
I have not read a book in a long time.... I couldn't put these books down. I am purchasing TBE next series.
April 18, 2023
Lisa Reagan is a new to me author. I really like her writing style and her character lines
September 7, 2023
excellent
Not my usual genre but I find I. Can’t put them down
Looks like I will be reading the series
Not my usual genre but I find I. Can’t put them down
Looks like I will be reading the series
March 11, 2024
Gripping
This series of books were hard to put down. The twists and turns in the story line kept you guessing to the outcome. Can’t wait to read the next book in this series.
This series of books were hard to put down. The twists and turns in the story line kept you guessing to the outcome. Can’t wait to read the next book in this series.
March 16, 2024
Great Read
This series is a keep you on the edge of your seat read. I have read 1-7 and will read all 19.
This series is a keep you on the edge of your seat read. I have read 1-7 and will read all 19.
December 30, 2019
Addictive.
Be prepared, this series will totally absorb you! The Vanishing Girls, with Detective Josie Quinn hasit all. Total suspense, on the edge of your seat thriller. Lisa Regan, you have become one of my favourite authors. Highly recommend.
Be prepared, this series will totally absorb you! The Vanishing Girls, with Detective Josie Quinn hasit all. Total suspense, on the edge of your seat thriller. Lisa Regan, you have become one of my favourite authors. Highly recommend.
June 6, 2022
love the josie Quinn series
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