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Missing Piece
Sometimes to defeat the monster, you have to become the monster…
In the summer of 1985 an eight-year-old boy vanishes near his home.
Five years later and eighty miles away, a nine-year-old girl reappears after going missing for six months. She doesn’t speak at first. When she does no one believes where she says she’s been, what she’s done, who she’s seen. But three decades later and the now thirty-nine-year-old ordained pastor may be private investigator Cass Fletcher’s only hope; a last chance to find the missing boy before his mother loses her battle with a terminal illness.
The two cases couldn’t be more different – the children were from different districts, different schools, different ages and social status, one child returned, the other didn’t. Only their faith offers the faintest of connections. But it’s enough for Fletcher. She knows that for her and her partner to do in months what law enforcement haven’t been able to do in thirty-five years they’re going to have to look in the places no one else has.
Except while time might be their greatest enemy, it isn’t their only one.
Because the closer Fletcher gets to the ghosts of the past, the clearer the consequences of disturbing them become. Devastating for some. For others deadly.
Missing Piece sees the return of the PIs in the much-anticipated fourth book in the Hoskins & Fletcher crime series
In the summer of 1985 an eight-year-old boy vanishes near his home.
Five years later and eighty miles away, a nine-year-old girl reappears after going missing for six months. She doesn’t speak at first. When she does no one believes where she says she’s been, what she’s done, who she’s seen. But three decades later and the now thirty-nine-year-old ordained pastor may be private investigator Cass Fletcher’s only hope; a last chance to find the missing boy before his mother loses her battle with a terminal illness.
The two cases couldn’t be more different – the children were from different districts, different schools, different ages and social status, one child returned, the other didn’t. Only their faith offers the faintest of connections. But it’s enough for Fletcher. She knows that for her and her partner to do in months what law enforcement haven’t been able to do in thirty-five years they’re going to have to look in the places no one else has.
Except while time might be their greatest enemy, it isn’t their only one.
Because the closer Fletcher gets to the ghosts of the past, the clearer the consequences of disturbing them become. Devastating for some. For others deadly.
Missing Piece sees the return of the PIs in the much-anticipated fourth book in the Hoskins & Fletcher crime series
313 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 29, 2022
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T.L. Dyer
18 books7 followersT.L. Dyer is a writer of character-driven fiction, including crime, police procedural and dystopia. Her stories and characters delve, discover and disrupt, always teetering precariously on that thin line between darkness and light, right and wrong, good and bad.
She is particularly keen on exploring those individuals who set themselves apart from the norm or who stray down a different path. Taking her lead from the characters themselves, she trails behind scribbling notes and trying to keep up as they take her on a breathless, heart-thumping and thought-provoking journey, with no knowing where she might end up.
T.L. lives in South Wales, UK, with her family and eternally bedraggled Yorkshire Terrier.
Join T.L.'s Reading Tribe by downloading your FREE CRIME BOOK at www.TLDyer.com, exclusive to subscribers. And be sure to follow her on BookBub to learn about new releases, www.bookbub.com/authors/t-l-dyer
She is particularly keen on exploring those individuals who set themselves apart from the norm or who stray down a different path. Taking her lead from the characters themselves, she trails behind scribbling notes and trying to keep up as they take her on a breathless, heart-thumping and thought-provoking journey, with no knowing where she might end up.
T.L. lives in South Wales, UK, with her family and eternally bedraggled Yorkshire Terrier.
Join T.L.'s Reading Tribe by downloading your FREE CRIME BOOK at www.TLDyer.com, exclusive to subscribers. And be sure to follow her on BookBub to learn about new releases, www.bookbub.com/authors/t-l-dyer
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 27, 2022
Book four in the wonderful Hoskins and Fletcher Series.
Fantastic, emotive, heart rending writing - with a twist at the end. The story will remain with you even after you have read the last page.
As the story progressed it touched my heart for many reasons. A superb series that only gets better with each book.
Hoss and Cass have left the sheriff’s department and now have their PI Licence.
In this poignant story Hoss and Cass take on an unsolved cold case from 1985 for a desperately Ill young woman whose dying wish is to know what happened to her eight year old son who disappeared without trace after walking to the local shop near his home in a gated community.
In all those years, and despite investigations and searches, there have been no sightings and no leads.
How does a child disappear without trace?
Well, you will have to read this story to find out.
Very highly recommended and totally unputdownable.
Fantastic, emotive, heart rending writing - with a twist at the end. The story will remain with you even after you have read the last page.
As the story progressed it touched my heart for many reasons. A superb series that only gets better with each book.
Hoss and Cass have left the sheriff’s department and now have their PI Licence.
In this poignant story Hoss and Cass take on an unsolved cold case from 1985 for a desperately Ill young woman whose dying wish is to know what happened to her eight year old son who disappeared without trace after walking to the local shop near his home in a gated community.
In all those years, and despite investigations and searches, there have been no sightings and no leads.
How does a child disappear without trace?
Well, you will have to read this story to find out.
Very highly recommended and totally unputdownable.
January 24, 2022
I love the Fletch and Hoss series and I think this is the best one yet. The PI team is hired to find out what happened to a child who went missing thirty-five years ago. His mother is dying and would like to know before she dies. Fletch also comes face-to-face with her past. This action packed story had me turning the pages to find out if Fletch goes through with her plan and if they find the answers. I would highly recommend this nail biter. I received an advance copy of this book and this is my honest review.
January 28, 2022
This is a brilliant read.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had continuously.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had continuously.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
January 24, 2022
Another great read from Ms. Dyer. I've read several of her books and they never disappoint!
Missing Piece was no exception. Enjoy!
Missing Piece was no exception. Enjoy!
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