In Lancashire, a woman has been brutally murdered and kids are being kidnapped but brought back to their families, unharmed. While the woman’s eyes have been gouged out and her tongue cut off, the kids who are brought back to their families do not have a single memory of where they’ve been or who have taken them. Could both of these cases have something in common?
DC Laura McGanity and her son have just moved from London to join her boyfriend Jack Garret, in Blackley. As Laura McGanity works her way through the cases, Jack Garret being a reporter simply cannot stay away, especially not when a good story could come out of it all. And what happens when a club that’s consisted of people who write and paint, whose works actually predict the future, come into the picture?
I greatly enjoyed reading Lost Souls, the suspense definitely kept me reading. It also didn’t take me long to get used to the short chapters and each character’s perspective. I enjoyed Jack Garret’s pov the most. Each character had a distinctive personality which made them stand out, which was great since that’s what usually draws me into a story even more, however it felt like DC Laura McGanity wasn’t that involved?
I haven’t read the previous book in which she’s introduced for the first time, I don’t think the author’s decided to take the spotlight off her in this book just because of the previous one, not when she’s the “Detective.” Who knows. I wasn’t a fan of the writing either, there were moments when I found it extremely annoying but it wasn’t hard to get through.
Overall, this book was a great read and the ending was satisfying.