| Title | : | Suffer the Children (DI Winter Meadows, #3) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 |
| Publication | : | First published October 2, 2017 |
Natalie Beynon wakes after a party to find her 18-month-old daughter, Ella, missing and the front door open.
Did Ella wander out of the house of her own accord?
Or did someone take the child from her bed?
DI Meadows is leading the search for the missing child. With no sign of a break in it looks like the answer to Ella’s disappearance lies with those who were at the party that night. But someone is lying.
When Ella’s toy rabbit is found on the footpath leading into the local woods, hopes are raised, and a large-scale search is launched. It’s a race against time to find the child before nightfall.
Then events take a shocking turn. An appalling discovery, another missing child, and a murder push Meadows and his team to the limits.
Who took the child?
Who has been keeping secrets?
Who is playing a dangerous game?
Suffer the Children (DI Winter Meadows, #3) Reviews
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Six stars
Books 1 and 2 were easy 5 stars, but this one blew them out of the water.
Superb development of many different characters. Love the way things are going with. ....
The story was definitely unique, for me. At least in the fact that this was a detective novel about a missing child not a murder, although there are other tangents to follow.
That ending, well just blows you away.
I really hope there is a 4th book in a this series...soon. -
The clever plot of Suffer the Children presents two mysteries. One ends in triumph and the other in tragedy.
An eighteen month old girl named Ella has gone missing from her crib one night while her single mother was home smoking dope with some friends and has no clear memory of what transpired. In a police search of the property, the skeletal remains of another baby girl are discovered, which had been buried in the backyard of that house twenty or more years before.
Who that baby girl was (including the surprising revelation beyond her grave) and what happened to Ella are the two mysteries, each with stunning endings.
So Suffer the Children is a very good book for several reasons: Welsh author Cheryl Rees-Price has created a likeable team of dedicated police investigators to solve the two mysteries, both of which are ingenious in their complexity, but also raises awareness about the compelling need to protect and save children from parents emotionally ill-equipped to care for them. -
Brilliant book...until the final 2 pages. A very unsatisfying, frustratingly abrupt, incomplete end!
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I was thoroughly enjoying this book until the very end, when the book ended so abruptly! I couldn’t even call it a cliffhanger. There’s another murder and we don’t know who committed it and if the perpetrator/s will be arrested. I couldn’t believe it; it’s as if the author just got tired of the story and decided to end it when Meadows leaves to investigate the latest death.
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Suffer the Children
Third book in the series and they keep on getting better.Great storyline and enjoying getting to know the characters.The plot was intricate and kept me guessing almost to the end ,already looking forward to the next in the series. -
As with her other books this is a real page turner with realistic characters and procedures.
This particular book also introduces us to ethical considerations.
How do you react to Natalie?
Can the actions of others be condoned? -
Another phenomenal mystery from Cheryl Rees-Price. Her writing has only gotten better, and the mysteries more intricate, as each DI Winter Meadows novel is released. You can expect a complex, multi-layered mystery at the heart of this police procedural, one driven by flawed humans and their illogical emotions. You get the incredibly empathetic, driven Detective Meadows who manages to straddle the line between being smart, but not impossibly brilliant in his deductions.
And while this novel can be read standalone by any reader, those returning from the last two novels will love the small callbacks and the continuing character development of the police team. The novels have all been fairly different too -- with the first about working a cold case, the second a murder, and now a missing child. That can't continue forever, but the plot has been fresh every time and I've appreciated that as a returning reader.
So if you haven't started this yet, grab any book and try it out. And then once you're bought in, grab the rest, because I don't think you'll regret investing in Winter Meadows and his team. -
Natalie and her boyfriend and others were having a party as little Ella was to be sleeping. They were all drinking and doing drugs. Later on Natalie checks on Ella and she is gone. Looking everywhere she couldnt find her. Ella lived with her Mom in a filthy dirty house. Her sister Nia tried to help Ella feed her and clean her clothes for her Children Services didnt do much help. In the meantime there were 2 other children being missing that surfaced to the police as their search for Ella. They searched and then found a toy of Ella's then days later found clothes buried but no Ella. The neighborhood where they lived ended up with the police finding lots more information as time went on. The police found out what happened to the 2 children. Nothing to prove Ella's Mom harmed Ella. But they did find out where Ella was after doing DNA tests and investigated the case down the line. What would you do to help save a childs life? Legally or illegally if it was your choice. Sometimes it doesnt go well either way.
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In this third installment, DI Winter Meadows has clearly established himself as the leader of his team. Like the first two stories preceding this one, you see how he sees himself as protector of the vulnerable. When a child goes missing, he works overtime to find her. In the process, the team discovers the skeleton of another child. Not dissimilar to the previous stories, history plays a significant role.
The stories of missing children and family turmoil run parallel and cross in threads. It was complex and complicated, but well executed. I see how some reviewers were disappointed with the outcome. Who doesn’t like a happy ending? But it’s not always real or true. -
When a small child goes missing from the home of a very dysfunctional single parent, the search is on. As Detective Winter Meadows gets involved, much more than he had hoped for is revealed, providing a twisty tale that's full of surprises - not all of them pleasant.
The book is really well written and keeps the reader engaged. There's enough humour woven in to make a difficult subject a bit lighter too, and there's even a little romance in the air. A great read - highly recommended. -
I really enjoyed this book, although I had a good idea who was behind the abduction after the pink coat was mentioned. BUT... like a lot of other reviews, the end was so abrupt it left you extremely deflated. No reason why, no idea if it was the mother, the neglect or just pure unlucky. It was almost as if the author was in a hurry to be somewhere else & quickly thought up an ending. A VERY BAD ENDING.
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This story was a total 5 star that made Alissa so very, very happy until literally the final few pages. I was very disappointed with a last minute event that was not only unnecessary but implausible. Ruined the final scene for me. But I will continue on because solid writing and great characters.
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Love DI Winter Meadows.
Cheryl Rees-Price has some it again, another fantastic read. A book full of twists and turns. I am loving how we are getting to know the characters more and how the team are starting to bond and work together. Another brilliant story, can't wait for book 4. 😁😁😁😁 -
Sadly real feeling.
Odd to say you love a book about missing children, but this one was so well written and, although the clues were there, difficult to figure out the kidnapper. A neglected child is abducted and a known drug user with several run- ins with the law becomes an obvious suspect. But what was the motive? -
Betrayal of Everyone around you.
When a child disappears everyone becomes a suspect. The mother and her drug addict friends are there when she goes missing but the story ends up going back 30 years to another baby girl who went missing from the same area. Is there a killer in the area? What happened to Ella and why did the system keep failing her?
