There Was A Little Girl, Cynthia Luhrs
There Was A Little Girl, Cynthia Luhrs
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There Was A Little Girl

Author: Cynthia Luhrs

Narrator: Melissa Sternenberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Cynthia Luhrs

Published: 11/21/2016


Synopsis

THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL is a psychological thriller that will have you taking a closer look at the people you think you know. No one is what they seem…Katherine Hope Jones just wanted to be normal. Fit in like everyone else. Anything to keep is a the horror of her childhood carefully hidden away. But when she watches a murderer walk free with a slap on the wrist, she is filled with fury and takes matters into her own hands. A choice that causes her tightly constructed world to come crashing down as past and present collide.You never know who’s watching…As the lies pile up and Hope desperately tries to maintain two identities, an animal control officer has discovered something disturbing. A vigilante is killing animal abusers. As Hope takes incredible risks to punish the guilty, she’s blind to the danger closing in around her. For a powerful and dangerous organization has taken notice of her activities.Everyone has a line they won’t cross…until they do.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alonzo on July 02, 2020

Matthew Hope, defense attorney extraordinaire, is shot on page one and spends the rest of the case in his hospital bed. So it’s up to his friends (a PI, a cop, his DA girlfriend) to figure out why he was shot. Hope can’t tell them. He is in a semi-coma and can’t communicate what he knows. The case t......more

Goodreads review by David on April 20, 2020

#73 from Ed McBain, my Most Read Author, is another tale in the Matthew Hope series about a lawyer in Florida - apart from flashbacks, Hope is in ITU for the whole book, after being shot. His friends and associates investigate on his behalf in a tale which centres around a travelling circus.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on April 27, 2009

Well written, and non-pretensious detective novel. The plot is fairly interesting and the dialog is done well. I think this story is similar to what makes its way onto TV these days. The story is told almost passively from the eyes of the primary character (who is in a coma) and the eyes of several d......more

Goodreads review by Charles on February 23, 2017

I've much enjoyed all the Matthew Hope series that I've read. This one started off gangbusters and I really got hooked. However, it sagged badly for me in the middle, and then picked up again toward the end. I think part of the issue is that there were two female characters who were not very clearly......more

Goodreads review by Cashmrock on January 08, 2014

Long time reader of Ed McBain and this was an interesting story with multiple characters well described. Plot was developed well and kept my interest. Will look out for more "Matthew Hope" novels.......more