The Girl from Silent Lake: A totally gripping and heart-pounding crime thriller: 1 (Detective Kay Sharp) Paperback – Import, 19 February 2021

A beautifully plotted and extremely well written book. The dilemmas and painful memories of the protagonist are very vividly and sensitively portrayed.

A nice book with thrilling pages and endless suspense making you to turn pages and finish the book. But sometimes it lacked the necessary x-factor that most people want in a crime thriller. Also if you are good at deducting you can guess the killer at around 65% of the book and the remaining 35% you can tick off the clues and know whether you are right or wrong.

The story won't let you put down the book till you devoured whole of it. A very fast paced thriller with amazing twists. The psychology of the haunted and hunter would keep you looped whole time.

Detective Kay Sharp left her home after an unforgettable family trauma. A Special Agent with the FBI, she is a renowned criminalist and also has a psychology degree. Coming back home is the last thing Kay wants to do, but her brother Jacob is being jailed for a short duration. Kay feels responsible for Jacob and his house, so she leaves her career behind and goes back to home to a place where she is haunted by terrible memories.The story unfolds in minor acts, building in emotional substance. With a profusion of imagery in the writing style, it makes you feel you are right there in the book, and that’s something I look for in a delightful book.Leslie Wolfe is a new name for me, and I was thrilled to read the first book in a new series. I love how she developed Kay’s personality, and how the plot and the conflict played out. In fact, I am excited to read the next book in the series. I love Kay and cannot wait to see how she handles her next case.Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

Leslie Wolfe unfolds the story at a great pace. The rythm of the story is great! Really enjoyed!

Could not put down. This author is fab and now reading all other books!

Psychologically, medically and forensically immaculate. This book had me in a chokehold the entire time! At parts it was really disturbing and a bit traumatizing but i am here for the emotions.

Dit boek vond ik geweldig. Genoeg spanning om dagelijks door te willen lezen. Zeker een aanrader! En ik ga zeker de hieropvolgende boeken lezen.

The Girl from Silent Lake by bestselling author Leslie Wolfe is another gripping crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Detective Kay Sharp is book 1 in what promises to be another fine collection by this prolific writer. The author again weaves another suspense filled crime thriller with plenty twists and turns that easily draws the reader in from the opening chapter.The book description gives a sneak preview: ‘She felt a shiver up her spine as she approached the body, as if its coldness was somehow touching her own soul. The girl in the shallow grave was wrapped in a blanket like a newborn baby. Her skin was porcelain white, as if kissed by snow, and her hair was braided, tied with feathers. What had happened to this poor innocent girl?... Detective Kay Sharp vowed she’d never return to her childhood home. On the night of her thirteenth birthday her broken family was shattered beyond repair and leaving was the only option. Unable to fix her own past, she’s been an FBI profiler for over a decade, desperate to save others…. But now Kay’s back and only she can solve the crime that has rocked the tight-knit community of Mount Chester to its core. A dead woman has been found by Silent Lake under the dew-covered Fall leaves, her hair braided and her body wrapped in a blanket. This small town may be a stranger to murder, but Kay recognizes the signs of a serial killer. She’s certain that the ritualistic nature of the scene means it’s just a matter of time until he strikes again––unless she catches him first… As yellow do-not-cross tape flaps in the biting wind, another woman is reported missing. Kay leads a frenzied search for out-of-towner Alison Nolan and when she locates her car, Kay’s blood turns to ice as she shines her flashlight on the backseat and sees a teddy bear. Alison’s six-year-old little girl, Hazel, has vanished too… Kay knows the missing-person investigation could turn into a murder case at any second. But as she hunts for the culprit, her own past closes in on her. Can she find the killer before it’s too late? And will the secret she thought she’d buried stay that way?’The story unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between the words, the author breathes a pulsating intensity that rolls like a motion picture camera. With an abundance of imagery in the writing style, it makes you feel like you are right there in the story, and that’s something I look for in a good book.I enjoyed the story, character development, and dialogue. There were plenty of plot twists that I didn’t see coming and that added to the book’s mystique. When I stopped reading to work, I found myself wondering what happened in the book, and replaying parts of the story in my head to see if I could figure more out. It has been a while since I enjoyed a book this much.If you are looking for a well-written crime thriller with amazing characters and a gripping plot then ‘The Girl from Silent Lake’ will not leave you disappointed. Highly recommended and a well-deserved five stars from me.