The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney
The little girl looked like an angel in her thin white robe, her long black hair spread around her head like a dark halo on the snow. Her hands rested on her chest, fingers interlaced as if she had fallen asleep while praying. But she would never wake up again…
When Detective Lottie Parker receives news that a child’s body has been found in the frozen grounds of the cathedral, a shiver runs down her spine. She’s terrified it will be eight-year-old Willow Devine, reported missing that morning.
But when she arrives at the cathedral, holding a photo of Willow with her blonde ponytail and gap-toothed smile, she gets a terrible shock. The body is a young girl, wrapped in a white shroud, a rosary clutched in her frozen fingers. But her hair is dark, not fair. This girl isn’t Willow but another eight-year-old, Naomi.
Desperate to find a connection between the two girls and to find Willow before it is too late, Lottie speaks to the girls’ families and discovers that both girls were altar servers at the cathedral. The charismatic priest Father Maguire has a watertight alibi for the time the girls went missing, but Lottie suspects the confused old lady traumatised by the discovery of Naomi’s body is hiding something…
A day later, Willow’s little body is found wrapped in a white robe in the snowy grounds of a church across town. Lottie is devastated, convinced now that she can’t trust anyone, least of all the girls’ parents. Why did Willow’s mother claim the girls didn’t know each other? And why are there no photos of Naomi in her mother’s shabby house?
But when a little boy from the choir goes missing too, Lottie realises she must spread her net wider. Can she stop this twisted killer before another precious life is stolen?
- File Name:the-altar-girls-by-patricia-gibney.epub
- Original Title:The Altar Girls: An addictive crime thriller packed with mystery and suspense (Detective Lottie Parker Book 13)
- Creator:Patricia Gibney
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B0CDC4V8W7
- Publisher:Bookouture
- Date:2023-11-08T16:00:00+00:00
- File Size:663.684 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Books by Patricia Gibney
- 3. Contents
- 4. Dedication
- 5. Monday
- 6. Chapter 1
- 7. Chapter 2
- 8. Chapter 3
- 9. Chapter 4
- 10. Chapter 5
- 11. Chapter 6
- 12. Chapter 7
- 13. Chapter 8
- 14. Chapter 9
- 15. Chapter 10
- 16. Chapter 11
- 17. Chapter 12
- 18. Tuesday
- 19. Chapter 13
- 20. Chapter 14
- 21. Chapter 15
- 22. Chapter 16
- 23. Chapter 17
- 24. Chapter 18
- 25. Chapter 19
- 26. Chapter 20
- 27. Chapter 21
- 28. Chapter 22
- 29. Chapter 23
- 30. Chapter 24
- 31. Chapter 25
- 32. Chapter 26
- 33. Chapter 27
- 34. Chapter 28
- 35. Chapter 29
- 36. Chapter 30
- 37. Chapter 31
- 38. Chapter 32
- 39. Chapter 33
- 40. Chapter 34
- 41. Chapter 35
- 42. Chapter 36
- 43. Chapter 37
- 44. Chapter 38
- 45. Chapter 39
- 46. Chapter 40
- 47. Chapter 41
- 48. Chapter 42
- 49. Wednesday
- 50. Chapter 43
- 51. Chapter 44
- 52. Chapter 45
- 53. Chapter 46
- 54. Chapter 47
- 55. Chapter 48
- 56. Chapter 49
- 57. Chapter 50
- 58. Chapter 51
- 59. Chapter 52
- 60. Chapter 53
- 61. Chapter 54
- 62. Chapter 55
- 63. Chapter 56
- 64. Chapter 57
- 65. Chapter 58
- 66. Chapter 59
- 67. Chapter 60
- 68. Chapter 61
- 69. Chapter 62
- 70. Chapter 63
- 71. Chapter 64
- 72. Chapter 65
- 73. Chapter 66
- 74. Chapter 67
- 75. Chapter 68
- 76. Chapter 69
- 77. Chapter 70
- 78. Chapter 71
- 79. Chapter 72
- 80. Chapter 73
- 81. Chapter 74
- 82. Chapter 75
- 83. Thursday
- 84. Chapter 76
- 85. Chapter 77
- 86. Chapter 78
- 87. Chapter 79
- 88. Chapter 80
- 89. Chapter 81
- 90. Chapter 82
- 91. Chapter 83
- 92. Chapter 84
- 93. Chapter 85
- 94. Chapter 86
- 95. Chapter 87
- 96. Chapter 88
- 97. Chapter 89
- 98. Chapter 90
- 99. Chapter 91
- 100. Chapter 92
- 101. Chapter 93
- 102. Chapter 94
- 103. Chapter 95
- 104. Chapter 96
- 105. Friday
- 106. Chapter 97
- 107. Chapter 98
- 108. Chapter 99
- 109. Epilogue
- 110. Hear More from Patricia
- 111. Books by Patricia Gibney
- 112. A Letter from Patricia
- 113. The Missing Ones
- 114. The Stolen Girls
- 115. The Lost Child
- 116. No Safe Place
- 117. Tell Nobody
- 118. Final Betrayal
- 119. Broken Souls
- 120. Buried Angels
- 121. Silent Voices
- 122. Little Bones
- 123. The Guilty Girl
- 124. Three Widows
- 125. Acknowledgements
- 126. *
- 127. Copyright