Blog Blitz - Cross Your Heart by Kierney Scott

Blinking her eyes open, she looks around the room, taking in the bed and the wardrobe full of clothes she’s never seen before. This isn’t her bedroom. Those aren’t her clothes. She begins to cry as she wonders if she’ll ever see her own home again.

Three young girls are missing. All of them cold cases. All of them forgotten. But when Detective Jess Bishop identifies a disturbing link between them, she’s determined to find out what happened, and fights to re-open their cases. 

At the scene of each abduction the kidnapper left a clue – a small bag of candy – in place of the missing child.

And then a fourth child is taken. Eight-year-old Ava is snatched from her hospital bed and when a bag of candy is found in her room, Jessica knows it’s the same kidnapper.

As the pressure to solve the case pushes Jess and her team to breaking point, Jess takes a personal risk she fears she’ll live to regret. But she has no choice.

Out of hospital, Ava can only get sicker: Jess is running out of time. Can she find Ava before it’s too late?

An absolutely gripping thriller that will have your pulse racing. Cross Your Heart is perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Lisa Gardner. 

Cross Your Heart is the second instalment in the new series about Detective Jess Bishop. I really enjoyed the first book and have been looking forward to this second instalment.

Cross Your Heart follows Detective Jess Bishop as she investigates three cold cases which all concern the kidnapping of a child. While investigating the three cold cases another child goes missing, and there are similarities to the three cold cases.

Kierney Scott writes fantastic crime thrillers and Cross Your Heart is another fantastic read.  I have enjoyed learning more about Jess and the surrounding cast are all interesting characters. Jess has her own demons which continue to affect her during this book and I really enjoyed this part of the writing.  Kierney's writing style is brilliant and she captures the suspense and intrigue as the cases unfold. I had a few late nights while reading this book, just wanting to find out more before closing the book (which got harder and harder the further I got towards the end).

Another fantastic read. Thank you to Bookouture for the ARC in return for an honest review (Apologies it has been posted one day late, due to Broadband issues).