This was a very enjoyable book with a compelling story and many twists. I’m pleased to have found a new author and I’m going to look out for new stories from her.

I hadn't read any of the previous books in this series and in my experience this sometimes leaves me feeling a little adrift as a reader as the characters are already established. But this was written in such a way that I didn't feel alienated from the characters or story by this fact. Enough details of back stories were given (and not in a false info-dump way) that I was still able to feel a connection with the returning characters. I am not a huge consumer of this genre as I find it saturated with the repetitive and the predictable. This one was both but to a much lesser degree than some hugely successful and popular examples. It created and maintained sufficient tension and suspense that having figured our the murderer and twist didn't actually matter - I was entertained and that is the bottom line. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the ending. It seemed to me bleak, without hope and provided no realise for the tension that went before.

We return to Kate Medina's brilliant series featuring psychologist Jessie Flynn, who after events in the last book is struggling to handle the injuries to her hand that led to her being invalided out of the military but she is in a happy relationship with Ben Callan. She is operating a private practice and is taken on by Surrey and Sussex Police as a special consultant in this story. Jessie has a client, Laura, struggling to come to terms with the death of her young daughter in a car crash, a tragedy that Jessie connects with, given the suicide of her brother, Jamie. However, Jessie learns that Laura is not all that she seems when the body of a young girl, Jodie Triggs, is found on the beach with a doll. Jodie's murder mirrors that of Zoe Reynolds, another young girl, whose mother, Carolynn, was acquitted of her murder due to insufficient evidence. Laura is Carolynn, and is drawn to Jessie and wants to be her friend, her very close friend, for Carolynn has no friends and she is a desperate woman.

DI Bobby 'Marilyn' Simmons is completely convinced Carolynn murdered Zoe, and wants to contact her and her husband, Roger, who have disappeared. Despite Callan urging her to inform Marilyn as to Carolynn's whereabouts, Jessie stubbornly refuses, citing client confidentiality and her inner conviction that Carolynn is innocent. Since leaving the army, Jessie has deteriorated, her OCD issues have increased alarmingly, she has become self righteous and downright mean to those she loves. Her self destructive behaviour has become akin to a parasitic organism hellbent on wrecking all that is good in her life, she is aware of this but is helpless to do anything about it. This blinds Jessie, for Carolynn is a woman with many secrets. Jessie is able to help a broken Marilyn make critical progress in his hunt for the killer of the two little girls, but unable to prevent danger swirling close to home and the devastating consequences that ensue.

Kate Medina really puts her complex and flawed creation, Jessie, through the wringer in her impressively well plotted series. I dare not think what will happen to her in the next book, although the ending makes it clear that Jessie's lack of honesty with Callan does not auger well for her. The harrowing subject matter of child killings makes this particularly bleak reading fare, but the writing and short chapters raise tension and suspense keeping the reader glued to the story. This is an intelligent, compelling and gripping read, something you know is guaranteed when it comes to Kate Medina novels. If you haven't encountered Dr Jessie Flynn yet, I strongly recommend that you do so. This is high quality crime fiction that should not be missed. Many thanks to HarperCollins for an ARC.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this amazing book

this book blew me away and i am forever grateful that i was allowed to read this book for the publisher...

two girls murdered...separated by the fact that these murders happened two years apart but there are links to each others murder...could it be the same person who was tried and not convicted the first time around...but she has disappeared with her husband

this book is edge of your seat stuff...the author has made some very convincing characters that you cant help liking and the twists and turns are shocking and spellbinding that you have to carry on to its conclusion

this author is one to watch out for and i for one am going to be looking for other books in this series

I enjoyed reading Two Little Girls, it's a fast paced book with a lot going on. I enjoyed the twists and the mystery of 'who done it'. I will look for more titles by this author.

Any novel about child murders is hard to read at times, but there was quite a bit of description here that I found hard to read. It was also the images created by what was and wasn't said that were sad but then that could be my imagination going overdrive.

It's always hard to review a novel so focused on child murder and although I love this author and her books, it wasn't my favourite but the psychological feel is going to appeal to many so what do I know. It made me feel sad and not in a good way. I wanted the novel to expand into other areas but felt it kept too close to the murders.

To end on a happy note - I've discovered a lovely part of Sussex!

I downloaded the book and 4 hours later I finished reading it!

I'll admit before I got the email from Netgalley I hadn't heard of this story or the author behind it but the blurb was more than enough to capture my attention.

I didn't expect to be instantly hooked. What starts with one little girl's murder, spirals into another murder but are they related, the same killer or purely a coincidence?

This is a genre that I really enjoy. Crime mixed with mystery and a pinch of thriller. What Kate has created is a plot that's very realistic and she has you questioning the characters motives and their morals. Could I be objective in a case that involves children?

About half way through I thought I had it all figured out, the person behind the crimes discovered but in actual fact I'd been fooled! The way the novel is written takes you between past and present and you have to pay attention to know which characters secrets are being divulged at any given moment.

It's almost like a game of Chinese whispers across the pages.

Short chapters made for an easy read, it was fast paced throughout, I was simply unable to put the book down.

Two Little Girls is what I'd describe as one hell of a page turner, I've not read the previous two novels in this series (something that I have just discovered) but I certainly will be now.

And if you are fan of the crime genre then this book is definitely for you!