Silent Night: (Detective Iris Locke Book 1)
Geraldine Hogan
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What a plot twist! Hogan’s characters are larger than life and her descriptions of Limerick make you feel you’re there, rain and all.
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Not a straight forward police procedural but a fantastic introduction to this new Detective series.
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I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

A good start for a police procedural.

This is story about Anna Crowe and her two children who were killed in their home. Detective Iris is assigned to the case we learn she has a complicate past and that she struggles to live up to her father who was amazing cop. As she and her partner Slattery who I didn't particularly like but we got to know him better with his family I get why he is the way he is investigate we learn Anna family's was victim of crime 29 years ago when Anna baby sister Janey disappear and Iris father Jack was the leading investigator Iris goes over the cases she never imagine the things she uncovers.

This was a bit slow but it's just the first book hopefully the next one will speed up a little.

What a fantastic debut to a brand new series! Geraldine Hogan"s Silent Night, was a harrowing tale of a woman, finding her place in her hometown police force. Iris Locke, is in the middle of a career move, finding herself involved in a case that will change her life forever. It was enthralling, heart wrenching, overall wonderful read, definitely have you feeling all the feels. I am still shaken by the outcome of the case. I loved the fact it was set in Ireland, a break from your usual police procedural. The descriptions and character developments, made you feel like you were in the room with them.
I will be anxiously a waiting the next book in the series!
Thank to the Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced readers copy.
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I really liked this book as I don't live too far from Limerick so I'm familiar enough with the area to be able to visualise in my mind. It's a great read that kept me gripped until the end and I'm glad that there will be more books to follow. I would like to thank the publishers and netgalley for letting me have the book to review and the opinions expressed are entirely my own views and are completely unbiased.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I always enjoy reading new series and meeting new characters, so I was excited to give this book a try. While I enjoyed the story line and the characters, I felt it was a bit too long and drawn out, otherwise overall it was a decent story and I look forward to the next one.

I love police procedural books and the fact that this is the first book in a new series is an added bonus. Good characters and a well written story with a totally unexpected twist in the end. But my only issue is that the book felt a bit stretched and long-drawn. I'll look forward to the next book and look forward to how the characters are further developed. And a big thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me a chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

A good start to a new police procedural and i have to say i found it to be really enjoyable. I liked the fact we learnt a lot about the character of Slattery and how Iris began to see him in a different way as they worked together on what was a very sad murder of a mother and her two children. The book was well written if perhaps a little on the long side but had plenty of detail and I will certainly be reading the next in the series and look forward to hearing more about Iris Locke. It has a surprise ending which I hadn't expected and I would say this is a solid 3 star read.
My thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me a chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

This police procedural was rather slow and the characterization fairly thin (although Slattery and his family problems were interesting albeit slowing the story of the investigation down still further). Iris, the main protagonist, was a little entitled and I don't believe any human person can exist on the amount of sleep she is described as having.

The solution to the mystery was unnecessarily melodramatic and felt a little like cheating.

Disappointed.

A small village is shocked when a mother and her children are killed in their own home. It’s not the first time that the victim’s family was the victim of crime. 29 years earlier, Anna’s baby sister, Janey disappeared and was never found. Assigned to the multiple murder case is detective Iris Locke, a conflicted cop with a difficult past and a father who was a super cop, a man that Iris struggles to live up to. He investigated the case of missing Janey all those years before. Now, Iris goes back over the details of that original case as she investigates the murders, never expecting the nest of vipers she will uncover in the process.