Hush Little Baby is the story of a missing child. Alicia was taken 15 years ago and the family are still waiting for answers.
Then the body of a baby is found and DNA confirms it is Alicia. Who took her and how and why did she die?

This is the first book I have read by Jane Issac. I only discovered after I started reading this book that it is one in a series about Family Liaison Officer Beth Chamberlain, not to be put off I carried on reading but for me it does have a bearing on the review.
Most books in a series can be read as a stand-alone. This is because the author puts enough info in to help out any new readers without retelling the story for people who are up to date isn’t the series. Although there were elements of that in this book, I found this book to be more like two stories in one and because I hadn’t read the previous books about cases Beth had dealt with before I was left disappointed.
I was invested in the story of the disappearance of Alicia and busy trying to work out what had happened to her, taking in to account each of the families account of the day she went missing. Then all of a sudden it was over, case solved, around 70/75% of the way in to the book. Alicia’s case was over and it moved on to a complete new story tying in a previous case of Beth’s - that I knew nothing about?!

It would definitely be beneficial to have read the books in order but even if I had done that and I understood more about Beth’s previous cases I would have been disappointed about quick the case of baby Alicia was over. There wasn’t a big build up and a twist as is common in this sort of novel. For me it was a bit of an anticlimax and I felt a bit cheated.

Thank you to the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Marie was inside the store shopping when someone stole her baby from the stroller she left her in outside. From the get go, the police and press blamed Marie, she left her child outside alone, and didn’t even seem all that upset when she disappeared, or at least that’s the way they saw it. Fifteen years later, a baby is found encased in concrete on a building site. Has Alicia been found at last? DC Beth Chamberlain reopens the old case, reopening old wounds at the same time. Can she find justice for baby Alicia and her family?

I love Jane Isaac and I really love this series!

Beth and Nick are back on the scene when a babies body is found on a building site. With only one missing child in the last 15 years this is one hell of a case to solve! What happened to the baby?

This book series flows and Hush Little Baby is no exception. The writing style is perfection. The dark and light are both captured and given time. Can’t wait for the next story!

A shocking conclusion and someone has it out for Beth....

This is book 3 in a series that I have not read, yet it was easily read as a stand alone. I liked it. A good, solid suspenseful thriller that kept my interest.

I wish I had read the other books in this series, I think it is difficult to just jump into a series,and that is my fault.The book started out well enough, but then not much seemed to happen for ages.I found the book to be quite slow,but I am an impatient reader.Other more patient people may enjoy it more.I think it is well written just wasn't hitting the spot for me.

Jane Isaac always delivers a fantastic read. In her latest, Hush Little Baby, she gifts us with an outstanding, heartbreaking, emotional , suspenseful crime procedural. I was captivated within the first chapter, I tried to pace myself because I did not want the story to be over. I was swept up in the story, I felt if I was dropped down into the middle of it, I want to work with Beth Champlain and her team. Now to sit and wait for the next installment of the book, looking forward to questions that need to be answered.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of the book.
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The corpse of a baby is discovered on a building site and Beth is appointed to liaise with the family who lost their baby 15 years ago. This was a fast-paced read, but strangely ant-climactic in many ways. There is a mystery about the parentage of the dead baby, but that thread sort of fizzles out. Hours are spent searching for a missing family member, and then that thread is abandoned. The facts surrounding the baby's disappearance and death (which are ultimately uncovered when the person responsible spontaneously confesses) are just not that interesting in the end.

This takes you to 80% of the book and then an entirely different story gets going, which only really makes sense if you have read the previous instalment. Not the best in this series.

This is book 3 in the DC Beth Chamberlain series and fans of the earlier books will love this one. While I wouldn’t advise it, anyone new to the Beth books would find this works as a standalone. If I have any complaint about this series it’s that you get so drawn into the stories you read quicker and quicker and then you are done, usually within a day. The last few chapters of this one were nail bitingly tense. I really enjoy Jane Isaac’s style of writing and she is able to tackle some dark topics and still keep it palatable for the reader. I hope there will be further books in the series as in some ways it feels like we are just getting started. Highly recommended.

Good book plenty of twists and turns. Every mothers nightmare. Im sure if i read something similar or watched similar on tv

Well written, enjoyable book. Two storyline lines converge in this mystery/thriller with an unexpected resolution of the story.

This is a very decent crime thriller and another great book from this series.
There’s plenty of twists that kept me entertained throughout.
I’d recommend to anyone who likes this genre of book or author.

Thank you NetGalley for this advanced copy. I Feel like I have read this book before, but when i searched to see if it was a reprint or something, I didn't find anything. It all seemed familiar. Anyway, this was an average read for me. I originally thought it was a kidnapping story and thought the baby was found. I quickly found out that wasn't true. There was some good suspense, but other places I saw myself skimming through.

Hush Little Baby by Jane Isaac reunites the reader with Family Liaison Officer DC Beth Chamberlain, and presents a case that is both intriguing and suspenseful. I received an ARC of this title only this morning, and could not put it down until I had turned the final page.

As an infant, Alicia Owens was abducted outside of a supermarket while in the care of her mother. Fifteen years later, the body of a child is found at a construction site encased in concrete, and the focus of investigators immediately turns to the unsolved case of a stolen baby so many years before. Alicia's mother, Marie, is once again questioned, and the revelations that come to light will shock Beth and her team to the core. Will Alicia's abductor finally be revealed?

This is a fully absorbing read that pulled me in from the word go. I am anxious to see what the future has in store for DC Beth Chamberlain.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Aria for this ARC.

When I requested this I didn't realise it was part of a series. I have not read any of the other books in the series so am unable to review this title. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.