Thank you NetGalley for this advance reader copy in exchange for my free and honest review. What a thrilling novel that has me turning pages at lightning speed to keep up and I finished this in one day. Fantastic suspense and I can’t wait to start the second novel. Highly recommend!

This is the first book in a series. It is well written, great plot, and executed well.
My only complaint is that it ends on a cliffhanger. It appears that the books in the series continue the storyline so we'd have to read them all to know how it ends.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC

The Fallen Girls is book number one in the Detective Hollie Turner trilogy.

Set in the northern city of Hull on the east coast of England, Detective Hollie Turner, who has recently transferred from Lancaster, is thrown into the deep end when a nun is found thrown from the Humber Bridge.

Told from different points of view, it is an interesting and compelling story that had me totally engrossed and very frustrated when it ended on a cliffhanger. This was no problem in the end though because I just hopped over to Amazon and bought the next two books in the series and devoured them both.

Highly recommended trilogy.

After the body of a nun is thrown over a bridge overpass and hit by a passing truck, Detective Inspector Hollie Turner is brought onto the case. Having just relocated to Hull, Turner is thrown into a major case while trying to deal with balancing her work with her deteriorating personal life at the same time.

Told in dual timelines,The Fallen Girls centers around the mother and baby homes in England in the 1970s. We see the story told from Turner's point of view in present day as she investigates and works the case, while simultaneously being told the story of Mandy in the 1970s. Mandy, pregnant at 15, is sent to a mother and baby home where her infant was taken from her without her permission. Are the body on the bridge and the mother and baby home in the area connected, or is this just someone's twisted idea of revenge?

I enjoyed this book up until (literally) the very end. The pacing was quick and easy to follow. I found the general plot interesting, as the story of the mother and baby homes is not one that I've seen a lot and I find them equal parts horrifying and intriguing. My only issue with this book was the ending. While I realize it is a part of a series, the ending was SO abrupt. There was so much build up the entire time, both on the part of solving the case and the part of Turner's personal life, but there was literally zero payoff. The lack of conclusion was so jarring that I actually said, "Wait, what the ^&@*?!" outloud when I realized there was nothing else.

will I read the next book? Most likely, as long as Teague doesn't continue his habit of absurdly abrupt cliffhangers.

A 5 star read from Paul Teague. Told from different times, the connection between a nun hanging from a bridge and a home for unmarried mothers in the ‘70s is made by new Detective in the area, Hollie Turner.
The flashbacks really built up the suspense on what the girls experienced at the time and what could lead to vengeance all these years later. The book finished on an absolute cliff hanger and can’t wait to read part 2.
The background to Hollies character is well laid out and feel for her battle between career and family life. Building up new relationships in the workplace is never easy, and has a few challenges to overcome.
A start to a compelling series and looking forward to seeing what happens next.

An Addictive Crime Thriller.
The Fallan Girls by Paul J. Teague is the story of Detective Hollie Turner who has just transferred to a new unit in Hull. After she arrives her phone rings to say there has been a body found hanging beneath the Humber bridge. It turns out to be a nun murdered who was then hit by a truck. As Hollie begins to dig into the victim's personal life, she finds that Sister Brennan ran a teenage local baby unit at the Church of St. Marys and the Angels.
Detective Hollie Turner is also battling a divorce, trying to see her two children and capture a murderer who is linked to the unit. The five young girls who have been sent there to deliver their babies are convinced they will be taking their baby's home after they give birth, but their children are being taken of them and adopted out.
Without giving anything away the story splits between two timeliness. One is the present and the other is the past and the story of the young mothers and their children especially between Mandy in 1974 and Detective Inspecter Hollie Turner. This book is packed full of suspense, and it is very hard to put down. I cannot wait to read the other two books in this series as this book ends with a cliff hanger, but it works well as you eagerly want to pick up the next book. The book is a gripping mystery and an addictive crime thriller which I highly recommend. Thanks to NetGalley and to the publishers of this book for giving me a free advance copy of the book to preview and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

There are two POV in The Fallen Girls, the ordeal of a pregnant teen decades before, whose baby was taken without her informed consent by the nuns who run the facility. Then there is a very different storyline taking place in modern day. Newly appointed detective Hollie Turner goes to the scene of a horrific crime, a body was hung from a bridge, and then hit and mutilated by a passing truck. It will soon become evident that there is a connection between these two events.

I was immediately drawn into the modern-day story, and I found the detective an interesting character, who was undergoing a divorce with her cheating husband. He was also trying to take custody of their children. Her story was sympathetic, and I was driven to hear more. The story set in the past was interesting, as I had read stories about this generation of teen mothers whose babies were basically stolen from them by the church. However, as a character, I found Mandy's story of being a "fallen girl" a little less compelling.

The story ends with a cliff hanger, and this device might annoy some readers. This is a planned series of three books by the author, and I must admit that ending the book with a big question mark does make you eager to read the next one. I want to see what happens to Detective Hollie Turner, and how the mystery is resolved.

I would rate this 3.75, as it took me a while to fully engage, but at the end I was ready to read the sequel so I'm rounding up to 4!

Thank you to NetGalley, author Paul J. Teague, and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did I can get upset when children/babies are involved, but this book is well done and a great read, Told in two different time periods, by Hollie , the DI investigating the case(s) and in the 70s by Mandy , a teenager .As I am around the same age , I think the descriptions of this part of the book are well done, although Mandy is very naive, that might be as a result of the homelife rather than on the timeperiod (I knew more than her then) .
There is a lot going on in this book, so it is fast paced. The chapters are shortish so it reads very easily and it certainly kept my interest. I liked the descriptions which give a good picture of Hull and of the people in the book, both in the investigating team and those being investigated. A lot of food for thought with the subject matter, a home for unmarried mothers run by the Catholic church. I really need to go on to book 2, this ends quite suddenly !
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Good book, I understand it’s the first in a series and I will have to read the next book to find out who the killer was, I was a little disappointed that it ended with a cliffhanger.. I just had trouble connecting with the characters and abut it was a good mystery plot set by the author. Thanks NetGalley for an opportunity to read this book.

A superb thriller. Detective Hollie Turner has just relocated to Hull with personal problems, and a new team. She hits the ground running when a Nun is murdered. With two timeline's this is a cracking book. Good characters and well plotted. Going straight to book two. Thanks to Storm publishing and Netgalley for this review copy.

Really enjoyed this book. Lots of twist and turns and omg moments! Highly recommend it to read.Cant wait for next!

This was an amazing book. I highly recommend it to everyone. Great characters and a great plot. I will be looking for more books by this author. The book is superbly written. Lots of twists, turns and shocking turns of events

A good read, for sure. Although the protagonist can't seem to catch a break and I stayed frustrated on her behalf for most of the book. I don't love endings that force you to read the next installment, so that's a disappointment. But because I enjoyed this one, I will probably read the next, as well.

So this was a first in the series and a first for me reading any works by this author and it won't be my last.

It was a powerful emotive read and although it was fiction it's the stark reality that alot of young girls faced.

Told from two POV the present investigation and the details of the past that lead to this point.

Enjoyed the plot, the characters and the writing style of the author, it just hooked me in from the dramatic opening to the cliff hanger at the end.

Looking forward to the next two instalments already downloaded.

A fantastic start to a detective series set in England. Detective Hollie Turner is transferred to a new unit and her first case is of gruesome murder of an elderly nun, who ran a house for unwed mothers decades ago, and let's just say, had plenty of people that wished her harm. A gripping, hard to put down detective story, which kept me intrigued to the last page.
Do yourself a favor, and get the whole series, as this ends in a clifthanger, and I immediately started reading the second one.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for letting me read this and share my opinion.

Thank you for allowing me to review this book. An exciting Detective series. I liked Hollie the new DI in Hull . She has personal issues, but is committed to her new job. The prologue immediately spikes interest. The story is constantly moving between an earlier timeliness involving young teenage girls and the murder of a 70 year old nun. I was gripped from the start to the cliffhanger ending. So immediately moved to read the next book.

An amazing read with killer suspense!
Poor pregnant women with their babies taken away after birth and a killer on the loose.
Cannot wait for the second book!

This is a great start to a new series. It's told from two timelines and two points of view; Detective Hollie Turner in the present and Mandy in 1970's Britain.

Detective Turner has just transferred to a new job in Hull but before she is able to get her feet under the table, the body of a nun is found; it's a horrendous scene but who would want to murder a nun? It's a complex and difficult investigation not helped by her own personal troubles and a bumpy relationship with some of her colleagues.

Mandy is a teenage girl who doesn't have the best home life however, this gets worse when she falls pregnant and ends up in a home run by the Catholic Church which "looks after" pregnant mothers thereby removing the "shame" from the parents and community.

When a Priest who has connections to the nun and the home is also attacked, Hollie has to delve into the disturbing past to try and prevent further deaths.

This is a great story that, unfortunately, holds a strong element of truth in the way that unmarried and teenage mothers were dealt with in the past. It deals with the subject matter via Mandy's voice with compassion but not holding back which is difficult and painful to read at times.

With great characters that are developing very nicely, this is a gripping and enthralling read which ends on a massive cliff hanger which continues to Book 2.

Many thanks to the author, Storm Publishing and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this first book in a new series.

This is a new to me author and I just love a Detective Series especially one set in England so I was excited to get started.

The prologue at the start of this story hit me like a tonne of bricks, the sickening things that happen at so called “Mother & Baby Homes” really have an impact on me.

A young girl called Mandy forcibly has her baby taken away from her by the evil nuns who run the home.

Cut to the present day and Hollie has just started her new job going from a quiet village to Hull that has a huge police force she’s soon to be part of, add to this the bomb of splitting up with her husband and not having her children with her, she’s a mess but she’s landed the case of a murdered Nun and she’s in charge of the case and her new team.

I was gripped by this story it had so many twists and revelations that just added to the story in the best possible way, I loved the point of view from Mandy who was a girl in the mother & baby home but it was absolutely heartbreaking.

I warmed to Hollie straight away she’s such a likeable character.

I really like how the story isn’t over with this first book and it continues into the next book which makes this story read so much better because it’s not rushed.

The plot is an emotional one that will resonate with so many readers.

This was a hearbreaking story about young ,unmarried, pregnant girls and the treatment they were given.. The police are trying to find the killer of a nun who was part of the process. The story continues in another book.