Judas Child - Carol O'Connell

I just finished reading this last night; I couldn't go to sleep until I read the last 3 chapters. The story is about two missing girls, the abduction of whom follows a pattern, which goes back over fifteen years each missing child’s body being discovered on Christmas Day. The race is on to find them before they turn up dead. One of the missing children all those years ago was the twin sister of the investigating officer Rouge Kendall, a crime for which the local reverend was convicted, bringing back ghosts from the past. The interesting thing about the story is that it follows two points of view, that of the police and of the missing children. I ...  Read the complete review

Sadie Green and her friend Gwen disappear in mysterious circumstances. It is suggested that they have run away, but Rouge Kendall, State Police Investigator, is not convinced. His sister disappeared in similar circumstances, although she turned up dead. A priest was imprisoned for that murder, but has always denied the crime. Now, it seems that he may well have been innocent and that the real killer is still walking free. This was the first time I had read a novel by Carol O' Connell and if I could be as pleasantly surprised as this every time I tried a new author, life would be superb. With this novel, O' Connell has constructed an intricately ...  Read the complete review

This is the first book that I have read by this author but it is the best book I have read for a long time. The story is based around a small village and set around the abduction of two little girls. The story is thrilling, exciting, heart moving and slightly disturbing. All the way through I found myself pleading with the children involved to be strong and the parents to hold themselves together. O'Connell leaves you guessing all the way through about "who done it" and although there are lots of clues, there are plenty of suprises and a very clever twist at the end. When I finished this book I found myself thinking about it for days! ...  Read the complete review