Sleeping Dolls (Detective Morgan Brookes Book 6) – ARC Book Review

The beam shines around the dark room, lighting up the woman in sky-blue pyjamas lying on the couch. But she doesn’t wake under the bright glow, she isn’t sleeping at all…

When a concerned neighbour reports a woman missing, Detective Morgan Brookes squeezes through the stiff front door to find the woman dead. At first, the case appears unsuspicious, but something about the scene unsettles Morgan. Every clock in the house has been stopped, every mirror covered, and the woman seems physically unharmed except for one missing lock of hair.

Shirley Kelly was loved by her friends and hated by her ex-husband and his new wife, but they have an iron-clad alibi, and Morgan is certain that the scene-staging holds a vital clue. She’s devastated to be proved right when another woman is killed, and her home arranged in the same way. The only difference is that the second victim has been stabbed, using a knife from Shirley’s own kitchen…

The team can’t find a connection between the two women, but Morgan is sure that there is a deadly pattern to the killer’s actions. She hunts through each woman’s past until she finds the link: years ago, they both worked for a woman called Evelyn Reynolds, before tragedy struck her young family. But what has made them targets now? Morgan knows this twisted case is far from over, can she find the final clue before the clock stops for the next name on the killer’s list?

An absolutely gripping, mile-a-minute read. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Rachel Abbott!

Detective Morgan Brookens is back with a sixth case with all our favorite characters!

A body of a nearly decomposed woman was found in a flat. The police believe that she died from natural causes. However after doing autopsy finds that the woman was in fact murdered–possibly hanged or slashed her neck. Now Morgan along with our other favorite character Ben must discover who the murderer was. Morgan also realizes that the mirrors in the room were covered and the clock stopped at six. But then, another girl was also found murdered, in almost the similar fashion, Morgan must find the deranged killer before he can attack another one.

I was literally hooked from the first chapter to the end! The book was fast paced with thrills and twists along the way and the author has done a good job of making the reader feel like they are at the edge of the seat. I was glued to the page, wanting to know who is the murderer. Oh there’s another new character who seemed to have got on a wrong foot with Ben. Besides all the case solving and all, I like the subtle book mentions of Stephen King’s books. Stephen King is known to write dark horror thrillers so in a way, the author was clever enough to use his books to tie up with the crimes! The ending was unexpected and it left me reeling. I started only yesterday and then just finished it today–it was really good!

If you like a fast paced thriller with a favorite detective series, this one is for you–worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.