How a Psychopath is Made Little Sister is a procedural/psychological thriller about two sisters who grew up in foster care. When one sister has gone missing, the other sister approaches the police with a doozy of a story that has them running in circles to solve a mystery that stems from revenge.Detective Jonah Sheens is having a drink in a pub garden with his newborn nearby when a girl comes out of the woods covered in blood. 16-year-old Keely is on the run from her group home. She ran away wi

DCI Jonah Sheens #4This is a brilliant series, each new addition is one I eagerly anticipate and yet again there is no disappointment! This one is very thought-provoking as it focuses on the care system and I’m not going to pretend it’s an easy read as it makes you feel edgy and uncomfortable at times, exactly as it should.Jonah is now a father to a six week old baby Millie with his ex fiancé Michelle (yes, his personal life is complicated!) He is enjoying a glass of lager in the garden of the S...

First of all: I admire Gytha Lodge’s extra ordinary story telling skills and her brilliant efforts to create this moving series! The detective Jonah Sheens, Juliette Hanson seem like your old friends you want to catch up, having long chats to learn about how their lives are going. Even though it was a little exhausting to read their POVs in the meantime you also try to concentrate on Keely’s heart wrenching, blood freezing story which tears your heart apart and force you take deep breaths to dig...

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This is the latest outstanding and gripping psychological thriller in Gytha Lodge's Southampton based DCI Jonah Sheens series. Sheens and his crack police team of DS Ben Lightman, DS Domnall O'Malley, and DC Juliette Hanson, finds themselves frantically racing against the clock in one of their most harrowing of investigations. Sheens is at the pub appreciating a pint, a moment of calm in a changed life of chaos and mayhem with the arrival of 6 week old daughter, Millie, with his ex-fiance Michel...

ARC received. Thank you, Random House!!!I love this series so much. I cannot believe we are already getting the 4th-book. I'm so pumped to jump into this one!!!Original:Oh my good gracious, this sounds amazing!!The best part is, we only have to wait until April 2022 for more DCI Jonah Sheens. I love this series!

So, I have to admit that I was expecting more of a suspense thriller. It’s definitely more psychological suspense – no thrills, but a bit of a twisty and sharp horrific tale to be sure.I can’t really say that I liked our characters, even after we really get to know them. I can say that I felt terribly sorry for most of them and definitely wanted some righteous vengeance against others.Also, I’m happy to say that I was nicely surprised by some of the reveals in this book. I definitely didn’t have...

Jonah is the chief inspector who gets called onto duty when a teen girl approaches him covered in blood. As if that’s not bad enough m she claims that it is not hers, and that her sister is missing. Jonah is left to figure out if she is a victim or if she is the criminal in order to find out what really happened, why she is covered in someone else’s blood and how to find her sister before it’s too late. But Keely, the sister that Jonah meets, has no intention of making it easy for Jonah to find

Another great read from Gytha Lodge. This is the fourth in the series and the second one I’ve read and loved. One of the things I really like about this series is that there is not just one lead detective to the narrative, there are at least two, and all the others involved also have their own voice and story to tell, which makes it that bit more interesting to read and gives more depth to the story. Both books have also been completely different but just as cleverly told with some great twists

Thrilling and addictiveI got hooked from page one. Gytha Lodge is my auto buy author and her books are getting better and better. I started Little Sister and could not put it down. Detective Jonah Sheens got caught in a very difficult case that challenges him quite a lot. With the help of his team he manages to get to the bottom of what seems one of the most difficult cases he worked onThe book is filled with twists and plots that thicken and seem impossible to figure out. I was left speechless

Whoa! The twists. I loved this. I didn't realize this book was #4 in a series but it was fine. They mentioned things from the past but it was like making a friend who of course had a back story, not something that made you feel hopelessly lost. The story is told via several police officers and also in first person by the mysterious red haired sister who has turned up covered in blood and who says she won't say where her little sister is until they listen to her whole story.This book had me guess...

Easily my favourite so far of the brilliant novels by Gytha Lodge, featuring two unforgettable sisters and offering up a twisty, clever and devilish mystery for our team to solve.It was hugely engaging throughout and you just don't want to put it down once you start reading. The characterisation is excellent, the plot taut and unpredictable and best of all you get real talent in the writing. It also has thought provoking elements about the care system and a lot of emotional resonance. Overall re...

I enjoyed this book, as I have with the rest of the series. This one centers on 2 sisters who disappear from foster care- one of them approaches DCI Jonah Sheens but seems to want to play a game of cat and mouse in order for he and his team to find her sister. There was a lot going on here and I enjoyed the detectives figuring out the clues (though some of them felt like a bit of a stretch). I enjoy a story with an unreliable narrator and you get this in Keely. I’ve seen others say that the twis...

The previous book, Lie beside me, was the only one that I’ve read in this series, so I was looking forward to see where the author will take detective Jonah next. I enjoyed Little sister much more. Yes, it's harder to digest some topics touched in this instalment, especially since it talks about children's abuse and crimes with twists that left me speechless. The games played by Keely kept me on the edge throughout the book. It was surreal how she played it all so easy and unaffected. I can't sa...

It's going to be a while before I forget these sisters.There are twists and turns a plenty I this book,and things that really did make me go "ooohhh"I wanted to stay up WAY late and finish it in one go... the tension and pace does not let up.As book 4 of Jonah Sheens,I think it works well as a stand alone, so even if you've not read him before (and why haven't you?) ,this book will get you hooked.The best one yet.

This is a whip smart police procedural but not a typical one. We have two sisters, who have faced abuses in the foster care system, that have been missing for three days. When one of them walks out of the woods, with blood on her hands, she tells the police she won't disclose where her sister is until they listen to her story, from the beginning. I loved the multiple points of view from the different detectives on the case and from Keely as well. What a tale she spins...is she to b

I’m not one for reading a book mid series, but the book description caught my eye, and I decided to read it anyway. I’m so glad I did as I loved this book! Little Sister is the fourth book in the Detective Jonah Sheens series, and although I feel I may have missed out on some character development and the back stories of the main characters, I believe this book can easily be read as a stand-alone.Nina is one of two sisters who disappeared, but Keely turns up in a pub garden covered in blood. Fro...

Another enthralling instalment in Gytha Lodge's DCI Jonah Sheens series, Little Sister is a twisty psychological mystery-thriller.Full review to come.

Being a huge fan of Gytha Lodge and the Jonah Sheens series I have been waiting patiently for this book since I finished the last one - very lucky to have received an advanced readers copy from Netgalley too which I couldn’t have been happier about!The fourth book in the series, Little Sister, and our police team of favourites are all back. Jonah has recently become a father and is enjoying a rare moment of normality in his life enjoying the sun in a beer garden with his baby daughter sleeping n...

This was the first book I decided to read in 2022 and I’m glad I did. Police detective thriller did you say!? Yes please! This is the first book I’ve read by Gytha Lodge but ironically the fourth book in the series, I know I always read books out of order. I really enjoyed learning a bit about the detectives but the crime itself was a little tough to read in places. The case is mainly about children being abused in care or by there foster parents so if this is a trigger for you I don’t advice yo...