The Missing dead by Kerry Wilkinson.
Jessica Daniel Series Book 6.
Think you can trust those closest to you? Think again. When a couple arrive home to find their teenage babysitter, Oliver, has disappeared, they are angry their young daughter has been left alone. Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is sent to investigate and it quickly becomes clear that something truly sinister has happened.
Oliver didn’t leave. He was taken.
In a sickening twist, a journalist discovers that an obituary was placed for the victim just days before he went missing. And it’s only a matter of time before the body is discovered. As Jessica and her team work to solve the crime, a woman is killed. Her brutal murder is identical to the dead teenager’s. Jessica knows there must be a link but someone isn’t telling the truth. Can she work out who . . . before someone else dies?
A very good read. Love this series. 4*.

I read this in a day. I really am loving this compulsive compelling series.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
This author is so underrated.

Jessica Daniels has been great within these investigations. I’ve seen her grow, I’ve seen her mature and now I’m seeing her personality shine through.
She has everyone’s back in her team and her team hers. They’ve grown together, there’s deep respect .

This case is a hard nut to open and solve.
Along the way I felt like I was part of her team. I’ve been reading this series since book 1.

May I suggest you start from the beginning, you will get so much more out of it.

It’s intense and brilliantly done.

I love this series of books - each one manages to deliver in a completely different way than the ones before but equally as tense and compelling.

Jessica Daniels is a Detective who, even through her own life struggles, puts in her all to solve the cases in and around the Manchester area where she is located. This time, a young babysitter is taken from his charges - the parents come home to find the door open and the babysitter no where to be seen; luckily their child still remains and is none the wiser about the commotion happening around them.

The babysitters obituary is posted before his disappearance, then he turns up dead in an apartment of a woman who seemingly he doesn't have any connection to...

Jessica Daniel and her team manage to work together in their typically British ways of banter and hard work to think outside the box and deliver a page-turner which you can relate to and then be left at the end with a cliffhanger and desire to read more and more! Well worth a read...but read from the start of the series- you won't be disappointed.

Oh my gosh. Took the night to read and was groped from the first page. Great book! Going to read the series now.

This was the 6th book in the Jessica Daniels series, and honestly they just get better and better. I love the feistiness of Jessica, and the way she investigates crimes and deals with being a female in a male environment.
The book started with a bang, with a babysitter going missing, and the baby not being harmed. It was really a very thrilling book, and I can't wait to start book 7. Please treat yourself to this brilliant offering.

This is the sixth book in the Jessica Daniels series.
Oliver, a teenage boy goes missing from a house he's supposed to be babysitting at but when the baby's parent's return home, nothing else is amiss and their daughter is still safely asleep in her cot.

DS Jessica Daniels is called in and although she's suspicious of the disappearance as Oliver's mobile was found at the house, she has nothing else to go on. But when a journalist friend informs her that someone placed an obituary for the missing teen two days before his disappearance her suspicions are raised even higher.When Oliver's body is then found in a seemingly random house across the other side of town the investigation takes a whole new turn.

This is another great read from Kerry Wilkinson and I really enjoyed the development of Jessica's character which is just as much a part of the story as the crime investigation. I would recommend you read this book but I think that even though it could be read as a standalone it would be much more enjoyable if you've read the previous five novels.

Cameron and Eleanor Sexton go out on a date night and leave their daughter with a friend's teenage son, Oliver.. After they call to check on their child and no one answers the phone, they arrive home to find the front door open and Oliver gone. As it turns out, Oliver didn't leave; he was taken. An obituary written days before Oliver's disappearance appears in a newspaper. Oliver's body is later found in the bathtub of a woman who didn't know him. Jessica Daniel investigates, and another woman's body turns up. Her murder is identical to Oliver's Jessica realizes there is a serial killer at large.

This was a good book except for the cliffhanger meant to make the reader purchase the next book to find out what happens. I have deducted one star from my rating due to this practice. I do not appreciate being forced to purchase a sequel to find out the end of the story, only to most likely find another cliffhanger at the end of that book to force the purchase of the next one. Authors should have enough faith in their talent to trust that their writing is good enough that readers will WANT to read their next book. If they doubt that their talent is enough to encourage readers to buy the next book, then that makes me doubt their talent, too.

I just love this series! I can't believe that I"m on book 6 in this series and not tired of the characters yet. To me, that shows what a good author Wilkinson is - the characters stay fresh each time and they develop enough that I don't feel like I'm reading the same book each time. Definitely recommend this series!

While not as interactive to me as think of the children this was still a very good novel. I enjoy reading this author as he has such a talent and Jessica Daniel has fast become one of my favourite detectives

I really enjoyed this book, the plot was tense and I loved how the different characters, particularly Jessica have developed as the series has continued. Looking forward to the next book in the series. 4 stars from me for this one.

The Missing Dead (Detective Jessica Daniel thriller Book 6)
by Kerry Wilkinson
Bookouture
General Fiction (Adult) , Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 29 Mar 2017


I am voluntarily reviewing a copy of The Missing Dead through Bookouture and Netgalley:
Cameron Sexton and his wife Eleanor are looking forward to a night out so they hire a babysitter a young boy named Oliver whose Mother is friends with his wife. Oliver seems to be responsible and mature for his age. But while Babysitting Oliver goesv missing the Sexton's young daughter left unharmed.
Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel finds herself on the case of the missing teen.
Eastleigh Pritchard comes home to find her house broken into. When the crime scene unit comes to her house they find Oliver's body in the bathtub.
A reporter discovers an Obituary for Oliver before his body is found.
Why would someone want to kidnap Oliver?
Who is behind this, and why are they playing mind games?
Find out in The Missing Dead.
Five out of five stars.
Happy Reading.
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I have read and loved all of Kerry Wilkinson's books to date but I think this might just be his best book so far! It was full of twists and I couldn't put it down. A couple who go out for a date night arrive home to find their daughter in her bed but the babysitter (Oliver) is gone and at first they are angry that he left their daughter alone but then they discover that he has left his phone behind so they realise something is very wrong. I don't want to spoil the book by saying anymore but it is full of twists and you won't be able to put it down this is a fantastic read and Kerry Wilkinson at his best!!!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the advance copy of The Missing Dead in return for an honest review!

Didn't review trying to catch up and clear my TBR a bit

Talk about a twisty turny topsy turvy story. Kerry Wilkinson is at it again in this Jessica Daniel suspenseful thriller. Jessica gets called out to a house where a teenage boy named Oliver who was babysitting has vanished from. With her spidey skills, Jessica, in her own special let-me-bug-you-until-you-give-me-what-I-want kind of way digs deeper and deeper into the pasts of the many characters in this book. What I didn’t expect, was for Kerry to throw in a little medical terminology. As a personal trainer who loves studying the human body (yes, I really should have gone to med school), anything in the way of biological science really sparks my interest. I love when a fictional read tosses info about a disease or something I didn’t know existed into it. I also like how Jessica’s personal story is told throughout the book. The reader wants to know more about her and Kerry does a great job of it. Overall, the plot of this book was really well done. The who, the why, the how, all very cut and dry and with that little “ding” of a lightbulb as everything gets drawn together. Some people wrote about how the ending was a bit mean because it leads you to the next part of Jessica’s story without giving you what you really want to know. It’s one of those stay tuned for the next episode of kind of ending. The good news is that Book 7 is out and you will be glued to the pages of that one as well.


Thank you to NetGalley, Kerry Wilkinson, and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion.

This was the second book I have read in the Jessica Daniel series and I have to say it won't be my last. I really enjoy this series. The characters are well written, the plot line is exciting and interesting, and the outcome is always a little unexpected. I like the character of Jessica, and her friend Izzy, I like the interaction between the characters and I enjoyed the storyline of this book quite a bit.

I will definitely be reading the first four books in the series and continuing on with all the rest of them. I really enjoyed them and I highly recommend them

Thanks to Netgalley I have been fortunate to read and review all of the books in this excellent series. Unfortunately, I was not as engrossed in this story as I have been with all of the other books. I felt this book started off very slow and while I liked that this book concentrated alot on Jessica's personal life and relationships, the actual murder plot was lacking and I admit to skimming here and there which is not something that I have done with any of the other books. I did like this book, just not as much as the others. I am still looking forward to the next book in this series!

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture, for books 1-6

Alas, my binge reading adventure has come to an end. And what a good ending it was. This book was probably the better of the series. It plays on every parents worst fear, for both sets of parents. The writing was pretty great, it flowed smoothly, easily and was a pretty quick read. I've enjoyed getting to know Jessica and her team. How about that ending???

The sixth in the Jessica Daniel series and I continue to be impressed. Wilkinson does a great job of weaving a good story. Even the minor characters are painted in a way that you can picture them immediately.

The plot begins when a teenage boy goes missing while babysitting a little girl who is left unharmed. When it's discovered that his obituary was printed two days before this happened, Jessica knows things aren't going to end well.

This series is as much about the team and their interaction as it is about the current mystery. I appreciate that we not only get to see Jessica’s personal life, but also that of her friends and team. Things are not as we would have expected based on how book #5 ended.

Jessica continues as one of my favorite detectives. Prickly, with a mean sarcastic side. Yet she also has her compassionate side which you see more and more of as the books go on. But it's her wit that gets me. I often find myself chuckling at her comments and thoughts.

And OMG on that ending. It's a damn good thing I already have book seven to dive into because six ends with a total cliffhanger.
My thanks to netgalley and Bookouture for an e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Another enjoyable read in this, the 6th of the Detective Jessica Daniels series.
The mysterious disappearance of a young man from the house where he was babysitting ends up with his body being found in a woman's bathtub, asphyxiated. Why her bathtub, what is her connection to him? When her body is found in her bathtub as well and a mob boss is murdered, again with the same M.O., Jessica and her team work around the clock to try to figure out how these 3 people were connected. Why were they targeted?
This is an excellent series, it keeps getting better. Jessica is a complex, feisty woman with a difficult private life. She works obsessively, not wanting to go home to her partner so as not to connect and have a difficult conversation.
Her team are friends as well as coworkers and I enjoy the glimpses into their private lives. The mystery is a good one with a surprising ending, leaving one panting for more. Luckily I am now starting no. 7, can't wait.
A must read series for lovers of British mysteries, highly recommended.