What a start to a fabulous series. Action packed, riveting first installment had me hooked from the first chapter.
Such a thrilling read and can't wait to continue the series. Nate and Madison are an incredible team with rich individual backstories that I cannot wait to unravel and continue on their journey with them. Well done!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this ARC

I've read quite a few psychological thrillers this year. Many promise the reader an 'unputdownable read' or an 'edge of your seat experience'. Some live up to those promises, some don't. Find My Child, Wendy Dranfield's debut for Bookouture delivers all of that and more. It is indeed an unputdownable read with a plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat from page one until ‘The End’. I've read her other three thrillers and really enjoyed them, but this book seems to have elevated her writing to another level.
Central characters Nate and Madison come with baggage. They’ve been in prison, both wrongly convicted. So, as well as their first case, to find a missing twelve year old, the need to prove their innocence is also an issue with both of them. Madison also needs to find her son who was taken into care when she was imprisoned. It’s an easy read and the characters are well developed. Nate was studying to be a priest when he was arrested and imprisoned for murder and Madison was a serving policewoman when she was incarcerated. New evidence has seen Nate released with massive financial compensation while Madison served her term and is all but broke. Wanting someone to help her clear her name and also find her son Owen, she approaches Nate. She also needs a job, and figures that with his similar background he might employ her to work for him. He already has his first case – to find a missing child - and she convinces him with her police background she could be useful. Nate eventually agrees.
In the beginning they tend to rub each other up the wrong way but each brings their own individual talents to the partnership and as the book progresses, they begin to settle down together. In their search for missing twelve-year-old Jennifer Lucas, there are false trails, shocks and surprises, all of which keep you on track, wanting to know what exactly did happen to her. It’s a brilliantly written story and I’m really looking forward to the second book which comes out in the new year. Oh, and as a postscript if you loved Rocky in her Dean Matheson series I’m sure you will love Brody too.
My thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for an ARC of Find My Child in exchange for an honest review.

Well deserving of five stars.

This new series opens with a great mystery with lots of twists and turns. Madison Harper is a former police detective who was falsely convicted for a murder and has been released from prison. She is barely surviving as a waitress in a rundown halfway house. Determined to find the people responsible for her unlawful conviction, she tracks down a man who also was wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit. Nate was finally cleared of the murder, after spending too long on death row, thanks to a law professor and her students who get new evidence to prove his innocence. Nate receives a sizable settlement for his wrongful death sentence, but rather than living off the money, he has decided to be a private investigator seeking to right the wrongs in others' lives, especially those done by corrupt cops. He and Madison team-up on the case of a missing girl, and through their investigation become better acquainted, and we learn more about both of them. My only critique of the book is that the title should accurately reflect that this is not a book about Madison; it is a book about both Madison and Nate. Sometimes it is difficult to follow the changing of perspectives among the different characters. I am intrigued to see what happens next for Nate and Madison.

Happy to see this is a first in its series by this author and she’s already working on book #2. Fast paced, action packed from the very page! Really enjoyed it and looking forward to more with Nate and Madison. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest review.

First in a new series and I can’t wait to read more!

The main characters are interesting - a wrongfully convicted man who was going to be a priest and who hates cops becomes a private investigator and a convicted, disgraced police detective out to prove she was set-up.

This is the beginning, I think, to a strong, new detective series and I am interested to see where it goes next.

Thank you #netgalley and #bookouture for the eARC.

Loved this book it sucked me in from page one. A really great start to a new series, can’t wait for the next one! It was tense and thrilling and had me holding my breath in places. Really enjoyed this book and it totally deserves 5 stars.

This is the first installment in Wendy Dranfield's Detective Madison Harper series. I enjoyed this book. It was a solid detective story, with plenty of twists and turns. Props to the author for creating such unique backstories for the main characters. Madison is a former police officer who was framed for a crime she didn't commit. After serving a few years in prison, she is finally out and is determined to find out who framed her. She tracks down Nate, a private investigator who was also framed for a crime he didn't commit and served seventeen years before his conviction was overturned. Nate reluctantly agrees to help Madison but first, they team up to solve the disappearance of a twelve-year-old girl named Jennifer. What they find is shocking and twisted.

There were so many lies and secrets revealed in the last few chapters that it left my head spinning. I never saw any of the twists coming and was shocked when the horrific truth behind Jennifer's disappearance was revealed. If you're a fan of detective stories /police procedurals, then this new series should definitely be on your list. I enjoyed the characters of Nate and Madison and look forward to the next book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A really good start to a series! It took me a while to get into the book. I think it’s because the stories behind the two main characters took me by surprise, and I had to wrap my mind around what was going on. Points for creating different and interesting character! It’s not very day I read about an ex-cop released from prison, and a “was meant to become a priest, ended up on death row” (now a free man again) trying to solve a case of a girl gone missing from summer camp.

Both are fueled by revenge, and they want justice. They want justice for themselves. Both were imprisoned because others lied. Their lives will never be the same because of what happened, and as long as the people behind their incarceration are not being punished, they won’t be able to let go.

The book focuses on the extremely brutal case of the lost, presumed to be abducted or dead, girl. It turns out to be an emotional case, and no one is to be trusted, most definitely not the local police, since neither one of the two former inmates turned PIs would trust the police after what happened to them.

It is evident that there will be at least a sequel to this book because of the cliffhanger ending, but also because even though we know the two man characters want revenge, they didn’t really have time to further their causes in this book. Now they are on the way to Madison’s hometown in Colorado, and the next book will most likely shed a lot of light on what happened to her in the past. We already know what happened to Nate, but he still has many issues to solve.

I will definitely read the second book in the series to find out the truth together with Nate and Madison. I grew to like the story very much after the initial moment of “what am I reading, what is going on?”. I believe the characters will grow a lot in the second book. Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoys detective stories. Just be aware that the subject in this book can trigger strong emotions, if you are a sensitive reader. I appreciated this book since it was different, well-plotted, and addictive. Wow!

When Jenny goes missing from summer camp, Nate is hired by Jenny's grandmother to investigate her disappearance. Now a private investigator, Nate suffers from a hatred for police officers due to a stint on death row which he was later exonerated for. However, his past has taken a toll on his emotional state which Madison, a former police officer turned convict, soon finds out. Nate and Madison team up to solve the mystery of Jenny's mystery.

Wendy Dranfield develops Nate and Madison's characters very well and left the door open for more books in the series. There are mysteries around each character that have been left unanswered which I cannot wait to have solved.

If you like a good mystery, Find My Child is worth reading. I truly enjoyed the plot and characters. Thank you NetGalley for an arc in exchange for my honest review.

Madison Harper, ex cop and jailbird tracks down Nate Monroe, ex death row prisoner who was released after the verdict was overturned seventeen years later. Nate is a PI and Madison wants his help in proving she was innocent.
Nate agrees but she must help him solve the disappearance of a young girl Jennifer Lucas from summer camp in Northern California. Her grandmother Esme has employed Nate as she feels the local PD and her son/daughter in law aren’t doing enough. Nate and Madison drive to the camp to try and discover what has happened to Jennifer.
Another storyline running through the book focuses on Dr Pamela Jarvis who is reading a patient’s notes. Are these two stories connected and if so how?
There are also flashbacks into Nate’s past life and how is girlfriend Stacey died.
This is such a well written story- exciting, sadness, pathos and incompetence.
A lot of the time I didn’t know where the story was leading, certainly didn’t predict the ending.
Loved this book and can’t wait for next instalment of Madison/ Nate.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me to read this book in return for a fair review.
5 Stars. ⭐️

This was a gripping mystery that I could not put down. Loved the storyline and found it be a great unique twist on the regular crime thriller. I really liked both main characters and enjoyed reading the mystery unfold bit by bit. I am excited to read more!

5 Stars ~ I give very few perfect 5 star ratings!
Madison is a former police officer and private investigator. Nate Monroe is now a PI. Both have something in common in that they both were framed for crimes they didn’t commit and sent to prison. After 17 years, Nate was found innocent as there was no proof that he killed his finance. Story is mostly present day but does go back to the time Nate was in prison. Additional we learn more about Madison’s situation.
Madison believe Nate can help her so is willing to help him in his investigation of finding a missing 12 year old girl, Jenny who went missing while attending summer camp. Nate is hired by Jenny’s grandmother as she believes the police in the small mountain village just aren’t prepared so do proper investigating.

When Nate and Madison arrive at the camp we are already thinking the worst but are hopeful of finding the child. It appears there are a lot of secrets going on and yes the local police seem to be overlooking things that seem to be something logical to check.

Wow Wow! Such a Great read. I read a lot of psychological thriller so have an expectation of twists and turns. I try to figure out what is really going and JUST love when there are surprises!
This is ~ Awesome!
There is so much going on in the last part of the story, I not only was on the edge of my seat but I was getting whiplash from reading so fast!! In fact, I had to reread parts this morning
My first Wendy Dranfield and I will read another!!!
Want to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for this early release. This file has been made available to me before publication in an early form for professional review purposes only. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for January 25, 2021

Madison Harper is about to ask for help. A former cop, she was recently released from prison, after serving time for murder. She reaches out to Nate Monroe, an unlicensed private investigator, hoping that he will take her case. Madison claims she is innocent, and when Nate shows little interest in her plight, she manages to convince him to hire her. Nate doesn’t like cops, ex or otherwise, since he was sent to death row for a crime he didn’t commit. There is a lot to learn about Nate and Madison, and every chapter will provide a little more insight.
Nate is hired to find Jenny, a girl who vanished from her remote summer camp. This will be Madison’s first case with him, and though they both want to find Jenny, they have very different investigative styles. There were a ton of twists and turns and when all the secrets and lies were revealed, well call me surprised.
Find My Child is the first book in this new series and I am looking forward to seeing what the author has planned.

‘Find My Child’ is the first book of the series about Detective Madison Harper and…. Wow, what an excellent start ! It was suspenseful, fast paced and absolutely thrilling to read. 

In this story, we follow Madison and Nate, a former cop and and a private investigator, who go on a search of a missing girl, Jennifer. The plot seems basic at first but the complexity of both the characters and the investigation makes it unpredictable and brillant.

I LOVED IT, I think it’s beautifully written, from page one I was sucked into the author’s writing, and it gripped me all the way through.
This is the first time I have read anything by this author and clearly it won’t be the last !

I can’t wait for the next one and I highly recommend this book !
Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This is seriously good. I mean seriously good. I kept going in so many different directions of who was the guilty party that my brain feels bruised. The characters of Madison and Nate are awesome and I am so thrilled this is the beginning of a series. Hopefully, a long series. The story will leave you in some pain but also anxious for the next journey Nate and Madison go on. I cannot wait.

This book was one hell of a read
There was a lot of things to work out
When Jenny was missing from the remote super camp in North California
The police had no leads
They have to find her
I had an ARC

This book pulled me in from the title.
I didnt expect the ending even though it was amazing.
This will be definitely a author im going to be looking out for in future

The beginning of this book has really grabbed my interest and made me curious of where the author was taking this one.
This is a book I've thought about even when I haven't been reading. It's definitely been on my mind and although I was unsuccessful in guessing the end, I have been completely pulled into the story.
I have loved Maddison and Nate, they have been a great pair and have really worked well together.
The plot of this book is unique to anything I've read previously and I have loved it. This is my first read by this author, I have definitely been converted as a fan. I absolutely need to read more.
This is definitely a five star read. I haven't been able to put this one down and highly recommend this book.