Emily Shiner does it again and cannot wait to read more in the series. Emily Shiner is just an absolute genius and i love her writing.

There is alot going on in this book but that is what makes it good! This is a great gripping crime series and it just keeps you engaged from page 1.

I love the fact that there are little things in the the books and clues dropped about Freya's parents and life and i hope this is a clue that this will be included more in the series going forward because i would love to know about her childhood. I cannot wait for more from Emily and more from this series.

Great Writing thanks so much for another great book!

Thanks NetGalley and Emily Shiner for letting me read and review.

I am a series girl and I am already excited for the next books to come in this one! A detective whose parents were serial killers, that is all I need! Definitely wanted more about their crimes but I think we may get that later. This one was messed up! Little girls missing, several reasons why! Enjoyed it! Thanks NetGalley!

Freya is one of the first female protagonists that I've liked in a long time! She's a strong woman but leads well, doesn't step on her team's toes and actually seems to have her priorities in order. She returns home to work at her original police station after 5 years away with the stigma of her past on her shoulders and immediately gets launched into a serial case.

My main complaint was that there wasn't enough backstory of her past. Maybe this will be fleshed out in future books. One Liar Left, #2 in the series comes out later this month! Or maybe we can look forward to a prequel explaining Freya's past and her parents' crimes. I'd love to have more detailed background.

I really enjoyed Freya and her team of two and I can't wait to read more to see what comes next in this series! I also look forward to reading other novels by Ms. Shiner!

Thank you to Bookouture and Emily Shiner for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

So So much going on!
Missing girls?
Drowned girls?
A nice start to a new gripping crime series by author Emily Shiner.
I do have to say, the pacing of the story seemed a bit off to me. But, it did keep my interest enough to keep reading to the end.
I want to know more about Freya’s parents and childhood. We are teased with bits and pieces of information.
I’m excited to read the next book in the series.
Thank you NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review.

Detective Freya Sinclair has returned to her hometown after 5 years. On that same day the body of a little girl is discovered, drowned. She discovers numerous girls have gone missing but not reported. She races to uncover what is happening to those girls before there is another victim.

Wow! This book was Unputdownable. The characters were likable and relatable. I’m looking forward to hearing more of what went down with her parents. I am moving into the next book as we speak.

When Freya Sinclair returns home after being away for 5 years, she is not expecting a warm welcome. When she left it was for very personal reasons - she grew up not knowing the terrible secrets were parents kept in her own home and when they came to light more than just her family was affected. However, she has returned and is now a police captain for the local PD and her first day on the job is not an easy one. A young girl is found by a father and his child, drowned. As Freya and her team follow clues to find out who the girl is and what happened to her, another girl is also found drowned. Who could be doing this to these young girls and why has no one reported them missing?

I'm a huge Emily Shiner fan so I was super excited to read this one. It was a little different style than her other books but it was still a fantastic read. We are given just enough background about Freya as the book goes on to feel for her situation (coming home where she definitely won't be welcomed by everyone). The story is fast paced and definitely had me reading quicker as the story went on because I was desperate to find out what happened to these girls. The characters were good and the story was great.

I would definitely recommend this book and cannot wait to read book 2 in the series!

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for free. This was my honest review.

Author: Emily Shiner
Rating- ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Bookouture
Pub date: April 22, 2024
 
Synopsis - When Freya Sinclair was a little girl, she had no idea what her parents were hiding in the basement of her childhood home…

After five years away from her hometown of Fawn Lake, Detective Freya Sinclair isn’t expecting a warm welcome from the people she’s sworn to protect. She became a detective to bring serial killers like her parents to justice, but the tight-knit North Carolinian community can’t see past her twisted roots.
 
Thrillers are my go-to genre and this one did not disappoint! Our main character, Detective Freya Sinclair, is a force from the start. Despite her own story (no spoilers here!) which unfolds throughout the chapters, she is fierce and passionate. Her team is equally as important to the storyline and you will absolutely love Candy and Brad! Of course, I can’t forget Esther. There are twists and turns and a few cliffhangers that I am hoping are addressed in book two (fingers frossed 🤞🏽). Thoroughly enjoyed my time in Fawn Lake. Do yourself a favor and join Freya and her team while they solve the case of Three Drowned Girls.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC!

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Another new author for me and the start of a new crime thriller series. I soon got into this and didn't want to put it down, I became fully invested in the characters., lots of twists, I hope there is a book 2 ?
When Freya Sinclair returns to Fawn Lake after leaving 5 years ago, not everybody is pleased to see her.. The chief of police promotes her to captain, gives her one detective and a beat officer called Brad, im not going to spoil it for you, if you like your crime thrillers this is the one for you, highley recommend

I received a free ARC and want to thank NetGalley and Bookouture. This is my honest review.

I really wanted to like this book. However, as I read it was not super engaging. The main character seems to drive frantically everywhere! She is kind and caring about the people around her, and has a traumatic past. The investigation is kind of sloppy, and Freya makes some silly decisions- for example, going investigating in the woods alone, The one thing that I really wanted to know was the story of her past and her parents. There were many nuggets dropped about what happened- but it was never truly revealed. This was frustrating because as we see Freya return to her hometown, the people there do not welcome her. If we knew the whole story about her parents, I might have connected to her more.

I am not sure if I will read the next installment. I would read a little, then put it down and remember much later that I still needed to finish it!

Freya Sinclair moves back to her hometown. When she returns everyone has an opinion on her return due to her parents being serial killers. Freya starts over with a job at the police department where she quickly gets wrapped up into a case of multiple missing kids.

I enjoyed the premise of the book, but the case work got a little redundant overtime and slow. Especially with some of sloppy police work.

I wish we got to learn a little bit more about the Detective, Freya, and her past because I was consistently wanting more.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A true page-turner! From the crisp conversations, to the chilling narrations, Emily Shiner’s writing kept me at the edge of my seat throughout this thrilling novel! You will cheer for Detective Freya and her team as she returns home to face her demons and find justice for three mysteriously missing girls. You'll fall in love with the small town plot, and learn the ins and outs of her hometown as well. Don’t miss out on this thriller!

I stayed up almost to midnight to finish this book. It was one of those 'just one more chapter' ' books! The characters grew throughout the book. The murderer not obvious until it was revealed. As a mother of girls it made me sad at times, but the plot was fast paced and I look forward to another book in this series

I have never read an Emily Shiner book and I have to say I was hooked from the beginning. I really felt invested in the main character Freya, a police detective. I also enjoyed her writing style with relatively short chapters that kept the pace quick! I was fortunate to have the ebook and the audiobook at the same time so I was able to enjoy the novel both ways. The narration was easy to listen to and the changes in voice added to the experience. There are many twists and turns that keep you guessing right up to the end. I will definitely read more Emily Shiner books and look forward to the next book in this series. The book and audiobook are expected to be released April 22, 2024.

Thank you Net Galley, Bookouture and Emily Shiner for the opportunity to preview this audiobook and the opinions expressed are my own.

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Here is a link to my Goodreads review post: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6421071045

Something bad was happening in Fawn Lake.

Freya Sinclair, a Captain in the local police department, has just returned to the town where she grew up. She'd had to leave for a time after discovering that her parents were serial killers and getting them put in prison. On her first day of work, she is called to the scene where the body of a young girl has been discovered alongside the river. As the investigation heats up to determine that this was foul play, more young girls go missing.

This was a fast and entertaining crime thriller and the first in a new series featuring Captain Freya Sinclair and her team in this small North Carolina town. I read the e-book and listened to the audiobook at the same time enjoying the excellent narration -- especially the accents. I liked the characters and the backstory that revealed some of Freya's history. The plot was interesting and though there were a lot of characters to keep straight, the police investigation and their discoveries were really dark and wild. I'm definitely looking forward to continuing this series and will be looking for the audiobook before I dive in.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the advanced copies.

Three Drowned Girls had me hooked for most of the book. I thought I was going to finish it in one sitting! It got a little slow about 75% of the way through but the ending was solid and left me wanting the next book in the series.

Detective Freya Sinclair returns to her home town to solve a mystery of missing little girls. After a mishap 5 years earlier involving her serial killer parents, she has a tough time being welcome back. Freya proves she's woth a second chance by solving the case with limited resources.

I really am interested to see what happens with Brad and Paul's characters. What caused Brad to be so invested in the soccer team case and if Freya ends up with Paul. The lawyer, Mr. Jernigan was really frustrating as a character but I still ended up feeling bad for him at the end.

I look forward to the next book in the Detective Freya Sinclair series!

Three Drowned GirlS by Emily Shiner is another stellar triumph from this utterly incredible writer.

Freya Sinclair has been away for five years after her parents committed crimes that rocked the small town of Faun Lake (When I say I NEED this back story, I am not joking, the references to it throughout this story are intriguing) Freya returns to her job at the police department, this time as Captain of the Detective squad and on her first day back, the first call from dispatch is about a body, found floating in the lake. However, this is not the only body that Freya will find and as the mystery unfolds, a dark underbelly to the town is revealed, not from the areas you would presume however

Emily Shiner has a great talent of presenting the reader with little clues throughout the storyline, was it the blacked out pickup truck, the soft drink bottle, the white ribbon. All little clues here and there which do not necessarily take you down the right path. This is highly engaging, pulling the reader into the investigation. In addition, I found the characters utterly relatable. Freya has every right to be angsty, but while she is a closed personality, she begins to warm up. Candy, her Detactive is brave, smart and scrappy, her mom-figure Esther is a bean, Brad is a labrador cop who is there to work on the detective team temporarily. On the other side of the coin, there are characters that you will despise, on so many different levels and TW for certain themes surrounding these characters

I absolutely adore Emily Shiner's writing style. It is powerful, engaging, dynamic and relatable and Ijust cannot put her books down, everything else seems to mute out while I am in a Shiner novel. If you love thrillers and a strong FMC that is genuine, highly relatable characters with immensely immersive storylines, this is the author for you

Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture, the incredible author Emily Shiner for this belting ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

First I want to say thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book and that all opinions in this review are my own.

Detective Sinclair returns home to her sleepy North Carolina town after spending five years away due to the fallout of her discovering her parents crimes and how the town of Fawn Lake reacted to them. Upon her homecoming and resuming her position at the local PD, Detective Sinclair is thrust right into a case of trying to find out what’s happening to the little girls in her town while also dealing with the stress of a not so warm welcome back by the locals.

While I did enjoy the short chapters that lended to the book keeping a good pace I personally did struggle with connecting to the characters. There was also a lot of build up surrounding her parents crimes and I felt a little let down that there was really no pay out in regards to what actually transpired there. I was invested enough to want to read book two and hopefully we’ll get some more answers regarding Freya’s family's dark past as the series evolves.

Again, these opinions are my own and if you’re looking for a quick read in the thriller realm I would recommend giving Three Drowned Girls a go.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of Three Drowned Girls, the first novel to feature Captain Freya Sinclair of the Fawn Lake, North Carolina Police Department.

I enjoyed Three Drowned Girls, which has an unusual motive and solution. There aren’t so many twists because it is at heart a police procedural where it concentrates on narrowing down the suspect pool.

Much of the novel is concerned with identifying the young girl found drowned and that isn’t easy as several young girls have recently disappeared from the town. I found the obstacles put in Freya’s way as she tries to establish the victim’s identity enlightening and rather frightening, apparently dead and missing children don’t trump privacy. I think that the concentration on this makes the novel sag somewhat in the middle as forward progression is slow. The arrests are quick and not as tense and dramatic as they could be. Still, it’s a first in series so the author has plenty of time to work on the balance of the novel.

Freya Sinclair is an interesting character. She’s back in her home town after a five year absence and not all the residents are pleased to see her back. The reasons for this are not explained until later in the novel and the small hints spread throughout are more annoying than intriguing. She’s a smart, dedicated detective and that makes up for a lot.

Three Drowned Girls is a good read that I can recommend.

After being away for 5 years Freya finally returns home to be a detective again at her home town police department. She thought she would get a warm welcome but is not welcomed openly. Within days of returning a brown hair girl is discovered dead in the lake and another one is found soon after. Freya quickly realizes something more nefarious is happening and is pointing a cult of women wanting to cleanse their daughters. As Freya moves through her investigation she is met with secrets, lie, deciet, and skeptical community members. Will she figure out what is happening before another girl goes missing?

This was a fantastic book and one I would highly recommend to anyone who likes quick , thrilling murder mysteries. It was one of those books that makes you sit there for a moment to explore the true evil that can exist in the world. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a book that I could read again. The development of the main character Freya is interesting as she is known to be the daughter of a serial killer couple.

Three Drowned Girls by Emily Shiner. Over all I am giving this book 4 Stars. I absolutely love the characters and writing style of the book. Emily was able to hook me right off the bat and keep my interest until the end. However I was really hoping for a bigger finish for the reveal to be more twisty. And it kind fell flat for me. I love a bad ass female Detective and Freya was that for me. The rest of her team were relatable and easy to love. Over all it was good. And I am looking forward to the rest of the books in this series.