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    Suffer the Children: A Gardiner and Renner Thriller
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    Suffer the Children: A Gardiner and Renner Thriller

    Written by Lisa Black

    Narrated by Kirsten Potter

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    About this audiobook

    Fifteen-year-old Rachael Donahue—abandoned by society, raised in foster homes, and violently unapproachable—has been discovered, dead, at the bottom of a stairwell at Firebird, the secure facility for juvenile offenders in Cleveland. For Maggie and Jack, her death comes with a disturbing twist—the girl may have been involved with a much older man. But Rachael's not the only resident at the center to come to a dead end. Firebird's ten-year-old wild child has overdosed in the infirmary—back-to-back tragedies that appear to be terrible accidents.

    As a forensic investigator, Maggie knows appearances can be deceiving. And Jack knows all about deceit. That's why they both suspect a cold-blooded murderer is carrying out a deadly agenda. As Maggie's ex-husband gets nearer to uncovering the secrets that Maggie and Jack must hide, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to protect a new vulnerable victim from a killer with unfathomable demons.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateAug 28, 2018
    ISBN9781974905935
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    Suffer the Children: A Gardiner and Renner Thriller
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    Lisa Black

    Lisa Black is the author of several thrillers, including the Theresa MacLean series and the Gardiner and Renner series. A latent fingerprint examiner and crime scene investigator, she is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has testified in more than fifty homicide trials. Native to Cleveland, where she worked for the coroner's office, she currently resides in Cape Coral, Florida.

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    • 3/5
      Maggie Gardiner, a police forensics expert, is called to a facility for juvenile delinquents where a murder occurred. On the surface each case looks accidental, but Maggie knows better. Is the killer a staff member or one of the troubled youth? Staff members enjoy more freedom of movement, yet lapses in security make it possible for an inmate to be guilty. Having not read previous novels in this series, I felt I did not learn enough about the characters in this installment to connect with them. I figured out the identity of the guilty person early in the novel so I wasn't surprised at the revelation.
    • 4/5
      Suffer the Children by Lisa Black Gardner & Renner #Maggie and Jack have an uneasy relationship built on both knowing something about one another that neither wants out in the open. Both also work together to find criminals. Maggie works in forensics and Jack is a homicide detective. Not much is said about either’s personal lives or interests as theirs is a work relationship…mostly. We do know that Maggie is divorced and her ex is a policeman with the ability to expose secrets perhaps better left…secret…at least better for Maggie and Jack. With the uneasy truce in place Jack and Maggie find themselves in a juvenile detention center after the death of a female teenager who seems to have leaped to her death. Seemingly is what the murderer wants everyone to buy into but as one after another of the youth ends up dead it seems that someone has it out for these imprisoned young people who are far more likely to grow into criminals than responsible adults. As the story unfolds it slowly becomes clear just who the murderer is and what the reasoning behind the killings is. It also seems that the vigilante killer, killing rather despicable miscreants that otherwise seem to avoid justice, might be exposed eventually by Maggie’s ex-husband. I do wonder if there is romance in the future for Maggie and Jack but unless they begin to have interaction outside of work it seems doubtful…maybe…I have to say that I was not drawn in and kept on the edge of my seat and often felt the story was being told rather than that I was in the thick of it but it was solid overall and I will read more in the series to find out what will or will not happen with the vigilante killer, Maggie and Jack.Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.3-4 Stars