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    Nobody's Child: A Georgia Davis Novel of Suspense: Georgia Davis Series, #4

    By Libby Fischer Hellmann

    4.5/5

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    Honors:

    Finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense.
    Finalist for the 2015 Shamus Award, Best PI Indie Novel.
    Finalist in the Chicago Writers Association — Fiction Category
    Shortlisted for the Kindle Book Review Awards: Mystery/Thriller category
    Finalist in the Fiction: Mystery/Suspense — 2015 USA Best Book Awards

    In Hellmann's 11th crime thriller and the 4th Georgia Davis novel, a bloodstained note left for Chicago PI Georgia Davis reveals the shocking existence of a half-sister she never knew about. Her sister, Savannah, is pregnant and begging for Georgia's help.Determined to track her down, Georgia finds herself heading deep into the secretive and dangerous underworld of Chicago's illegal sex trafficking business. But she soon discovers that trafficking is just a small part of the horrifying and deadly situation in which her new sister is caught up. Even worse, as Georgia tries to extricate Savannah, she comes up against an old enemy determined to make sure neither woman will escape alive.In the fourth crime thriller of the series, Georgia faces her toughest challenge yet--and one she might not survive.

    Following on the heels of several excellent standalone novels, (this is) a dark, well-told tale. Hellmann is an expert at tearing into the fabric of villainy that lies in … our cities." Ted Hertel, Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

    "Thrilling…Hellmann ratchets up tension with every chapter and the reader is constantly kept wondering about the fate of both sisters. Publishers Weekly

    "Conflict so real it grips the reader. You dare not breathe or put the book aside…  Libby Fischer Hellmann ranks as one of the top mystery writers in America today." Caleb Pirtle, Venture Galleries

    "Many twists, plenty of action and suspense, with a little romance for good measure. Highly entertaining." Debbie Oxler, Goodreads

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Red Herrings Press
    Release dateJul 10, 2016
    ISBN9781938733475
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    Nobody's Child: A Georgia Davis Novel of Suspense: Georgia Davis Series, #4
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    Libby Fischer Hellmann

    Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. Twelve novels and twenty short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few. With the addition of Jump Cut in 2016, her novels include the now five-volume Ellie Foreman series, which she describes as a cross between “Desperate Housewives” and “24;” the hard-boiled 4-volume Georgia Davis PI series, and three stand-alone historical thrillers that Libby calls her “Revolution Trilogy.” Last fall The Incidental Spy,  a historical novella set during the early years of the Manhattan Project at the U of Chicago was released. Her short stories have been published in a dozen anthologies, the Saturday Evening Post, and Ed Gorman’s “25 Criminally Good Short Stories” collection.  In 2005 Libby was the national president of Sisters In Crime, a 3500 member organization dedicated to the advancement of female crime fiction authors. More at http://libbyhellmann.com * She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony, three times for Foreword Magazines Book of the Year, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Daphne and has won the Lovey multiple times.

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    • 5/5
      Sister found, Sister lost, Georgia Davis has a huge case to follow up onI've had the privilege of reading several of Libby Fischer Hellman's books over the past few years and I have never found one I didn't enjoy! Every book is different, every story is intense. Her main characters are amazing, well-fleshed out, and comfortable to know. One thing I found interesting was how her characters interacted between books at times, sort of like brief cameos. Through all the various genres she has written, this one really stands out, perhaps mainly for its tone and subject.Well written as always, there are so many different lines we could follow and never get lost. Georgia is an unusual person for having been a cop previous to becoming a private investigator; she has a few personal traits that hold her back from fulfillment, particularly friendly communication, but within her work abilities she definitely has the spunk and invaluable investigating gene. The subjects covered are unfortunately very real and very difficult to deal with, trafficking possibly most common whether drugs, artifacts, babies, young women, body parts, etc. Yet this happens all too often in the world of today. Libby definitely knows how to get acknowledgement of crimes found in many large cities, even smaller towns. These things don't just happen, these crimes are worldwide and she handles the content with feeling. Cleaning up any of them will be a long hard road for all fields of crime busting and freedom seeking. Friendly helpful conversation between Ellie Forman and Georgia Davis here and there in this storyline is brilliant. These are two characters who have their own books by this author, it isn't usual that you will find them in the same book, but personally I thought it was genius.
    • 4/5
      Georgia Davis, former cop, now private investigator, gets an odd "no one there" phone call while investigating a flash mob store robbery. Shortly thereafter, she gets a note in the mail, written on a deli food wrapper, that claims to be from her half sister Savannah, saying that she's in Chicago and pregnant, and will Georgia please find her?

      Georgia didn't know she had a half sister. She hasn't heard from her mother since JoBeth left her father when she was a child.

      And so begins a frightening journey through sex trafficking, baby selling, organ selling, and the Russian mob.

      In alternating chapters, we get Georgia's viewpoint as she searches for her unknown sister, and Savannah's, starting months earlier, as her relationship with her mother breaks down, she runs away intending to find Georgia, and stumbles into the grip of Russian criminals. This is the fourth book in the series, so there's some back story I didn't have, but there's enough included that I wasn't left puzzled or confused. Georgia is a complicated person with some serious issues, but a solid, decent character underneath. While looking for her sister, she's working through her own issues, and learning some things she didn't necessarily want to know about herself and why previous relationships didn't last.

      We get to know Georgia. We get to know Savannah. And we get to know some scary things going on in the darker corners of the criminal underworld.

      I like Georgia and her sister. There's a good plot that moves well, and good character development. I suspect it would be even better if, as intended, I'd read the earlier books, but now I'm definitely interested in doing so.

      Recommended.

      I received this book as a gift from the author.
    • 4/5
      * I received a copy of this book for fee in exchange for an honest review.*

      I read the book in one sitting; it was that good. This book deals with baby selling, prostitution, stealing human organs, mystery, family, and more. The characters were believable and well-developed, in my opinion, I would definitely read more books by this author.