This is a good, solid thriller with a surprising ending.
I liked the main character, and how it all unfolded. I'd never have guessed who was behind the abductions, and how it all came about. Great story that kept me listening till the end.
Very well written and narrated. ( )

If you want a slow burner, then do not read this book! Drawn in, quicker than a moth to a flame, from the very 1st page as we follow the team trying to get the three missing children back. Who has taken them and why? I read it at every opportunity in my haste to find out what happened. There are plenty of twists and turns, enough to keep anyone happy with thrills aplenty - a great book! ( )

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Young children are stolen. From their houses, their cars or even from their own beds... When Helen and Sean return home they find their babysitting older daughter passed out on the couch and their three year old daughter Frankie missing. Time seems to be running out.

I've to admit I'd never heard of Louise Voss or Mark Edwards before, but when I saw this book, it sounded interesting enough. I used to read a lot of British detectives a few years back, but needed a sabbatical since I think I might have read a bit too many in too short a time. I think that break is over now, because I almost felt like I missed reading them...

From the cradle is a very decent British detective. It's not a ground breaking new concept, but if you happen to enjoy it, you'll probably like this novel. I got the idea this is a standalone novel, or at the very least it can be perfectly read without any prior knowledge of the characters and without feeling lost. The story kept me guessing for quite some time, the resolution in the end was a bit too much perhaps for me, but it was not a really big problem for me. I would pick up another book written by this duo and certainly give it a try!

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

This book starts off with a bang and ends with a totally unexpected suspenseful finale. I did think there was a lull in the middle where things kind of slowed down but that did not detract from the book at all!

DI Patrick Lennon has a terrible calamity in his passed when his now 2 year old daughter almost died at the hands of her mother. The case he is now working on involves missing toddlers. Patrick can't help but have flashbacks of his passed but is determined to find out what has happened to these 3 children even when it is hinted that it might be hitting a little to close to home.

The Phillips had gone out to dinner and left their 15 year old daughter babysitting Frankie, the 3 year old. They come home to Alice passed out on the couch and Frankie missing. Alice is not telling something and her step-mother knows it. The police know it. Her Dad is sure that she is being totally honest.

Patrick gets a lead on two of the children and it is a good thing. He has another DI that wants to make him look like a fool and his supervisor needs answers.

From the Cradle is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill mystery. It is mystery writing at its finest with depth in the story. Each character has a history that makes them who they are. The Phillips on the outside seem to be a normal, happy family but there are secrets that aren't being told.

I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for a review. For more information about the writing team of Voss and Edwards check out http://vossandedwards.com/ ( )

A special thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for a complimentary reading copy in exchange for an honest review.

Dynamic duo, Louise Voss and Mark Edwards combine their talent, wit, and style, delivering FROM THE CRADLE, introducing a new psycho-crime, cop thriller series, featuring London’s Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon—a Mystery. A child abduction. A Kidnapping. Juicy secrets.

Interracial couple, Helen and Sean Philips go out for the evening, leaving their 15-year-old teenage daughter, Alice to babysit younger 3-year old sister, Frankie. They have no clue what they will find when they return. Frankie is gone. Alice remains.

DI Patrick is married to Gill, with a five-month-old baby, Bonnie. At the opening of the book, Patrick walks into his home, to find a horrific scene.

We jump to eighteen months earlier, alternating chapters with Helen and Patrick, recounting the days leading up to the abduction, with Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon and his colleague Detective Sergeant Carmella Masiello.

Then more children missing. In London, there are three couples, frantic after their children have been taken from them in very different ways. There are no ransom notes. Motive? Children are vanishing in thin air? Who is taking the children and why? Are they connected?

As Patrick deals with his own demons, inside his family, he is desperate to solve the mystery of the missing children. What do these cases have in common?

A fan of both Voss and Edwards, separately, and combined—a talent for mixing psychological suspense with cop procedural, and some wit, for heart-pounding suspense. Truth or lies? What is missing? Secrets?

Poor Patrick has all sorts of problems, from his wife, his family, his work. Patrick's personal problems adds a bit of spice and intrigue to the overall story- can't wait to see what is next for him!

Complex and multi-layered, readers will be glued to the pages to solve the mystery. A nice twist at the end, leaving you dying for the next installment, The Blissfully Dead.

I listened to the audiobook last year, narrated by James Clamp, delivering a suspenseful performance. As often the case, I listen to audiobooks, while traveling, not always in a place to post a review, straightaway. I failed to return with a review, and when starting The Blissfully Dead, realized I needed a refresher.

Fans will be delighted with this new exciting series.