GIRL FORGOTTEN (Detective Kaitlyn Carr 5) by Kate Gable

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 26, 2021.

A young mother just starting her life over after a bad divorce is found murdered in the Los Angeles River. The prime suspects are her ex-husband, a member of a ruthless motorcycle gang, and a new boyfriend, a surfer with a mysterious past. It’s up to Detective Kaitlyn Carr to find out who did it.

Back in Big Bear Lake, Kaitlyn’s sister’s disappearance becomes a cold case and and her friend’s murder goes unsolved. But Kaitlyn refuses to stop looking for her little sister.

The town where she grew up is full of secrets and Kaitlyn must confront what really happened to her father in order to find her sister.

Will Kaitlyn be able to face the truth about her family’s past or will her sister remain lost forever?

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REVIEW: GIRL FORGOTTEN is the fifth and final instalment in Kate Gable’s contemporary, adult DETECTIVE KAITLYN CARR murder mystery suspense series focusing on LAPD Detective Kaitlyn Carr. GIRL FORGOTTEN should not be read as a stand alone as there is an ongoing premise throughout, and it picks up immediately after the events of book four GIRL TAKEN.

SOME BACKGROUND: Kaitlyn Carr’s thirteen year old sister has been missing for several months, last seen when she was dropped off at home by the mother of a friend. From there, Kaitlyn’s sister’s whereabouts are unknown. Big Bear Lake is out of Kaitlyn’s jurisdiction but when a second thirteen year old girl goes missing and is later found dead, the FBI is called in to investigate bringing Kaitlyn’s current friends with benefits, FBI agent Luke Galvinson, back into her life.

Told from dual first person perspective (Kaitlyn and Kelly) GIRL FORGOTTEN follows LAPD Detective Kaitlyn Carr as she is called into investigate the murder of a young mother Kelly Flynn, whose ex- husband is a member of the local MC but when a suspect is brought in, an easily coerced confession sends up too many red flags, until a DNA discovery triggers another possible killer. As Kaitlyn begins another round of interviews and investigations, a witness must be protected before it is too late.

Meanwhile, Kaitlyn’s family life is a point of contention for our story line heroine as she continues to struggle with the death of her father, a death she believes to be something more, and the lack of movement on the investigation into her sister’s disappearance that has apparently gone cold. Kaitlyn reopens her sisters’s case by interviewing some of her friends; and having a heart to heart with some of the people involved her her father’s life.

GIRL FORGOTTEN resolves the case of Kaitlyn’s missing sister, her father’s death, and our heroine’s future with the man that she loves. Kate Gable pulls the reader into an intriguing and captivating five-part story of one woman’s desperate search for her sister, as she continues to perform her duty as an LAPD detective. The premise is compelling; the romance is passionate but mostly implied; the characters are energetic, charismatic and real.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Girl Hidden
Girl Missing
Girl Lost
Girl Found

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Reviewed by Sandy