Face Her Fear - Lisa Regan

 Face Her Fear - Lisa Regan

Pub. Date: Jan. 30, 2024

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Still dealing with the trauma of her colleague Mettner’s  death as well as her grandmother’s murder, Josie and five other participants attend a retreat at a remote, mountainous location in Pennsylvania. Focused on treating PTSD,  it is lead by a New Agey therapist.  Josie has had a falling out with husband Noah, so is also carrying that baggage. When a blizzard traps the attendees in that isolated, hard to reach locale, with diminishing supplies, poor phone reception and then one of the participants is found murdered, Josie attempts to preserve the evidence while figuring out just what is going on, who is hiding some secrets, and trying to protect the others from peril. This is not Josie’s usual environment and she has to improvise. Ever faithful Noah sets out in an effort to rescue Josie but puts his own life in danger. 

This is number nineteen in the Josie Quinn series. It is one of my top must read series. This is yet another exciting, page turning read; I did not want to put it down. Regan always grabs my attention and won’t let go. Although this one did stretch the imagination a bit, the plot was intriguing.  I enjoy Josie. Despite all the travails she has met with in her life, she remains a strong, intelligent, though vulnerable, character. I also like all the repeating characters who surround her both in her personal and professional life. 

A new character is introduced…the replacement for Mettner.  As the book concludes, he seems to be off to a bad start with all of the team members.  I’m looking forward to seeing what transpires with him. 

This can work as a stand alone, but do yourself a favor and read at least some of the prior ones. There is a lot of history to Josie and the other players. Regan does a good job of trying to fill in the background stories, but it would be more satisfying to actually read those past histories. 

If you like well written police procedurals/thrillers, I highly recommend this series. I cannot wait for the next one.

Thanks to #netgalley and @bookouture for the ARC.

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