Suffer the Children

By Lisa Black

Book Overview

Maggie Gardiner, forensics expert for the Cleveland police department, and Jack Renner, a homicide detective with a killer secret, return in bestselling author Lisa Black's new thriller as they confront the darkest threat yet to their careers--and their lives.

The body of fifteen-year-old Rachael Donahue--abandoned by society, raised in foster homes, and violently unapproachable--has been discovered at the bottom of a stairwell at Firebird, the secure facility for juvenile offenders in Cleveland. For Maggie and Jack, Rachael's 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 harder for them to protect a new and vulnerable victim from a killer with unfathomable demons.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496713575
• ISBN13: 9781496713575
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Good Thriller/Mystery book

I really enjoyed reading this book, it’s a thriller book but I thought it was more of a mystery thriller. The book was easily grabbing my attention from the start and grabbed my attention even more towards the end, I would say about chapter 15 is when I really didn’t want to put the book down. If you’re interested in detective fiction books this is a good book to read. I didn’t notice that this book was part of a series with other books with the same detectives just different scenarios.