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Silenced Sisters

Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 17

Helen Phifer

Written by
Helen Phifer
Length
7 hrs 55 min
Rating
4.9 / 5
Listed
$18.30
Publisher
Hachette UK - Bookouture
Released
2026-01-29

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What it is

A gripping and utterly binge-worthy crime thriller

Thunder rattles the windows of the deserted hotel. Morgan spots the young girl on the floor, her dark hair fanned out and covered in shattered glass. Lightning strikes, illuminating the blood on every surface. Following an emergency call in the middle of a fierce storm, Detective Morgan Brookes arrives at Keswick Manor, a crumbling, empty hotel in the Lake District, where she finds the dead body of a young woman. She recognises her bright blue eyes instantly. Lauren Williams’ body is still warm to the touch, a knife protruding out of her chest, just like the one that killed her sister, Lydia, one month ago. But the killer in that case is dead… Morgan can’t imagine the horror Lauren went through as she combs the scene; a broken radio on the stairs suggest she was running from someone. Lauren knew her sister was murdered, did she know she was next? Grief-stricken, Morgan sets to work on Lydia’s case files and refuses to sleep until she’s uncovered any small clue she missed. But by the time she discovers they had another sister, the poor girl is reported missing, her pink car found abandoned in the local woods surrounded by overgrown brambles. When Morgan spots a police identification number scribbled in the family’s old police files, she realises that one of her colleagues has been lying to her. The idea that someone at HQ is in league with a serial killer would send terrifying shockwaves through Rydal Falls, but Morgan can think of no other explanation. Can she save the final sister and catch this killer as a terrifying countdown begins? Or with evil closer than she thinks, watching Morgan’s every move, is she already in too much danger?

Fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Rachel Abbott will devour this gripping rollercoaster crime thriller late into the night.

About the series

Detective Morgan Brookes in order →

Detective Morgan Brookes — 19 books, 19 of them charting here

  1. 1 One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 14.5
  2. 2 The Killer's Girl: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 24.6
  3. 3 The Hiding Place: An Absolutely Heart-Stopping Crime Thriller (Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 3)4.6
  4. 4 First Girl to Die: A Completely Gripping Crime Thriller (Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 4)4.7
  5. 5 Find the Girl: An Utterly Addictive and Gripping Crime Thriller (Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 5)4.7
  6. 6 Sleeping Dolls: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 64.6
  7. 7 Silent Angel: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 74.6
  8. 8 Their Burning Graves: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 84.8
  9. 9 Hold Your Breath: An Utterly Gripping Crime Thriller4.6
  10. 10 Stolen Darlings: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 104.8
  11. 11 Save Her Twice: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 114.7
  12. 12 Poison Memories: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 124.9
  13. 13 Two Broken Girls: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 134.7
  14. 14 Their Dying Embrace: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 144.7
  15. 15 Twisted Bones: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 154.8
  16. 16 Gone in the Night: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 164.7
  17. 17 Silenced Sisters: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 174.9
  18. 18 Girl in the Mist: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 184.8
  19. 19 Her Lips Are Sealed: Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 194.8

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