The Nanny Murders (A Zoe Hayes Mystery #1)

EDITORIAL REVIEW: ********SHE NEVER REALIZED JUST HOW PERFECT…**Single parenthood is challenging enough for Zoe Hayes, raising a young daughter in Queen Village, a Philadelphia suburb whose homes--like its residents--have seen better days. Then comes the blustery afternoon when little Molly makes a shocking discovery while playing outdoors: a dismembered finger. **HER IMPERFECT LIFE REALLY WAS…**What Zoe longs to believe is a gruesome fluke quickly takes on unsettling significance. One by one, young nannies are vanishing from the neighborhood, falling victim to a shadowy killer. Uneasily drawn into the chilling case--and an unexpected relationship--by enigmatic Detective Nick Stiles, Zoe assumes she and Molly are safe. But then terror strikes close to home. **UNTIL SHE FOUND IT IN JEOPARDY… **Now, Zoe must accept that nobody in Queen Village is protected. A bloodthirsty predator lurks nearby, perhaps concealed behind a passing stranger's friendly smile, a longtime neighbor's front door--or, as Zoe fears most, perhaps even nearer than that...**"Absolutely fantastic."****--*****Midwest****** Book Review*************"A page-turning success…hard to put down."****--*****Dallas****** Morning News***** ** Fiction,General,Mystery & Detective,Crime & mystery,Suspense,Mystery fiction,Adventure,General & Literary Fiction,Detective and mystery stories,Crimes against,Mystery,Fiction - Espionage,Thriller,Women detectives,Women Sleuths,Serial murders,Single mothers,Pennsylvania,Crime,Philadelphia (Pa.),Nannies,Philadelphia,Women detectives - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia,Nannies - Crimes against,Art therapists,Adopted children Zoe Hayes, who works as an art therapist in an institute for seriously deranged patients, is the single mother of an adopted and adorable little girl named Molly. Zoe gets involved in the missing nannies case when Molly, playing in the snow, makes a grisly discoveryShe finds a piece of litter that turns out to be a human finger. One of Zoes neighbors (but which one?) seems to be a serial killer. Zoe and a mysteriously scarred detective named Nick Stiles team up to catch the killer when suddenly Zoe becomes the prey. Zoe Hayes is a single mother of an adopted (and adorable) little girl, and works as an art therapist in an institute for seriously deranged patients. One day she finds a piece of litter that turns out to be a human finger, and soon realises someone is dismembering Philadelphia's terrified nannies. Originally published: 2005 Single parenthood is challenging enough for Zoe Hayes, raising a young daughter in Queen Village, a Philadelphia suburb whose homes - like its residents - have seen better days. Then comes the blustery afternoon when little Molly makes a shocking discovery while playing outdoors: a dismembered finger. SMALL FOOTPRINTS LED DOWN THE STEPS TO THE SIDEWALK where Molly played in the snow.