Find Her Alive

Find Her Alive is the eighth installment of the Detective Josie Quinn series. Part police procedural, part suspense, this is a series you'll want to read from the beginning since Regan weaves Josie's compelling past into her stories. 

The book starts out with Josie and her sister, Trinity, a well-known TV news anchor, having a sudden heated exchange ending with Trinity leaving and going to a remote cabin for some time alone. Josie gives her sister some space, but three weeks later, her family realizes she's disappeared and is shocked when human bones are found nearby. The hunt for Trinity, with her twin sister at the helm, begins.  

Readers learn of Trinity's past but, from what I remember of Trinity, it felt like it came out of left field and didn't fit with the Trinity we've met. There's lots of family drama and a poignant moment or two, but the pacing felt slower and I miss the gritty Josie from previous books and had hoped for the story to grab me more. Readers will also have to suspend disbelief with a few decisions the sisters make and how Josie solves the crime after the FBI already had a go at it. 

Overall, this is a decent addition to the series, and I certainly hope the FBI agent makes another appearance.

My Rating: 3 stars

Author: Lisa Regan

Genre: Suspense

Series: Det. Josie Quinn 8

Type and Source: ebook, personal copy

Publisher: Bookouture

First Published: April 15, 2020

Read: May 15-22, 2026

Book Description from GoodReads: Detective Josie Quinn hasn’t heard from her sister since Trinity stormed out of the house in the heat of an argument three weeks ago. So, when human remains are found at the remote hunting cabin where Trinity was last seen, Josie can only assume the worst.

Gathering her team, Josie feels a surge of relief when the dental records match a different body – that of a missing single mother from a neighboring town. But now Josie’s is not the only broken family desperate for answers.

Dusting the crime scene for prints, a name smudged into the side of a nearby car is the first in a trail of clues Trinity left for Josie. In need of a big story to save her journalism career, it seems Josie’s sister was attempting to make contact with a dangerous serial killer known for creating sculptures with his victim’s bones. And Trinity won’t stop until she’s found him, even if it means becoming his next masterpiece…

Josie is certain there’s a critical clue in the ivory hair comb delivered to Trinity just days before she went missing. But as more bones surface, each set more likely to be Trinity’s than the last, time is running out to find her alive. Can Josie’s team trust her instincts in a case that is so deeply personal? Can she find her sister without putting other innocent lives in danger?