The Little One. Lynda La Plante (Quick Reads)

This was such a good storyline, though at first I wasn't sure. Barbara I thought was such a loser, wimp. But I was surprisingly rivetted, and unusually the book ended on a happy note, for a ghost story!

Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it but ends to abruptly at the end, which is disappointing! Otherwise love Lynda La Plante writting skills, nice and easy to read.

I've read 9/10ths of her books and enjoy almost every one. I didn't particularly like the main character in this book but either the author or story (maybe both) made me want to read it all. I was surprised by the ending. A good trip read.

Not what I had come to expect, maybe that was why it just didn't gel with me. Disappointed but in all fairness just cause I didn't like it doesn't make it bad, just not my style.

I always enjoy reading Lynda La Plante's books, although this is the first time I have read one of her short stories and although I enjoyed reading the above mentioned book, I do prefer the longer story books.

Brilliant read, keeps you thinking -wanting more, for better or worse the main character found someone who needed her !!!!

Hope we will see more short stories like this one from Lynda la Plante. It makes you wonder what will happen next, an unfinished tale.

Quite different for her other books but I enjoyed it's storyline. As it was the first book I read on my kindle I can't remember too much about it.

Not one of her best, but a still a good read.

I really enjoyed reading The Little One a Quick Read short spooky mystery for World Book Day by Lynda La Plante that will send shivers up your spine. Barbara is a struggling jounalist who has been fired by her editor for a grave error and she has fallen on hard times as she tries to make ends meet. Barbara garners information that there is to be a surprise birthday party for a former star Margaret Reynolds who had appeared in a long running production and had suddenly given up acting and the producer of the show and the cast were determined to surprise Margaret at her birthday party into appearing once again in order to save their jobs and for the show to carry on. Barbara gate crashes the party in order to meet the famous Margaret Reynolds and secretely hopes to glean inside information from Margaret herself as to why she left the long running production in order to write an exclusive story for her editor and get her position reinstated at the paper she worked for. Barbara is going to be shocked when Barbara takes her into her confidence and reveals the real reason she had retired from acting. Due to an accident on the stairs Barbara ends up twisting her ankle and is invited to stay overnight until the snow has cleared and she could go home. Barbara felt she had been pushed and it was not an accident. Barbara hears a child's footsteps running around upstairs and Margaret talking to someone during the night but why is the child being kept out of sight. All will be revealed in an eerie pact that Margaret will have Barbara swear on a holy bible.

Love Lynda La Plante books - quick easy reads.

Great quick read, really enjoyed the plot, good characters, twists and turns and well executed, I would recommend this book

Bit creepy but waht else would you expect from Linda ?