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MY REVIEW
Very very absorbing thriller with many suspects and a missing child at the core of it. My favorite trope, as some of you might know.
Claire received a call about her daughter going missing in the fair when her scatty MIL was watching her. A moment of distraction and life changed for the entire family.
Author Shalini Boland knew the tricks of the trade. Writing a thriller, one needed to be partly a magician using the sleight of hands to keep us distracted. This book too had those red herrings and blind alleys and hidden clues.
But guess who was a brilliant Detective? You are right… 😂 😂 ME!!
I wore my Detective hat and used all my talents of reading a thriller to perceive the words between the lines. And it was pretty easy to get to the perp. And I guessed the motive too… Yayy go me!! I think I read too many thrillers… 😂 😂 What do you say?
Written at a brisk pace, the story had interesting moments. This, I would say, was one of the light reads, keeping to the border of suspenseful mystery, without going to the darker side.
A light, fun read… Exactly what I needed to keep my mind distracted.
MY RATING
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BOOK BLURB
‘I’m sorry. Your daughter is missing…’
Claire Nolan receives a panicked phone call, telling her that her seven-year-old daughter Beatrice has gone missing on a trip to the local fair.
It’s every mother’s worst nightmare. And it’s happening to her.
Her mother-in-law Jill was meant to be looking after Beatrice but the little girl disappeared in the hall of mirrors and, an hour later, she still can’t be found.
Frantic with worry, Claire races to the fairground. When she arrives, there are flashing blue lights and uniformed officers everywhere. In one moment, her whole world collapses.
Distraught and desperate to uncover the truth, doubts begin to creep in. Claire’s husband should have been with Beatrice but he changed their plans without telling her. And she’s never trusted Jill. Her mother-in-law has always preferred her son’s free-spirited first wife. Something just doesn’t add up and Claire starts to suspect those closest to her:
The first wife.
The husband.
The mother-in-law.
Which one of them is lying? And who really knows where Beatrice is?
BOOK DETAILS
Publication Date: April 2021
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, and this is my journey down its pages, straight from the heart. STRICTLY HONEST and UNBIASED.
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2 Responses
You should do your civic duty and join the detective squad – I am sure you could crack all their cold cases within months.
I have to read the book simply because the detective’s name is Shalini. 😉 I will imagine that it is you, and it will be a special pleasure. 🙂 Michael