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She's Missing
Simmering hostilities can be found in any family unit and as everyone knows are particularly evident between siblings of the same gender and similar age.
In Susie and Sally’s experience their profound animosity towards each other began in early childhood and continued on into adolescence.
The two sisters had always competed for their mother’s affection and arguments were frequent, often violent and as the pretty Fraser girls got older, tensions would only increase.
But then suddenly when the youngest girl goes missing and the police are called in, speculation about what may have happened to Sal is inevitable. Sally’s disappearance is difficult to understand and hard to contemplate… but the question is… did she finally leave home of her own free will after years of rejection… or is it possible that sibling rivalry might be the reason why she never returned home and perhaps even more crucially… was her young life cut tragically short up on the West Pennine Moors above the old market town of Chorley? … The truth can’t stay hidden forever… it never does!
In Susie and Sally’s experience their profound animosity towards each other began in early childhood and continued on into adolescence.
The two sisters had always competed for their mother’s affection and arguments were frequent, often violent and as the pretty Fraser girls got older, tensions would only increase.
But then suddenly when the youngest girl goes missing and the police are called in, speculation about what may have happened to Sal is inevitable. Sally’s disappearance is difficult to understand and hard to contemplate… but the question is… did she finally leave home of her own free will after years of rejection… or is it possible that sibling rivalry might be the reason why she never returned home and perhaps even more crucially… was her young life cut tragically short up on the West Pennine Moors above the old market town of Chorley? … The truth can’t stay hidden forever… it never does!
227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2019
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K.E. Heaton
8 books32 followersKeith Heaton was born in the North West of England to a working-class family in 1959.
A dedicated family man with a fervent passion for creative writing and a love of photography.
His books are inspired by his life experiences and a yearning to travel the world.
Published books to date are as follows.-
Tales Of Entrapment.
Death On The Algarve (Eyes Of The Water)
Uncle Joe's Revenge (Death On The Cut)
Devoid Of Guilt (A Portuguese Harvest Of Death)
She's Missing
Red Dust And Raindrops (Death On Mars)
The Italian Trap
A dedicated family man with a fervent passion for creative writing and a love of photography.
His books are inspired by his life experiences and a yearning to travel the world.
Published books to date are as follows.-
Tales Of Entrapment.
Death On The Algarve (Eyes Of The Water)
Uncle Joe's Revenge (Death On The Cut)
Devoid Of Guilt (A Portuguese Harvest Of Death)
She's Missing
Red Dust And Raindrops (Death On Mars)
The Italian Trap
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March 1, 2021
"She's Missing" by K.E. Heaton is a UK based Crime Thriller.
Susie and Sally Fraser are sisters several years apart in age. They're living a dysfunctional home-life with a father who is a violent drunk and a mother who loves one sister more than the other. The mother favors the older sister for having her life together and both sisters know it. The younger sister can't get anything right according to either parent and as a result, she turns angry and horribly vindictive!
Older sister Susie has a stable job, a new marriage with her boss, who is smitten. He has lots of money so who cares if he's ugly and older! Who needs 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town' now anyway!
Younger sister Sally can't find a job. But she does have a plan! She's going after everything Susie has, including her new husband and 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town'. With Susie no longer available, Sally figures she's the next best thing!
Then it all goes seriously wrong! Sally is missing, along with another girl in town. The suspects are stacking up quickly. Is it Susie's father, her new husband, or 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town'? Only time will tell....
This book was hard for me to love from the beginning! The multitude of grammatical and typographical errors due to lack of editing throughout was distracting. I felt let down by the author for allowing this to happen to his work and disappointed to be asked to review it knowing he knew this was the condition of the book.
I couldn't find any characters I loved or loved to hate. I didn't feel empathy for any of them, also a necessary emotion when reading a book.
The premise of this story has potential, lots of it, in fact. Right now, it feels like an uncorrected first draft rather than a published copy. It lacks depth and personality. These are all issues that could be solved with a good editor.
Considering this book's current condition, I can't support a recommendation.
Thank you to the author, K.E. Heaton for a free Kindle copy of this book. This is my honest and voluntary review.
Susie and Sally Fraser are sisters several years apart in age. They're living a dysfunctional home-life with a father who is a violent drunk and a mother who loves one sister more than the other. The mother favors the older sister for having her life together and both sisters know it. The younger sister can't get anything right according to either parent and as a result, she turns angry and horribly vindictive!
Older sister Susie has a stable job, a new marriage with her boss, who is smitten. He has lots of money so who cares if he's ugly and older! Who needs 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town' now anyway!
Younger sister Sally can't find a job. But she does have a plan! She's going after everything Susie has, including her new husband and 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town'. With Susie no longer available, Sally figures she's the next best thing!
Then it all goes seriously wrong! Sally is missing, along with another girl in town. The suspects are stacking up quickly. Is it Susie's father, her new husband, or 'weird-handsome-rich-guy-in-town'? Only time will tell....
This book was hard for me to love from the beginning! The multitude of grammatical and typographical errors due to lack of editing throughout was distracting. I felt let down by the author for allowing this to happen to his work and disappointed to be asked to review it knowing he knew this was the condition of the book.
I couldn't find any characters I loved or loved to hate. I didn't feel empathy for any of them, also a necessary emotion when reading a book.
The premise of this story has potential, lots of it, in fact. Right now, it feels like an uncorrected first draft rather than a published copy. It lacks depth and personality. These are all issues that could be solved with a good editor.
Considering this book's current condition, I can't support a recommendation.
Thank you to the author, K.E. Heaton for a free Kindle copy of this book. This is my honest and voluntary review.
August 16, 2020
First and foremost, a large thank you to K.E. Heaton for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.
There is nothing like the rivalry of two siblings, particularly sisters who are always trying to outdo one another. In this quasi-thriller by K.E. Heaton, the sibling rivalry is like no other, with a decades-long mystery to add a little intrigue to the tale. Susie and Sally Fraser never much liked one another, spurned on by always trying to succeed and leave the other to fail. As the older sister, Susie carved out her niche and laid the groundwork for being the ‘good daughter’, while Sally was hopelessly left to fill shoes she could never fit. Sally became a tad more devious and, even at sixteen, was well on her way to wreaking havoc for her sister. After a night with the town’s rich boy, Susie has a blackout experience and is left unsure what might have happened. Keen to capitalise on this, Sally holds it over her sister and takes every opportunity to cause a stir. Sally seeks nothing if not to ruin her sister’s life and takes things to a whole new level. Seducing Susie’s husband and agreeing to a night of her own with playboy Tom Smith, Sally creates quite the reputation for herself. Sally disappears after her night with Tom, leaving no trace of where she might have gone. The police are called in to help with the missing person report and, using their 1976 technology, work the scene as best they can. Oddly enough, another young woman goes missing that same night, leaving some to wonder if a spree killer or kidnapper might have targeted this bucolic English town. As time passes, three suspects remains on the list for the police: an abusive father, Susie’s easily seduced husband, and the aforementioned Tom Smith. Months turn to years and the case goes from tepid to cold. However, Susie is forever curious and when an ex-cop knocks on her door four decades later, he has quite the story to tell. Whatever happened to Sally Fraser is sure to cause a stir, though the truth might be more than anyone expected. A great piece by Heaton that kept me turning pages and devouring it well into the night. Recommended to those who need a quick read with plenty of twists, as well as the reader looking for a mystery full of suspects with plenty of motive.
When the author reached out to me, I was not sure what to expect. I have had some success with peddled books, though there have also been some real doozies. Thankfully, K.E. Heaton’s piece was well-crafted and kept me wanting to learn more. The presumptive protagonist, Susie Fraser, is one whose character development begins from the opening pages. With a peppering of backstory, the reader learns about the struggles this elder sister had with Sally. Trying to forge a reputation all her own, Susie is stuck trying to cover-up the foibles Sally places before her, true for any rebellious younger sibling. Weaving quite the web for herself, Susie proves to be less than innocent, but steers clear of anything too outrageous. As the years pass, her curiosity surrounding Sally’s disappearance dissipates, but when the knock comes with news, she is is keen to find a final resolution to the entire drama. A number of other characters prove to be well placed throughout the story and offer their own influence on their quick paced quasi-thriller. The three aforementioned men who become suspects have ample reason to want Sally out of the way, though it will be up to the reader to determine which of them has the deadliest motive. I told a friend of mine about this book and could only call it a ‘tarty soap opera’, as Heaton creates something of this nature in the first half of the book. Between the competitive sexual escapades between the Fraser girls and others who dabble simply to get their own thrills, I was not sure how things would progress. In hindsight, I could see that Heaton was paving the way for the disappearance and motives to best explain why Sally Fraser might need to be made to disappear. The story was strong and flowed well, with chapters that left me wanting to read a little more. While things were going so well, I will admit that the book was a minefield of grammatical and typographical errors that, as a self-appointed Sheriff of the Grammar Police, left me wincing and has cost this review one full star. I cannot stomach poorly edited work, as it shows a great disrespect for the reader. While I would read more of K.E. Heaton’s work, I will need a formal disclaimer that his editor has been sacked and a new one found, properly vetted.
Kudos, Mr. Heaton, for a successful journey into the world of crime thrillers. Now then, use the profits you make and find an editor who will give your work the attention it deserves.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
There is nothing like the rivalry of two siblings, particularly sisters who are always trying to outdo one another. In this quasi-thriller by K.E. Heaton, the sibling rivalry is like no other, with a decades-long mystery to add a little intrigue to the tale. Susie and Sally Fraser never much liked one another, spurned on by always trying to succeed and leave the other to fail. As the older sister, Susie carved out her niche and laid the groundwork for being the ‘good daughter’, while Sally was hopelessly left to fill shoes she could never fit. Sally became a tad more devious and, even at sixteen, was well on her way to wreaking havoc for her sister. After a night with the town’s rich boy, Susie has a blackout experience and is left unsure what might have happened. Keen to capitalise on this, Sally holds it over her sister and takes every opportunity to cause a stir. Sally seeks nothing if not to ruin her sister’s life and takes things to a whole new level. Seducing Susie’s husband and agreeing to a night of her own with playboy Tom Smith, Sally creates quite the reputation for herself. Sally disappears after her night with Tom, leaving no trace of where she might have gone. The police are called in to help with the missing person report and, using their 1976 technology, work the scene as best they can. Oddly enough, another young woman goes missing that same night, leaving some to wonder if a spree killer or kidnapper might have targeted this bucolic English town. As time passes, three suspects remains on the list for the police: an abusive father, Susie’s easily seduced husband, and the aforementioned Tom Smith. Months turn to years and the case goes from tepid to cold. However, Susie is forever curious and when an ex-cop knocks on her door four decades later, he has quite the story to tell. Whatever happened to Sally Fraser is sure to cause a stir, though the truth might be more than anyone expected. A great piece by Heaton that kept me turning pages and devouring it well into the night. Recommended to those who need a quick read with plenty of twists, as well as the reader looking for a mystery full of suspects with plenty of motive.
When the author reached out to me, I was not sure what to expect. I have had some success with peddled books, though there have also been some real doozies. Thankfully, K.E. Heaton’s piece was well-crafted and kept me wanting to learn more. The presumptive protagonist, Susie Fraser, is one whose character development begins from the opening pages. With a peppering of backstory, the reader learns about the struggles this elder sister had with Sally. Trying to forge a reputation all her own, Susie is stuck trying to cover-up the foibles Sally places before her, true for any rebellious younger sibling. Weaving quite the web for herself, Susie proves to be less than innocent, but steers clear of anything too outrageous. As the years pass, her curiosity surrounding Sally’s disappearance dissipates, but when the knock comes with news, she is is keen to find a final resolution to the entire drama. A number of other characters prove to be well placed throughout the story and offer their own influence on their quick paced quasi-thriller. The three aforementioned men who become suspects have ample reason to want Sally out of the way, though it will be up to the reader to determine which of them has the deadliest motive. I told a friend of mine about this book and could only call it a ‘tarty soap opera’, as Heaton creates something of this nature in the first half of the book. Between the competitive sexual escapades between the Fraser girls and others who dabble simply to get their own thrills, I was not sure how things would progress. In hindsight, I could see that Heaton was paving the way for the disappearance and motives to best explain why Sally Fraser might need to be made to disappear. The story was strong and flowed well, with chapters that left me wanting to read a little more. While things were going so well, I will admit that the book was a minefield of grammatical and typographical errors that, as a self-appointed Sheriff of the Grammar Police, left me wincing and has cost this review one full star. I cannot stomach poorly edited work, as it shows a great disrespect for the reader. While I would read more of K.E. Heaton’s work, I will need a formal disclaimer that his editor has been sacked and a new one found, properly vetted.
Kudos, Mr. Heaton, for a successful journey into the world of crime thrillers. Now then, use the profits you make and find an editor who will give your work the attention it deserves.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
October 14, 2021
It's the writing!
I find it really captivating from the very first page. The writing is fast-paced and the characters are introduced without any wastage of words and time. Perfect for such a thrilling read.
This is the second book by the author I have read which is quite different from the first book. But the writing remains the main highlight. It's sufficient to make anything written by the author quite fast-paced, easy to read and be engrossed in the story whatever genre it may be I feel.
The plot takes off from the very beginning after a few pages. Things get quite intense and, dang, I was hooked.
The book is quite short and you will be able to read it in one sitting.
This is one of those crazy stories that shows vividly the most interesting siblings dynamics. The animosity between the sisters just got really intense. It was thrilling to read how the characters reacted to the unexpected events that happened as the story progressed.
The plot is more fun to read as diverse, characters with totally different personalities are involved.
I would say even the side characters have an equal strong presence.
I find the second half more engaging and engrossing.
There's never a dull part which made the read so worth it. I demand this for books especially thrillers. I am not disappointed.
I find the twist well kept until the end. The investigation work done would keep you guessing.
I find the ending quite satisfying as enough explanations and answers get revealed in the last few chapters.
I appreciate the fact that the cover is actually relevant to the plot.
Go for this for a quick twisted thrilling read.
I find it really captivating from the very first page. The writing is fast-paced and the characters are introduced without any wastage of words and time. Perfect for such a thrilling read.
This is the second book by the author I have read which is quite different from the first book. But the writing remains the main highlight. It's sufficient to make anything written by the author quite fast-paced, easy to read and be engrossed in the story whatever genre it may be I feel.
The plot takes off from the very beginning after a few pages. Things get quite intense and, dang, I was hooked.
The book is quite short and you will be able to read it in one sitting.
This is one of those crazy stories that shows vividly the most interesting siblings dynamics. The animosity between the sisters just got really intense. It was thrilling to read how the characters reacted to the unexpected events that happened as the story progressed.
The plot is more fun to read as diverse, characters with totally different personalities are involved.
I would say even the side characters have an equal strong presence.
I find the second half more engaging and engrossing.
There's never a dull part which made the read so worth it. I demand this for books especially thrillers. I am not disappointed.
I find the twist well kept until the end. The investigation work done would keep you guessing.
I find the ending quite satisfying as enough explanations and answers get revealed in the last few chapters.
I appreciate the fact that the cover is actually relevant to the plot.
Go for this for a quick twisted thrilling read.
January 15, 2021
“Sibling rivalry can be a very destructive force and left unchecked can lead to untold misery.”
Writing this review will be a rather simple affair since I have very clear what I want to say about this book and have known since the moment I finished it.
She's Missing tells us the story of how dysfunctional familiar relationships and the aftermath of losing someone.
With a promising idea in what seemed to be a very thrilling story filled with twists and turns and twisted realities resulted in a very disappointing and rather plain story that more than anything annoyed and disgusted me.
I am eternally sad that this is the reality of things but, well, I just could not enjoy this book.
“No one had ever refused him, how could they? He reckoned the answer was quite simple really… she was just playing hard to get.”
See, there were just those things that did not sit well with me.
For starters, the characters were just impossible to connect with because they were just awful. Like, they all were just horrible people with rather unidimensional intentions and no redeeming qualities.
Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
Or it felt that way because there were only two characters I could kind of swallow, though I still had plenty of issues with them, and that just wasn't enough for me to connect with and empathize.
When I think about difficult familial dynamics, sibling rivalry most of all, I think about reasonable situations steemed from childhood problems BUT each person involved is a complicated mess of grayness that is compelling NOT two people that are just portrayed as all their wrong parts and show absolutely no remorse for anything they do. That's not compelling, that's just hateful and annoying.
And that was the case with all the characters. If there was something redeemable about any of them we were not showed it.
Did everyone need to be an absolute bastard and horrid person or as bland as sand?
“Maggie Sutcliffe was exactly that… the girl that nobody dared to take home.”
Maybe I would have still enjoyed the book if the mystery had been mindblowing or entertaining, however, the writing style just killed that possibility till it became ashes.
It has a very weird old-style kind of narration - it reminded me a lot of a Jane Austen kind of narration - which would not have been a bad thing if every single character had not narrated making the story lose any kind of mysterious element it could have had.
At first, I was just confused, then I grew used to it and it wasn't so bad, really, except for the fact that the big mystery is told to us before it even becomes a mystery. So, while I was supposed to be wondering what had happened all I could do was roll my eyes and yell at my book that it had literally been spelled to me already.
Then there was the matter of the ellipses.
I love using ellipses because they add a more realistic and humane factor to a written conversation. Taking a bit of time to express something that requires a bit of consideration or thought. They're fun, I love them. However, using them three or four times in every sentence is, most absolutely, not great. Which is exactly what happened in this book.
Reading became so clunky and choppy I had to recur to editing it all in my head so it had some semblance of a flow. Because it most definitely didn't have a smooth flow to it on-page.
It may seem like something trivial and small but it did affect my enjoyment of the book immensely.
“What people saw from the outside was often an illusion and somewhere lurking in the shadows was the truth.”
The only reason I didn't end up DNFing this book was because I just wanted to see when everyone discovered the truth. Not because I particularly cared, no, but because I expected some kind of reaction, which I didn't quite get.
It is sad for me to say that I did not enjoy this book, it is always sad to not enjoy a book, but it is, nonetheless, what happened.
I am still incredibly grateful to the author for sending me a copy of the book to review because, though I did not like it, the experience was invaluable as well as the opportunity.
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Well, that was something.
With a very interesting premise, it just didn't manage to land it.
RTC.
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First of all, I want to thank the author K. E. Heaton for sending me a copy to review.
This looks very intriguing. I'm a sincere lover of a good mystery and this one looks like it will have a very good one.
That's just basically what I want, something creepy and that makes me think.
August 15, 2020
I feel terrible leaving just 1 star here but this story hasn't been edited and the mistakes abound on each and every page. The author kindly gifted me a copy for a review but I've only got as far as 8% and just can't continue any further. He did ask me to be honest so I am being...I find it way too distracting and it spoils all my enjoyment of any story to wade through something that hasn't been proofread or checked. The story does sound like it would be intriguing but just not in its current incarnation.
He keeps using fullstops and not commas, especially after any dialogue, wrote breath not breathe, misses out lots of apostrophes (night's, pounds', Christ's, butcher's, day's), put a space in them selves which isn't needed, wrote careful and not carefully, feint not faint, fetus not fetal, didn't capitalise Mini (though he did later), wrote wretched not retched and capitalises Mum but not dad for some reason ? He's also chosen to go with American spelling, always a bugbear of mine with their dodgy spelling of tires/unsavory/odor/realize, etc......However, the biggest mistake is the comma problem and the way he hasn't utilised them. Nothing flows properly without them which ruins it.
I hope to revisit and see what happens if a proper edit can be done on it but I would suggest the author does invest in a proofreading exercise as it will make a MASSIVE difference.
He keeps using fullstops and not commas, especially after any dialogue, wrote breath not breathe, misses out lots of apostrophes (night's, pounds', Christ's, butcher's, day's), put a space in them selves which isn't needed, wrote careful and not carefully, feint not faint, fetus not fetal, didn't capitalise Mini (though he did later), wrote wretched not retched and capitalises Mum but not dad for some reason ? He's also chosen to go with American spelling, always a bugbear of mine with their dodgy spelling of tires/unsavory/odor/realize, etc......However, the biggest mistake is the comma problem and the way he hasn't utilised them. Nothing flows properly without them which ruins it.
I hope to revisit and see what happens if a proper edit can be done on it but I would suggest the author does invest in a proofreading exercise as it will make a MASSIVE difference.
December 12, 2021
This book was captivating! A lot of twists and turns that I didn't see coming.
However, the book could do with more editing. There are a lot of misused ponctuation. Once I didn't see them anymore, I enjoyed the story, even if a lot of characters are just awful. But... a lot of people are awful too in real life !
Many thanks to the author for the complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
However, the book could do with more editing. There are a lot of misused ponctuation. Once I didn't see them anymore, I enjoyed the story, even if a lot of characters are just awful. But... a lot of people are awful too in real life !
Many thanks to the author for the complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
March 30, 2021
Good Read
Really enjoyed reading this book Lots of twists and turns from the first few chapter's First time I have read a book from this author Will now read more of his books
Really enjoyed reading this book Lots of twists and turns from the first few chapter's First time I have read a book from this author Will now read more of his books
December 25, 2019
The tangled web
This is an interesting story. There are many twists and turns that will invert your guesses as to what's next. Don't get bogged down with the author's use of run-on sentences and choices of punctuation, or you will miss the story.
This is an interesting story. There are many twists and turns that will invert your guesses as to what's next. Don't get bogged down with the author's use of run-on sentences and choices of punctuation, or you will miss the story.
January 12, 2020
First thoughts: wouldn't want to cross this crowd! But is it any surprise the little sister turned out the way she did when she was treated the way she was? Lots of twisty spots in this one! Full review on blog soon...
February 25, 2019
Full of Morally Ambiguous Characters
Having read Heaton's Tales of Entrapment trilogy, I was very much looking forward to his new one. I wasn't disappointed. The story was full of the morally ambiguous characters we've come to expect from him, and with a few twists and turns thrown in for good measure. The story revolves around the rivalry between two sisters, and without giving too much away, the lengths one of them will go to get one up on the other. There are quite a few characters to keep our interest, and not all of them you'd want to bump into down a dark alley. There are heroes and villains, but all of them are rooted in good characterisation and feel real. Keep up the good work K.
Having read Heaton's Tales of Entrapment trilogy, I was very much looking forward to his new one. I wasn't disappointed. The story was full of the morally ambiguous characters we've come to expect from him, and with a few twists and turns thrown in for good measure. The story revolves around the rivalry between two sisters, and without giving too much away, the lengths one of them will go to get one up on the other. There are quite a few characters to keep our interest, and not all of them you'd want to bump into down a dark alley. There are heroes and villains, but all of them are rooted in good characterisation and feel real. Keep up the good work K.
August 7, 2020
Mysterious story of small town life in coastal Chorley, where all the women are desirable, everybody seems to be working angles and bearing grudges, beautiful daughters are treated terribly by their fathers, and wives are in love with great guys they aren't married to. While the Smiths and Thompsons live in luxury, the Frasers and Sutcliffes struggle, but most everybody concerned suffers. Themes of obsessive love reverberate throughout the book, along with intra-female estrangement contrasted with inexplicably tight mother-son bonds. While the main mystery is solved, the grudges and relationships are forever enigmatic. I wish the lone POC didn't have to be a criminal, but even so the ending offers nice closure, tying together the title and dialog.
February 3, 2021
This follows the story of these two sisters Susie and Sal. From the very childhood they follow the line of rivalry and always been fighting for the affection of their parent's for themselves.
Susie is well settle in her life with a job and a husband while Sal was constantly being forced to get a job and always being compared to her sister.
One day Sal goes missing and no one knows what happened to her, she she leave intentially or there is something else.
Truth will come out.
This was a simple story but I could not connect with it. It feels like everything is happening for no reason until Sal goes missing.
Susie is well settle in her life with a job and a husband while Sal was constantly being forced to get a job and always being compared to her sister.
One day Sal goes missing and no one knows what happened to her, she she leave intentially or there is something else.
Truth will come out.
This was a simple story but I could not connect with it. It feels like everything is happening for no reason until Sal goes missing.
December 21, 2025
Hostilities can be found in any family unit and Susie and Sally are no different. They compete for their mother’s affection and for male attention. When Susie’s relationship with Tom turns sour, Sally takes the opportunity to swoop in. But then she and another girl go missing. The police are called and speculation is rife. But what really happened?
A strong mystery thriller, which builds a complex cast of characters, each with their own secrets. Yet as we know, secrets don’t stay hidden forever.
A strong mystery thriller, which builds a complex cast of characters, each with their own secrets. Yet as we know, secrets don’t stay hidden forever.
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March 7, 2019As I had enjoyed the trilogy by this author I was pleased to be given this book too.
Once again the characters are believable and the story line keeps you turning the pages. As the book progresses you are introduced to the various people living their at times ordinary lives but the twists and turns change the ordinary into extraordinary and convoluted. Many of the characters are not particularly nice people and you would not want them in your circle of acquaintances. Moral issues are involved, infidelity, domestic violence, thieving, rape and drugs are discussed throughout the book. The author provides historical information when it is appropriate, keeps you fully informed of the years as they pass, includes good descriptions of the characters and where the story is set.
An excellent read.
Once again the characters are believable and the story line keeps you turning the pages. As the book progresses you are introduced to the various people living their at times ordinary lives but the twists and turns change the ordinary into extraordinary and convoluted. Many of the characters are not particularly nice people and you would not want them in your circle of acquaintances. Moral issues are involved, infidelity, domestic violence, thieving, rape and drugs are discussed throughout the book. The author provides historical information when it is appropriate, keeps you fully informed of the years as they pass, includes good descriptions of the characters and where the story is set.
An excellent read.
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