Review: Girl Missing - Dreda Say Mitchell

-








Review: Girl Missing - Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter - April 2024

Scrolling through my Kindle looking for something to read, I came across Girl Missing. This worked for me as it was not only a thriller that sounded interesting, but being Black History Month, I do love to spotlight black authors and Dreda Say Mitchell falls into that category. The book which I think is set in the UK as it did have that feeling starts with Gem Casey who is now a successful businesswoman receiving an award when a news alert goes off. There have been remains found at her daughter's old school that look like they have been there a long time. Gem rushes in the hope she might be able to finally get closure as fifteen years ago when her daughter was eight years old she was kidnapped alongside Abby Prentice but only Abby came home. Sara-Jane was never seen again. As the book moves along, Gem starts to receive a few items in the mail anonymously that belonged to Sara-Jane on the last day that Gem saw her. Is someone teasing her and where is Sara-Jane? The bones turn out to be someone else's but still connected and a huge conspiracy at the school is uncovered and secrets people have been trying to hide for fifteen years are coming to the surface. Is Sara-Jane alive? Will Gem get closure? In one way I did enjoy the twist at the end but at the same time was disappointed when the truth about Sara-Jane was revealed as I would assume even if I vanished, my parents would still have some idea what I would look like as an adult - well you would hope. Due to the ending, the rating for me has been rolled down to 4 stars as readers of my reviews will know that I am a real "ending" type of girl and for me, an ending can make or break the story.  In saying that, I am interested to read any other mysteries that Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter release as I did enjoy this book as missing children is one of my favourite thriller tropes without sounding like a weird creepy reader.

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183132214-girl-missing









Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Steel Princess - Rina Kent

-
Image
Review: Steel Princess - Book #2 Royal Elite Series - Rina Kent - December 2019 At the end of Book #1, we were left on a cliffhanger of Elsa being pushed into the pool. At the beginning of book #2, she is saved by a newcomer to the school - Knox.  We can see some friendly flirting but nothing more going on between these two, but it riles up Aiden who still has this mindset of "if I can't have her, no-one can" especially since he is supposed to be engaged to Silver Queens. During Book #2 Elsa starts to recall some more memories and goes to Dr.Khan in hopes that he can open her Pandora's box and can restore her full memories of what happened before she was seven years old. We also catch a glimpse during this book of her past and why Aiden King's father blames her for his mother's death and why Aiden considered Elsa a ghost. I liked this book as it was more intense with Elsa's memories and past returning. In Book #2 it is revealed about he
Read more

Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas

-
Image
  Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas - October 2016 As soon as I read Bully by Penelope Douglas, I was in love with this author. So when she released a new one who had my favorite theme of penpals and that whole friend to lovers going on, I knew I had to read it. The book started out with a bit of background where we learned about how Misha and Ryen were placed together in a classroom project penpal program. The pair continues to write to each other right through the year, and then they take it to the next level and continue through the rest of their schooling. Fast forward to high school Misha is in a band and Ryen is out with her friends and they complete a scavenger hunt form. Ryen is not what Misha expected especially from her letters. Tragedy occurs, and Misha turns up at Ryen's school under a fake name. This doesn't go over too well as Ryen is nothing like her letters, in fact, she is as fake as can be and Misha aka Masen hates her, in fact, she
Read more