This book was presented to me as a Mystery / Thriller, I don't agree, I think there were thrilling moments in the first few chapters, but after that this was definitely a family drama.. That being said for a family drama it was good. But this was not the book I thought it was. It isn't even the book in the synopsis.

This is more of a family drama, with a possible medical issue. I think the writing was done well, and the story was easy to follow. It just isn't my typical cup of tea.

So many unexpected and explosive twists and stunning cliff hangers kept me gripped. I flew the pages in one afternoon I couldn’t put it down even if I wanted to. the characters are well written and it's hard not to become invested in their journey, both mother and daughter. The multiple perspectives slowly help you put together the jigsaw but even with the clues I would never have guessed that ending.

This was a heart pounding edge of your seat thriller that kept me hooked from the first page! I devoured it and omg that ending!!!!

I have mixed feelings about this book. The beginning started off strong and pulled me into the story, but I found it lacked momentum from the middle onwards which put a dampener on my overall enjoyment on the book. Sadly, not for me, but I’m sure the right readers will really enjoy this.

An excellent book, it was mysterious and fascinating and managed to hold my attention throughout the entire reading. Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity

Frances receives a frantic phone call her daughter has been in a accident. I felt my blood pumping throughout this book and the tension is taught.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of The Girl Who Vanished by R.M. Ward in exchange for my honest review and opinion. OMG this book! Holy cow, the amount of twists and turns that will keep you holding your breath waiting to see what is going to happen next. I highly recommend this book but on one condition - clear your schedule as you will not want to do anything until you finish it.

I did enjoy this story & finished it in one sitting when I should have been sleeping lol! I will be looking for more books by this author!

Gripping right from the very start with a good level of twists and unpredictability that kept me guessing all the way through

A very enjoyable read, very absorbing. It is a story of great anguish, there is a mystery at its heart, but the main focus is the family and the historical anguish that only becomes apparent towards the end.
A very good, well written book. I loved it.

Suspense drips from every sentence of this gripping thriller, leaving you utterly captivated and craving the next twist and trust me there’s plenty of them!

Oh my GOD this was good. from the beginning it is gripping, interesting and captivating. it makes you invested in the narrative and oh boy it does NOT disappoint. a fast read this one! read it in one sitting,
what an ending. I think I enjoyed this one a little too much :D by the last chapters I had goosebumps all over my arms. definitely recommend this one to all mystery lovers out there,
Thanks to NetGally for providing my copy. this was an amazing journey.

Ward can absolutely do no wrong as a writer for me, I absolutely adored 'The Girl Who Vanished'.

Without spoiling anything, Ward is excellent at the ol' bait-and-switch you will never see coming. The intensity of what Frances is going through really jumps off the pages and made me wonder what I'd do if I was in her position. This is not your average mystery, not all build to high crescendo but pauses here and there to take stock of situations.

This book was full of suspense. I couldnt put it down. I love a book that keeps you guessing and this one certainly did.

Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review.

This was my first read from R.M. Ward. This book was told in multiple POVs and was engaging from the start. It does rely a bit on the "am I going crazy" trope that is common in thrillers these days but all in all, it was a fun ride. I do wish the ending had felt a bit less rushed but it didn't ruin the story. I look forward to more work from Ward.

This was a great read. Gripping with twists and turns. A real page turner. Would definitely recommend

I had not come across the author R.M. Ward’s work but am very glad I was gifted a copy of ‘The Girl who Vanished’ to review. This is a thriller that is very much of its time as society in general is becoming more and more aware of the subtleties of suppressed trauma. The nove’s female protagonist is Frances a resident of Bath, who is afraid she is developing early onset dementia as her mother did, because she feels various threads of her life are slowly disintegrating. One night, Frances receives the type of phone call every parent dreads: her daughter Naomi has been hospitalised in London after a potentially life-altering accident. During her harrowing rush there by car, Frances witnesses what she perceives as the attempted abduction of another young girl. She is forced to make a harrowing decision: try to prevent the kidnap or continue to Naomi’s hospital? But is her daughter’s accident real? What will happen when Frances unexpectedly sees the other girl once more? And are Frances’s recollections of her life experiences to date genuine or altered by the trauma she has suffered?

It is easy to dismiss this novel as a fast-paced, ‘race through at night’ thriller but I found that Ward’s writing blows open several doors into the human psyche and our understanding of human trauma in general. I will definitely look out for more of Ward’s work as it is published. I would like to express my special thanks to the publishers and to NetGalley for the free digital ARC that allowed me to read this novel ahead of publication in exchange for this honest, unbiased review.

With all the 4 and 5 star reviews, I'm honestly wondering if I read the same book as everyone else ... There was so much potential in the premise of the book - I expected it to focus on solving the mysery of a missing girl. I expected some twists and turns to keep me guessing. Instead, I got a half-hearted story about a woman who thinks she saw a missing girl, but while trying to get to the truth, she's distracted by a secondary plot line that takes over and overshadows what I thought was the main storyline. And unfortunately, this secondary storyline was just way too far-fetched and unbelievable to me. After finishing the book, I found myself again wishing that the author had stuck to the original plot, and developed it into what I think could have been a really great mystery and family drama story.

I love a good “who dunnit”, am a sucker for the mystery and thriller genre and found this to be a good one, indeed!
I’m rating it 3.5/5 stars! Thank you!

Wow, this book was unputdownable, I read it in a day. It was so creepy and twisty and my imagination was running riot whilst I was reading this. Brilliant. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.