Two women, Edie and Fatima. Each living in a different country, both characters vastly different. And at the start they are seemingly unrelated as the book shares their individual stories.

When Edie’s twin Laura disappears, the plot begins to build as Fatima’s life is devastated by violence, which forces her to flee. As both Edie and Fatima’s lives revolve around damaging relationships, it’s an interesting intersection that brings the book full circle.

Although marketed as a psychological thriller, it seems to genre-hop as it delves into deeper emotional territory, describing their journeys and tumultuous experiences that might be more fitting of contemporary fiction with a mystery slant.

Packed with powerful prose and characterizations that you love to hate, The Missing Twin is an engaging read about the life of a refugee, a woman’s battle to get help for her missing sister, and a twist that ties everything together. Thanks, TBC and NetGalley, for providing me a copy to review.

Edie Marsh has a job at a small Mediterranean holiday resort on the shores of the Adriatic sea, cleaning the cabanas and working the bar. Her identical twin, Laura, visits unexpectedly and the two girls have a heavy night on the town. The following morning Edie has the hangover from hell and there’s no sign of Laura. She’s vanished without a trace. Edie searches desperately for her twin, putting up posters, going to the police but all to no avail. The police aren’t interested because Laura is an adult and Edie’s sometime lover just tries to placate her.

Fatima’s situation was worlds away. One of the countless victims of war, left widowed and homeless, she and her young twin girls left their flattened home, the devastated town and ran. They found temporary refuge with relatives in a nearby town that had so far escaped the bombing. Then a further blow as Fatima discovered her husband had left them penniless and she was reduced to selling her jewellery. Their only hope was to flee to the border with rest of the refugees and wait to be smuggled across. After several unsuccessful attempts Fatima’s realised her last resort was her brother, Ali. But she had to find him first.

The story follows the fates of the two completely different women from wildly contrasting walks of life. Chapters alternate between Edie and Fatima and it was impossible to see how their lives could be connected.

Fatima’s story is compelling and horrifying in equal measure, bringing home the terrible toll of war on the innocent. We experience it through Fatima’s thoughts and actions, the fear and dread, the horrors, the alternating feelings of hope and hopelessness. I really felt for her and was more drawn to this part of the story.

In contrast, I didn’t particularly like Edie to begin with. She seemed quite immature and self centred, allowing herself to be treated in an unacceptable way by someone who obviously doesn’t care about her, and keeps going back for more. She’s devastated at her sister’s disappearance and as her story progresses, and especially because of the completely unexpected and clever twist, I sympathised much more. Edie is quite a fragile and unpredictable character, calling into question her reliability. The Missing Twin was a very enjoyable read and the suspense built well towards the excellent finish.

I chose to read and review The Missing Twin based on a copy of the book supplied by the author/publisher and NetGalley.

Thanks to the author for reaching out and giving me a copy of this book in exchange for my review. The paperback is published the beginning of next month – look out for it!! I think you”ll be grateful for having this in your life.

I have only seen good reviews about this book. I didn’t see where it was going to begin with, I really struggled to get into it. After starting it like 3 times, something happened. Something gripped me, wrapped itself around my brain, and I just carried on reading it instead of putting it down like I had been doing.

Characters. I felt so much for Fatima. The struggles she went through, the strength she had to keep going for her children. She was an incredible character, my favourite character. I was wishing that she would get to where she wanted to be and that everything worked out for her and the girls. I could never imagine finding the strength or the determination to get through what she did, and it’s made me realise what these families do to get to safety. Edie, I didn’t really like. She was a bit whiney, demanding, naive maybe? She just didn’t work for me, something was off and I just didn’t really connect with her. Vuk I hated immediately, he was a cruel, horrible man. I had a strong feeling that he wasn’t as nice as she made him out to be straight away, and I’m glad I wasn’t wrong about it. I had a feeling that Zayn was going to have a connection to everything, the little hints were there about families and I took a liking to him. He seemed innocent, free. I had my fingers crossed that he was not a bad person.

I loved how we would go from chapter to chapter changing between Edie and Fatima, and then bigger gaps between each of the women. It made me question what was happening to them, what was going to happen and if they would get their answers. The writing style was a bit jumpy but it added to the tense feeling throughout the whole book. It made me question everyone who was involved. And as for that ending, that was a bombshell and a half!!!!! I was rooting for a happy(ish) ending but damn… That was not it, but looking at it and thinking about it, maybe it was a happy ending? Everyone got the answers they were looking for. It worked amazingly well. An eye opener if anything!

I have some questions that have been left unanswered, unless I didn’t register that they’d been answered. I can’t really ask them though without giving them away so I’d love to speak to someone about it!!! One of them include Laura, and messages, but without going into detail it’s a bit of a mystery to me.

After my struggles to start reading it, I cannot recommend this book enough. It kept me guessing how everyone was connected, who was the bad guy, what happened to Laura, everyone was under suspicion and I rarely get like that with books. I didn’t trust anyone. For all of those reasons, this book gets 4/5

This was a great book that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was full of twists and turns and I loved the alternating chapters between the two main characters and how they tied together. Will definitely look out for this author in future!

A book of two stories that become entwined. Well worth a read

a well-written mystery I totally loved the characters but I guessed the ending about halfway through and I hate knowing the twists so soon

A 3* review for The Missing Twin by Alex Day, a NetGalley copy i downloaded to read and review. The missing twin tells the story of two different people from different walks of life. First there is Edie who works at a holiday beach resort and secondly there is Fatima who is trying to flee her war torn country and claim asylum in the EU. The story is told through alternate chapters from the women and the connecting link seems to be that Edie has a twin sister Laura who came to visit and then went missing and Fatima who has twin daughters she is struggling to keep alive in a refugee camp while they plan their escape via people smugglers. I didn't warm to Edie and found her naive and needy and annoying but was surprised at how much sympathy i felt for Fatima. The chapters about Fatima were a real eye-opener to me and the description of her life and what family had to go through were really interesting and made me think more about refugees and why they are so desperate and put their lives in such danger to get to places such as England. This is a very current topic and i felt a story worth telling on it's own, even without the back story of Edie and her problems. The ending was a bit weak and predictable for me and although i would consider the book a thriller i don't think i would class it as a psychological thriller .

Evie is working in a resort on the Adriatic coast when her identical twin sister Laura turns up and surprises her, but after a drunken night out she disappears without a trace and Evie is distraught looking for her, convinced that something bad has happened to her

Fatima is devastated to return home with her young twin daughters to find that her home has been bombed and her husband is dead, she has lost everything and so is determined to leave behind her war torn country and start a new life, but is not easy to escape and will she be strong enough to make the perilous journey with two young children

It is very hard to see a connection between these two characters but the book is full of twists and turns and eventually they come together. A great story of intrigue and danger for the two main characters and I especially loved the twist a the end to Evie's story that I hadn't seen coming

I found this book difficult to get into - on the surface, Edie seemed a little vacuous. But as the story unfolded, this was far from the truth.

In parallel we are told the story of Fatima who is escaping from the horrors of war and losing her home and husband on the same day.

A fast-paced tale with darker elements of intrigue, distrust and secrets... Edie is a more complex character than initially thought and the story of Fatima shows strength of character and what tragedies these refugees have to overcome.

A great read - 4.5* from me

I'm not going to lie, this book didn't really do it for me.

The writing itself was actually pretty good, the author’s style is very easy to read and the chapters are laid out in alternating POVs until the character’s storylines intertwine near the end. This is something I actually quite enjoy in books, working out the common thread that binds the characters together – this one actually took me a little while to guess.

I wasn't able to bond with one of the two POV characters, Edie, and that ruined half of the book for me because everything she did drove me insane. I wish this book had solely been about Fatima and her journey and Edie just kept out of it entirely – a thriller about a refugee’s journey would have valuable in its own right and something I could wholeheartedly get behind.

he Missing Twin is a story of two women, Edie and Fatima. Each different to the other. Edie,a woman from Western Europe, working at a Mediterranean resort enjoying the sun sea and male attention. Fatima couldn’t be further from Edie, she’s a widow with twins on the refugee trail to a better life.

I loved the way the chapters alternated between these two women’s stories as Fatima continues her journey to Europe and Edie who is searching for her missing twin Laura after she arrives unannounced and vanishes after one night. My heart was tugged in so many ways as I read each story. I was heartbroken for Fatima, willing her and her children to make it to Europe. As Edie’s search continued, I became more and more worried for her state of mind, she became more erratic and I do like an unreliable narrator!

I really didn’t know where the story was going as it developed. The author kept me totally in the dark but the final third of the book ramped up the speed and gripped my full attention as the story climaxed.

Many thanks to Killer Reads and Netgalley for my copy of “The Missing Twin”.

This book is two stories in one, told in alternating chapters. Both stories are set in different countries and are about two totally different women. I couldn't see how their stories could combine, but they did very cleverly. I found Fatima's story very emotional on her and her family's journey from a war-torn country to claim asylum in the EU. Eddie works abroad in a holiday resort and is looking for Laura, her twin sister, who disappears.
I found events happening slowly but the last few chapters picked up pace and were brilliant when their stories came together and the different characters tied in to the plot. The twist at the end left me shocked as I hadn't expected that.
A very good debut book, highly recommended. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

'The Missing Twin' tells the dual stories of Edie and Fatima, switching between the two women's stories in each alternate chapter. I had no idea for a long time how their stories would come together, and even though I began to have some idea what the ending would be, it still kept you guessing right up until the final page had been turned.

Edie is searching for her missing twin, Laura, whilst Fatima is trying to keep her own twin daughters safe and alive. It's a gripping, page turning story that kept me awake long into the night. Fantastic storytelling, this is a book that I enjoyed much more than I expected to. Well written, with characters that are at times frustrating and not always easy to like (Edie in particular), the coming together of the two storylines is explosive and moving.

A gripping 4 stars.

The missing twin by Alex day.
A missing girl…a secret to be uncovered.
Edie and her identical twin Laura have always been best friends. So when Laura surprises Edie at the Mediterranean holiday resort where she’s working, Edie can’t wait for the partying to start! But then, Laura vanishes without a trace…
At the same time, in a country on the other side of the sea, Fatima and her twin daughters set out on a harrowing journey that only the strongest – and luckiest – survive.
Edie and Fatima’s lives are worlds apart, but now, their paths are set to collide, with devastating consequences. When Fatima hovers on the brink of survival, Edie must risk her own life to save her, and finally discover the truth about her missing sister.
OMG what a read. Fantastic read with brilliant characters, gripped from start to finish. I was very surprised. Didn't expect that. 5*. Captivating and gripping read. Netgalley and harper Collins UK harper fiction and tbc on fb.

This is not my usual style of book but I was willing to give it a go, and wow I'm so glad I did. I was absolutely intrigued as to how the two main characters in this book, Edie and Fatima, were going to come together. When they did it made me love the book even more.
This book was so well written, I had absolutely no idea about Fatimas brother and Edies sister until right up to it was revealed.
Great story line and so nice to read something different. Would recommend this book to anybody!

I loved The Missing Twin I could not put it down.
I had no idea how Fatima and Edie would be connected throughout the book but this made me want to carry on reading as I just had to find out what would happen and it all fitted together in the end.
Throughout the story we find out more about Fatima and Edie and the stories they are telling.
The twists and turns towards the end of the book through me completely I had no idea.
A great book that I enjoyed.

A pair of very different storylines converge and eventually synchronise with fascinating aplomb. There are moments of genuine heart-wrenching pathos, anxiety, suspicion, fear and action. There are twists galore but the main characters aren’t simply cut-outs for the writer to manipulate. They are genuine people who mature and achieve self-knowledge.

Edie and her identical twin Laura have always been best friends. When Laura surprises Edie at the Mediterranean resort where she is working she is ecstatic, until Laura vanishes without a trace. At the same time, in another country on the other side of the sea, Fatima and her twin daughters are desperate to make their escape to Europe. Edie and Fatima live worlds apart but they are about to be thrown together and the fate of one will be left with the other.
I found this novel so frustrating because I really was not into this, not feeling it at all until the very final twists. The epilogue and the chapter just before are sensational and I loved the direction that Day suddenly and shockingly took. I only wish it could have happened earlier so I could enjoy it more.
For me the problems with the plot lay with a lack of detail, I just could not imagine the place where Edie was so I felt no connection and struggled to find a connection the whole way through. I thought everything happened a bit slow as well so again I struggled with the connection. I did, however thoroughly enjoy Fatima's sections. I thought Day clearly portrayed the struggle of Fatima and her children, getting across their desperation and the human, emotional side that their journey has on them. I was thoroughly invested in their story.
Again whereas I could picture Fatima and her family I struggled with Edie and Laura. I never really got a sense of who they are, this is partly resolved in a big twist but I still thought it was a shame that they had no clear definition. 
Although a thriller at times I was not sure what genre 'The Missing Twin' belonged in and the genres became muddled. Some of the plot seems to belong in romance and I am not sure that it fitted being in this novel. 
'The Missing Twin'  just was not for me and I did not enjoy reading this. However Day does save part of the novel with the sensational twists at the ending and if there had been more events like that the whole way through then I would have loved this novel. 
Review at https://mjletstalkbooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/the-missing-twin-alex-day/

The Missing Twin is an interesting psychological thriller that is split into two narratives. We meet Edie who is working at a holiday resort in the Mediterranean, her twin sister Laura visits her but after a night out, Laura has vanished. Then we meet Fatima, a young mother of twin girls who is forced to flee her war-torn country and she sets off on a route to the EU that is familiar to most of us from the news.

At first I was struggling to understand how these two stories would intercept but as the book progressed I guessed what was going on and I figured out the twists. I would have rated it five stars but there was just something about the book that didn't quite pull me in like other thrillers have done in the past.

I loved Fatima's story, she was such a strong-willed young woman who only wanted the best for her little girls but her circumstances meant that she had to flee and set off on a horrendous journey. I would have happily read a book about Fatima and her journey, I found when I was reading about Edie and Laura, I wanted to go back to Fatima. At times, Fatima's story broke my heart and I really wished there was more that could be done to help refugees without putting ourselves at risk.

Edie did bug me, she was being pushed around by Vuk who was just horrible to her and no one wanted to help her with her sisters disappearance. I struggled to connect with her, I felt she was bullied by Vuk and she didn't stand up for herself.

The book was well-written, I loved how Alex Day was able to write about two different narratives. I always enjoy reading about war-torn countries and how people survive and this is one that I'd recommend to others if they enjoy the same.

Huge thank you to The Book Club on Facebook and Alex Day for allowing me to read and review this book. All views are my own.

The Missing Twin is essentially two stories, alternating between Edie and Fatima. Two very different people, both stories utterly compelling.
Edie is working in a holiday resort, she’s young and full of life, living the dream. Laura, Edie’s twin sister and best friend arrives unannounced and Edie is over the moon. They only have a short time together when Laura goes missing. Living and working in a foreign country, Edie isn’t sure who to turn to for help, can her lover Vuk help? The police don’t seem interested and Edie has her suspicions tickled when Laura’s scarf is found.
Meanwhile in another country Fatima’s life is turned totally upside down, she goes from living a comfortable life with her husband and twin daughters to total devastation when bombs rip through her country and the only way to survive is to flee and seek  asylum in the EU.
Both stories had me totally gripped, flying through the pages. Alex Day has a way of transporting the reader, I could feel the heat and tensions building up, this is one of those books where you can’t just read one more chapter. I’d get to the end of one of Edie’s chapters, holding my breath desperately needing to know what was going to happen next to then go on to Fatima’s chapter and be blown away by her story and desperately needing to know how things would turn out for her. It’s so very cleverly written, it’s very easy to lose time while reading.
From reading the description, I knew that Edie and Fatima’s paths were set to collide but I couldn’t figure out how and I was really eager to try and fit all the pieces together. Some I did but others were lost under the sofa I think as I was totally shocked when everything came together. The Missing Twin really does have the wow factor.   
I’m so pleased I bumped this up my reading list, I’m honestly not sure what I was expecting from The Missing Twin but I definitely got more than I bargained for, it really got under my skin. It’s tense, emotional, heart-breaking and really get’s you thinking about the world we live in and the journey lots of people are facing.
I definitely will be recommending The Missing Twin and I’m excited to see what Alex Day will come up with next.