A girl goes missing – but has she been lost, or taken? Her frantic mother begs for help from the one man with the ruthless skills to track her down. Alex Rafter, former sniper, sees Madeleine Finch as a bad, erratic mother, and is reluctant to go back to a life he is trying to forget. But his own nightmares compel him to search, for the girl's sake.

A fast paced thriller that did not let up until the end, most enjoyable my partner declared.

Dark water by Simon Thould.
A girl goes missing – but has she been lost, or taken? Her frantic mother begs for help from the one man with the ruthless skills to track her down. Alex Rafter, former sniper, sees Madeleine Finch as a bad, erratic mother, and is reluctant to go back to a life he is trying to forget. But his own nightmares compel him to search, for the girl's sake.
This was a good read with good characters. 4*.

This is the first book i have read by this author and it was a pretty good read well written with a great storyline held my interest all the way through looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Really good! Non-stop from beginning to end. A quick easy read

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3 and 1 / 2 stars

Alex Rafter is an ex-soldier and tracker who just inherited his Uncle Max’s cabin in the woods. After rescuing a Labrador from an abusive owner, he receives a knock on his door from a seemingly distraught woman named Madeline Finch. She says her daughter Jacqueline and her horse Omar are missing. Rafter reluctantly agrees to look for her in the woods.

He names his new dog Lonely and they are off on an adventure.

So it turns out that Madeline is a lousy mother. One has to wonder if she really cares about Jacqueline, or if her act is all for show. Between the booze and the men (her husband is out of town much of the time), the woman is a real winner.

Alex teams up with Gabriel, a bar owner and former soldier, to search for Jacqueline. Learning that Jacqueline is being held by “some foreign blokes” and friends of the two soccer players Jacqueline was seen hanging out with, they search for clues as to her whereabouts. After a series of false starts, they follow her trail to Southampton.

He sets himself up to make an assault on the place where the girl is being kept. With aid from a local Hell’s Angels clan, he frees Jacqueline.

This is a fairly well written and plotted novel. It is not too bad for a debut. I am hoping the next one is a little better. The suspense starts early and keeps a nice pace throughout the book. The finish is exciting and fast paced.

I want to thank NetGalley and Thistle Publishing for forwarding to me a copy of this book.

Dark Water is a brilliantly enthralling thriller that will have readers up late at night clamoring to know what happens next and what the end will bring them.