Fantastic read. Well written, fast paced read with a great plot and characters. This book is entertaining and has elements of suspense, and mystery. It is a bit graphic and disturbing on difficult subjects. It is still an excellent read. I can't wait to read the next in the series. I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Netgalley.

Vanishing Girls is yet another Bookouture crime thriller that has been languishing on my Kindle for a while and so with a copy of book two already downloaded I couldn’t wait to read this book first and acquaint myself with detective Josie Quinn.

I love US crime thrillers that are set in small towns and that’s what we get here in Vanishing Girls. Settings like this allow for some great and adventurous storytelling, are seeping with tension and are packed full of drama. The storyline here in Vanishing Girls is fantastic and it completely consumed me as I read and got caught up in what I was reading. It’s a timely story in the sense of what men are doing to women and young girls here and it’s also a powerful story because of that.

Josie Quinn is an intriguing character. Not instantly likeable but by the end of the book I loved her. I think what initially put me off her was how she treated her boyfriend Luke, nothing major but just small niggling things that annoyed me. She described him as being hung, good in bed and more than nice to look at. Quit the complaining. What would a detective novel be without a damaged character as its central character and yes Josie is damaged but it didn’t feel like we were going over old ground here. She’s a well-created character with a believable backstory, and given the adversity she faces here in this story she is a really easy character to root for. She finds herself suspended from her job and almost killed when a car crashes into the local garage and then she takes it upon herself to look into the cases of girls and women that have went missing over the previous months and years. Warned off at every stage, she soon realises that the danger might be closer to home than she first thought.

As said earlier the storyline here is fantastic. It’s a great mystery to get caught up in and features lots of twists and turns along the way alongside some genuinely emotional moments too once you become invested in what you are reading. Character development is excellent and I enjoyed going on this journey with Josie. This is a crime thriller I am highly recommending and I’ll be moving straight onto book two to see what Lisa Regan has in store for Josie next.

Love Lisa Regan's writing! This book really moves - exciting from beginning to end. Super fast paced and sexy. Josie Quinn kicks ass.

My first experience of Lisa Regan, and it definitely will not be the last. I was gripped by this, horrified, upset and angry, and desperate for the perpetrator to be caught!

Lisa Regan is a favorite of mine. Vanishing Girls is the first book in the Josie Quinn series. This books is complex and will keep you turning page after page. It took me until almost the en of the book to finally figure out who actually "done it".
Can not wait to start The Girl With No Name.

Very fast paced and very intriguing. I enjoyed how it kept me hooked and it was an original story. Nowadays so many books read the same. Highly recommend

VANISHING GIRLS is book 1 in a new crime series featuring Detective Josie Quinn by author Lisa Regan. This is the first book I have read by this author, and it won’t be the last. Having enjoyed this book, I am anxious to start book 2 in the series, “The Girl With No Name”, and can’t wait to read more about Detective Josie Quinn and see where the journey takes me.

The novel opens with Detective Josie Quinn with the Denton, Pa., police department on suspension from her previous case for misconduct, and when her boss refuses to bring her back when a teenager goes missing, she starts her own investigation.

Josie has been harassing her soon to be ex-husband Ray, also a detective, and her new fiancée, Luke, a State Police Officer for more information on the case. They tell her to stay away…but she is one strong-willed female that can’t walk away…and does things her own way!

She was close enough to see that the girl had written a word on the wall in bright, warm red blood. Not a word, actually. A name…

Everyone in the small American town of Denton is searching for Isabelle Coleman, a missing seventeen-year-old girl. All they’ve found so far is her phone and another girl they didn’t even know was missing.

Mute and completely unresponsive to the world around her, it’s clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair. All Detective Josie Quinn can get from her is a name: Ramona.

Josie takes matters into her own hands as the name leads her to evidence linking the two girls. She knows the race is on to find Isabelle alive, and she fears there may be others…

The trail leads Josie to another victim, a girl who escaped but whose case was labelled a hoax by authorities. To catch this monster, Josie must confront her own nightmares and follow her instinct to the darkest of places. But can she make it out alive?

This is a well-written story that starts off a little slow but quickly gains momentum and becomes an exciting read. I enjoyed following the story line, the setting in a small town, the police procedural investigation, the interaction of the characters, and Josie’s love interest.

This is a new crime thriller series that shows a promising future. I look forward to getting to know Josie better in the next book from this series.

Many thanks to Bookouture via Netgalley for my copy.

This is the first time I’ve read a book by Lisa Regan and I’ve definitely got the bug! Vanishing girls is a page turning thriller, set around a suspended police woman, Josie Quinn and the mysterious disappearance of a local girl. I won’t ruin the story as there are surprises on every page but I loved the book and have already pre-ordered the next in the series!

Thank you to Net Galley and Bookouture for allowing me to read and review this book.

Apologies, I requested this book in error believing it to be set in the UK. On discovering it is a US setting I chose not to continue reading because I don't understand American legal procedures

When Isabelle Coleman, a pretty young teenager, vanishes into thin air everyone is looking for her. the whole town is involved in the search. But Detective Josie Quinn wants to know what about the others? There have been other disappearance ans attacks that no one seems to have noticed or be interested in. Add to this a new fiance, an ex husband, both in the police force, and her own traumatic past and you have an intriguing story. I loved this story and cant wait to read more from Lisa Regan.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Josie Quinn was a detective. It helped her forget her early years. It helped her channel her feelings. It gave her a purpose. So when she is suspended from duty and a young girl goes missing she wants to be where the action is. The police department are short staffed, they need her, so why does she feel she is being sidelined?

Determined to investigate this herself she is further frustrated when she discovers a traumatised young girl with a link to the one who disappeared and no-one seems to want to know. Nothing is going to stop Josie from getting the answers she needs if it is the last thing she does.

This is a fast moving, action packed story - not for the faint hearted as there are some pretty gruelling bits in it. It is extremely readable and keeps the reader hooked. I really enjoyed it & look forward to reading more of Josie Quinn. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

*thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.

This book was a hard one to give a star rating too. Most of it was between 3 to 3.5 stars. It was quite good in parts but attention kept waving but only a little. Plus I was put off with all the sex talk in parts so that's what dropped it down to 3 stars. But given the last approx 25%, this book is clearly worth 4 stars. Most crime type books such as this have all the mystery right up to the big grand finale where the mystery is finally reviled. But with this story you get most of that happening before the last chapter and then the final parts are dropped into place right up until the end. This is what made it quite an impressive read. It made it quite strong and I can not wait for the second in this series. Josie Quinn is most defiantly a character I really enjoyed reading about. This is my 3rd book from this author, Lisa Regan and it certainty wont be my last.

When 17 year old Isabelle Coleman goes missing in Denton the whole town goes out to search for her but all they find is her phone and they discover a girl who they weren't aware was even missing. Josie doesn't let the fact that she is suspended from the force stop her from creating her own investigation and she finds the link between the two missing girls but can she catch the killer and make it out alive??

Absolutely addictive start to new this new series absolutely loved Josie's strong character and can't wait for #2

Thank you very much to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the opportunity to read and review Vanishing Girls in return for an honest review.

Everyone in the small town is searching for a missing seventeen year old girl, isobelle.
A hanging on the edge of your seat read. Definitely kept me wanting more and had to get to the end to find out the truth. A real case of your worst nightmare coming true. I would recommend this to anyone who lives suspenseful reads.

Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan, was a great introduction to a new female detective series - Detective Josie Quinn. Set in middle America (or one can assume, I'm Australian - forgive me!) a young blonde late teen has gone missing, presumed abducted. The town is on high alert and our Josie Quinn is currently on suspension after an assault incident, losing her mind sitting at home twiddling her thumbs. Josie is caught between wanting to help with the investigation and being the subject of an internal investigation. However when a shooting involving another missing girl's uncle has her directly involved, Josie begins her own covert inquiries.

This novel has everything you want from a mystery/ thriller. High octane investigations, love triangles, sadistic serial killers.. need I say more? Some of what is uncovered was truly shocking, but a really good thriller if you are into that sort of thing!

Thanks to netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Vanishing Girls is the first instalment in a new Detective Josie Quinn series by Lisa Regan - I found this book Just Brilliant.
If you want a Detective that has guts, determination but has faults Detective Josie Quinn is for you. This book starts with Josie who has been suspended from her job for an incident she was blamed for. Her chef wont let her go near the case so she starts to look into it herself by making her enquiries. Josie gets caught in something which may have dangerous consequence for those who are close to her. But she is determined to see it through. The ending had me gripped to my seat. This book was so gripping and face pace. It won't be the last book I read from Lisa Regan I just loved it.

Big Thank you Netgalley for letting me read Vanishing Girls for a honest review.

Big 5 stars from me.

I FREAKIN LOVED IT!!

Lisa, I have to apologise for my loopy #TweetReading but it was needed! From start to finish it took me 48 hours, I’m a mother of 2 so my sleep is precious to me but not with this book! Two nights of 2am bedtimes and I closed the book with my jaw dropped for a good half hour! There we so many twists, turns and total plot shocks I was simply hooked….. line and sinker!

Josie Quinn is my type of woman, screw the rules if it gets the job done! She’s a total hard arse when it comes to the job so I enjoyed seeing her vunrable side, when she let it show. Her ex husband, oh I had a few choice words for him once things can to light, I both loved and hated him. Loved him for showing he cared about Josie but also hated him for, well, no spoilers! I will say I did have a couple of teary moments, and I wasn’ expecting that with this book.

If you love your thrillrs fast paced, detailed and at times a lot bit gruesome then this is definitely a book for you to buy. I loved the ending, I wasn’t expecting everything to be fully wrapped up with a bow on top (i thought some things were going to be kept for book 2) but im glad Lisa did tie off all the loose ends.

An absolute epic read and very worthy of my 5 golden apples! I can’t wait to see what book 2 brings and any other books that she writes, I’m truly a fan from the very beginning!!

I received a free ARC from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I love reading novels with strong female characters and Detective Josie Quinn is just that! A girl is abducted in smalll town Pennsylvania. Shortly after, a girl who was 5kught to be a runaway is found locked up in the home of a know pedophile. Josie begins to piece together evidence which may prove that these girls wer kidnapped by the same man. When reading this book, I thought it was a part of a series because it kept referencing a previous incident which caused Josie to be put on a paid suspension. But when I searched, I found out this was the first book in the series. I also found it interesting when Josie does something good off duty, her suspension just goes away. The author seemed to be grasping a bit when it came to her knowledge of police work. Overall, it was an engaging read and I would recommend it,

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. A gritty thriller that will have you hooked from the beginning. First book I have read from this author and here is hoping that there will be a second book about Detective Josie Quinn

Thsnks to Netgalley for the advanced copy...

It was a great book to read, I really enjoyed it very much!

There was a lots of missing womens out in the mountains by Nick Gosnell who buried the girls in the ground.
It was awful and sick man that he is!!

I had no idea who was Ramona but it's turns out that Josie's grandmother's sister who vanished since she was 9 years old. Poor Lisette! She finally had a bit of peace since Alton Gosnell passed away.

Looking forward of next series in this book.