I absolutely loved the first book I read by this author, 'The Last Thing I Saw' and I wondered how he could possibly better that book, but he has with this one! I LOVED this amazing book and just couldn't put it down. It gripped me from the first page and would not let go of its hold on me. Brilliantly plotted, masterfully written, pacy and addictive, this is one book you should not miss! Very highly recommended to everyone!

Excellent story line which was gripping from start to finish. Great characters. I would highly recommend this book.

I never saw that coming. I was not expecting the ending. I enjoyed the book, it was a quick read and took me by surprise.

Erika shows up at her ex-husband's apartment with their four year old daughter Alice. She 's there to pick up a doll that was forgotten. On the ride up to the fourteenth floor, the elevator suddenly stops on the the seventh floor and the doors open. Alice scrambles out and the doors shut before Erika can follow. Erika has no idea where her daughter went but is convinced someone took her.

The book alternates between the present and the past when Erika was married and pregnant with Alice. Throughout the whole book I felt bad for Erika. I hated the way Michael treated her and was convinced he was behind the kidnapping, I couldn't wait until the cops arrested him. I kept thinking what type of man puts his daughter through this? Erika was also a strange one. She never calls the police to report her child is missing. Even when the police shows up, she doesn't listen to their instructions. She keeps running up and down the stairwell screaming Bunny a thousand times. Bunny was repeated way too many times. I kept wondering if Alice knew her name was Alice or thought it was Bunny. The book was definitely a psychological thriller.

I recommend the book. I look forward to reading more books by the author.

Thanks to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author, Alex Sinclair, for a free electronic ARC of this novel.

This was a pretty fast-paced read about Erika whose 4-year-old daughter, Alice goes missing in the apartment building of her ex-husband when the elevator malfunctions and Alice crawls out between floors. I've always been terrified of this happening (getting stuck in an elevator) so my heart started racing and never really stopped until the end of the book! Lots of "odd" moments as we are left wondering why the apartment manager and others aren't more worried and sympathetic to the frantic mother. Alternating between present and past, we see a marriage slowly crumbling and the disconnect of husband and wife. When the end is finally revealed, I needed to go back to the beginning to piece things together. It's a wild ride for sure with a thoroughly unexpected ending!

This book is high adrenaline right from the beginning to the end. I read this very quickly. I was desperate to know what happened next.
The only negatives were that I found the protagonist to be a bit annoying. Her repetition of the phrase ‘my bunny’ was a bit much. I also didn’t agree with some of her decisions.
The story played out well, and the big reveal was well done.
A big thanks you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for letting me read The Day I Lost You by Alex Sinclair for an honest review!

This book is about a woman who loses her child in an apartment building, it was a story that I had to finish, At times the plot was too complicated and I thought the story didn't need the too many details on how the woman tried to find her daughter and the characters she met along the way. These people were in some way connected to the apartment building. I thought the story telling was a bit juvenile at times but as the pages turn the writing made more sense. I did enjoy the book though and will be looking for this author again

So this is my second book to read by Alex Sinclair, this author has a way with psychological thrillers, the build-up, written so well keeping you guessing and its keeps you entranced to not put the book down.

This book is told in two narratives, the “Then” and “Now”. Erika goes to her ex-husband’s apartment building with her daughter Alice (nicknamed “Bunny”) to retrieve a teddy she left there when she last visited him. They take the lift despite Bunny being petrified of them, the lift stops between floors and the doors open, being paralysed with fear of the lift, Bunny climbs through onto the 7th Floor despite Erika’s protestations, Erika puts her phone on the floor outside the lift and is attempting to follow Bunny when the lift doors close causing her to jump back into the lift and Bunny to be left all by herself in a 14 storey building. Erika is traumatised, nobody believes her that her daughter is missing within the building, who can she trust, are the police on the way? This story was well written, terrifying to read being a mother myself, the lengths you would go to to find your child. I really enjoyed this book it appears on the forefront that Erika was psychologically abused in her marriage and her daughter is caught in the middle of a bad break up. I won’t delve further into the story for fear of ruining it for others, but to say there is a humongous twist is putting it mildly.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Unfortunately, this book was not for me. I tried to read, but it was too hard for me to get into, because it was well written and and made me a bit of a nervous wreck, I just could not get into the actual story. Do recommend to those that do okay with missing children.

Wow I devoured this book in two days in between working I couldn’t put this down and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it, I was on the edge of my seat throughout and did not see the massive twist coming at the end!

Erika takes her daughter, Alice, who is 4 years old, to retrieve a toy from Alice's dad's (Michael's) home. A very posh building with a receptionist who tells Erika twice that Michael is not in. Since this is not a scheduled visit, she decides to wait awhile. Actually, they attempt to go to the top (14th) floor where Michael lives and knock on the door. He is not there. Erika remembers how it took 2 years to become pregnant and that her and Michael divorced when Alice was only 6 months old. Switching to the present, Erika and Alice get stuck in the elevator at almost floor 7. Alice squeezes out to the hallway but not Erika. Eventually, Erika is out and Alice is absolutely nowhere to be found. Erika is a total wreck - she is almost unable to function as she asks the receptionist, Henry, to call the cops. He tells her that everything will be fine and to have a coffee in the break room. She is told that there is a gas leak in downtown Manhattan and all officers have been dispatched there. Erika eventually runs up and down flights of stairs, torturing all she sees with her problem - she has become a pest. She befriends Al who helps her. They find blood on the stairwell and Erika goes berserk - knowing that this be Alice's. Paramedics arrive and it is for Al! The paramedics are unaware of the gas leak yet need to get elderly Al checked out. By now, Erika is SURE Michael is in on a kidnapping plot to secure Alice for himself. Somehow, Erika steals a passkey and enters Michael's apartment. Alice is not there. When Erika finds out that the "ex-con" living in the building is Al's son, she DEMANDS the police. Henry finally (against his bosses wishes) does call the police. In the meantime, Erika ends up on the roof of the building and meets Gus, the Head Maint. man.
He helps her look for Alice . Alice is NOT with Desmond, she is in Al's apartment, asleep. But this is NOTHING - the rest of the story is absolutely STARTLING!!!

Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the pleasure of reading and reviewing this fantastic book!!!

My review from this book was it was a corker .
Erika has to have a baby called Alice was nicknamed Bunny.
Her father was called Michael and he is a lawyer .
I had an ARC from Netgalley

**Thank you to Net Galley and Bookoture for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an unbiased review.**

The book is well written and interesting. I found it hard to relate to Erika but could understand her emotions for the most part. Erika also seems like a very unreliable narrator. Maybe reading too many thrillers has made it a little easy for me to guess the twist but in this case I had a strong suspicion about what was happening right at the start. There is a line in the first chapter during the interaction between the building attendant and Erika that kind of gave away the story/twist to me. Had I not guessed it I would have enjoyed this book more.

When Erika’s 4-year-old daughter, Alice, goes missing from an elevator in her ex-husband’s ultra-high-end apartment building, Erika is thrown into a panic. The entire book takes place within a few hours on this day, with flashback chapters that share the background on Erika’s failed marriage.

I alternated between feeling the panic of a mother who can’t find her child (every parent’s worst nightmare), and wanting to scream at Erika for being SO STUPID! I chalked it up to her being stressed out and too trusting. The story took some very weird turns, and I could never fully get on board with everyone’s actions.

During the about the second half of the book, I found myself skimming & speed-reading through it so that it would get to the point, and towards the end – a bomb dropped. All my annoyances dried up, and I was speechless! What a twist!! The book wound down quickly and I was left satisfied with the ending, though I still thought the book could’ve been a tad shorter and gotten to the point a bit faster.

Bottom line – 3.5 stars, rounded down slightly because I was annoyed quite a bit of the way through the book. I absolutely HAD to know what happened, though, so I read the entire book in about 2 hours. If you want a quick read that will keep you invested enough to pull through the knockout finish line, definitely pick this one up!

Thank you to the author & publisher who provided an advance copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

A pretty good read though at times it did get a little tedious. A bit too much stuffing to fill out what should have been a shorter read. There were a lot of hints as to what happened in this book so it was slightly predictable to those with a keen eye for detail. A good read but wouldn't read it again,

This one just got an OK from me.

What should have been thrilling and suspenseful just ended with me (again and again) saying: GO CALL THE POLICE YOURSELF.

Part of the issue was our unlikable and unreliable main character. She kept making decisions that made no sense. Even after everything was revealed (and it was a nicely shocking reveal and a nicely shocking ending), her actions still made no sense.

I will say that the author did an excellent job of leading me in completely the wrong direction! I knew something was wrong – I just had the wrong something wrong! (Lol – did that weird turn of phrase make sense?)

For me, it wasn’t a terribly enjoyable read, though I did want to see exactly what was happening here.

I would, however, try the author again. I appreciate what he managed to do here.

Was delighted to receive a copy of The Day I Lost You as the synopsis seemed to be right up my street insofar as descriptions go. The book centres around Erika, a divorcee, whose daughter Alice (Bunny) left a toy back at her ex-husband's apartment. Whilst going back to look for the toy, Erika gets stuck in a lift and her daughter manages to climb out a small opening and escape! The book mainly focusses on the search for Alice but also brings us back historically from Erika's viewpoint on her marriage and the factors which led to the divorce.

Whilst this is a good read and I didn't get bored at all, I tended to speed read just to get to the end (which I had kind of worked out early on)..

Thank you very much toNetgalley, Alex Sinclair and Bookouture to allow me to read an advance copy of this book for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for letting me read The Day I Lost You by Alex Sinclair for an honest review!

Wow! 5 stars! My first time reading this author, I will read more for sure!

"You only let her go for a second… Now she’s gone." That line alone got me hooked!
Erika loses her 4 year old daughter Alice in an apartment building. Everything happens there within a few hours. You feel like you're inside the story! You can't put it down because you want to know what happened, what comes next... What would you do if you lost your child?

Good job Alex! Good psychological thriller!

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I don't like giving bad reviews especially when I had a free ARC to review, but I have to be honest or my reviews won't be genuine.I liked the sound of this book, it sounded fab but I found that it just didn't grip me as I thought it would.The pace was frantic at first, but I think that was realistic , if your daughter had just gone missing you would be running around like a headless chicken , so that was fine.The story started to lose me after that there wasn't enough substance for me and it just went round in a loop without much really happening.There were the odd moments, I am trying not to do any spoilers so will have to skip on a bit , but basically I was starting to wonder what I was reading and I didn't connect with the central character even though she had lost her daughter.When things became clearer I was not surprised and I felt some what cheated, this could have been a great book, but it fell short for me.Really sorry to say that and hope it was just not for me and others enjoy it more.Thanks to the Publishers and Netgalley for an ARC.

I hate to write negative reviews, but this book just was not for me. Even though it should have been gripping - a young child goes missing, after all - it was such a dud! The story ambled on and on, and even though it is not a long book, it felt long to me. I have to admit, at the halfway point, I started skimming, because I did want to know the ending, but it was just quite tedious. I also found the writing to be very repetitive, with overuse of certain words and phrases and the characters mostly behaved in ways I found to be quite unnatural given the situation. One final niggle, the girl's nickname is 'Bunny' but the mother constantly says and thinks "my Bunny" and it just started to irritate me (if I had been enjoying the book, however, I doubt I would have cared about this). All in all, I am sorry to say this was a disappointment.

Thanks to Netgalley for supplying me with a copy of The Day I Lost You in exchange for an honest review.

The Day I Lost You is easily a mystery that keeps you glued to the book. It’s told by a mother who loses her 4-year-old child in a secure apartment building. It’s told in first person but in both present and past before her daughter Alice was born and her history with her now ex husband. So far so good and then everything falls apart. Erika fails miserably in the mother of the day competition. If there ever was a “dumb blonde” mother this is definitely her. She takes everything out of context, thinks everything is about her to the point of feeling superior to everyone she meets and that includes her daughter. Again the book is fast paced so you keep reading along thinking it can’t get any worse but it can. The ending is so contrived that you literally sit there with your mouth open thinks “that’s the best you could come up with.” I would be embarrassing to recommend this book and I thank NetGalley for letting me give my honest opinion.