Two Little Girls by Frances Vick is a fast-paced psychological thriller that will have you guessing up until the final pages. A thirty year old mystery will be revisited, and the answers that result are anything but predictable.

In 1985, Lisa Cook and Kirsty Cooper are 10 years old and inseparable friends, despite Lisa's penchant for telling lies. When Lisa goes missing, Kirsty, confused by Lisa's endless fabrications about her relationship with Toqueer, the family's Omani lodger, is easily convinced by police that she has seen him with Lisa in the park on the day she disappeared. Tokki is arrested and, not having a strong grasp of English, inadvertently confesses to the crime.

Thirty years later, Kirsty is still questioning her accusation against the Omani man, unsure whether the right person has been convicted. Through her sister, Kirsty meets medium Angela Bright and her mother Sylvia, who come from the same unnamed town where Kirsty grew up, and the case is again brought to light by the medium's psychic musings. Kirsty forms a strong bond with Sylvia, who becomes almost a surrogate mother to her. But not everyone is being truthful and even Kirsty's husband, Lee, seems to be hiding something from her. Is there a master manipulator at work in Kirsty's small circle of confidantes?

This is a thrilling journey with enough twists thrown in to keep you turning the pages. With the manipulation of childhood memories at the core, the author crafts a diabolical tale that will fully engage the reader.

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This is a well written gripping and pacey crime thriller with well laid and engaging characters.

Two girls one goes missing and the other driven by fear she may have testified against an innocent man decides to uncover the truth unaware that certain truths better remain unknown.

Kirsty has returned to her hometown for the first time in decades. Years before her best friend, Lisa had disappeared and Kirsty provided police with enough information to send a man to jail. She has always wondered if she had an innocent man convicted, and now she’s decided she needs to uncover the truth once and for all. Kirsty is willing to do almost anything to find out what really happened to her friend, never realizing that uncovering the truth may be fatal.