I finished this story last night and I'm still trying to sort my exact feelings on it. Intriguing? Yes. Disturbing? Definitely! I love to read about twins and their curiously close physical & spiritual bonds to each other, the latter which still seem to remain even when they are separated. Very gripping mystery about a woman in search of her twin sister who went missing 20 years prior and the lengths she'll go to find her. I have a feeling this one is going to haunt me for a while!

This is a thank you for letting me review this book, It had very good descriptive exciting plots for a really good book. I just couldn't see it really happening in someone's life. Who would trust someone that much to do as she did. I would think it would take a mental case to go thru with what she did. Maybe I am wrong but it's not something I would of done. Ok, you will have to read it yourself and see how you feel. Worth the read! It's a book you have to finish so it makes sense to you. Enjoy!

I got sent invitation to read- description intrigued me
I HAD to read this book, then I opened it
it was a slow beginning, slow to start, hard to keep reading as not sure where story-line is going

Sister has been missing 20 years
Stranger knows more than what she has told
letter from a kindred spirit or something sinister
a game, a thing to be managed, a puzzle to solve
a compass to show the way
Just keep running - gets a clue - sprinting now ... searching for --

In Alaska 1941 Elisabeth meets a pilot flying mail in to the town. The next day he kills a man and asks to see Elisabeth in jail. He tells her he will reveal what happened to her 11 year old twin sister who disappeared 20 years ago after she fulfills three requests. Elisabeth makes difficult decisons with the requests but she desperately wants to find her sister. The end had me reading so quickly to get to the end. Alaska during World War II was an interesting setting too.

This is the tense story of a woman who was born a twin. Her twin disappeared as a child and her disappearance is unsolved twenty years later. If given the chance to find your beloved sister, now grown, how far would you go to reunite. What would you be willing to sacrifice? The story is fast paced with a most interesting ending. There is an Historical element as the story is set in Alaska in the 1940’s with threats of the Germans.
This reads like a movie and the ending is open ended enough to invite a sequel.

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A missing sister. A mother searching for the truth. Psychopathic tendencies. Letters from a killer. Creepy cabins. Dark forests. Dreams. Nightmares. Blizzards. Yes, yes, yes, yes!
When I read that this book is a hybrid between Silence of The Lambs and The Dry, I just had to dive in! Upon finishing, I'm glad to report that How Quickly She Disappears is a debut thriller where suspense successfully rivals Gillian Flynn. It had this moody, depressing atmosphere as the events took place in an isolated village in Alaska, and it just made me savor this read word for word.

Elisabeth can't help but cling to the belief that her sister who vanished 20 years ago, is still alive. When an odd, mysterious visitor comes to her home, he tells her he knows exactly what happened to her sister. He won't reveal this truth to her. Well, unless she fulfills his three requests.
The story shifts between the past and the present. We have enough backgrounds on both sisters Else and Jacqueline and it was so interesting to learn the way they used to live as mature 11-year-old children back in the early 1920s.

I freaked out for a moment when I realized there were only 20 pages left. I did not want it to end. The author just knows how to portray the image of psychopathic behavior in quite a chilling way. Given that this is a debut, that fact was absolutely surprising to me.
The ending does hint at a sequel. Until a second book arrives (fingers crossed), characters Else and Margaret will, with no doubt, stay with me. Having felt so comfortable with this author's writing, I think it's safe to say I'll follow Raymond Fleischmann anywhere.

Release Date: January 14th 2020.

***Thank you to Berkley Pub and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of How Quickly She Disappears in exchange for an honest review ***

Despair. Intrigue. Stalker.
Twin Disappearance.
Strange man.
Fear.
Search. Recovery.
Questions. Answers.
Mystery.


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Amazing! I love a good mystery and this is a great one! This is fast paced, plot driven and I loved every minute of this book. For a debut novel this hit it out of the park

Elisabeth has felt the loss of her twin, Jacqueline, keenly for over twenty years. Vanished and never seen or heard from again, Jacqueline is presumed by most to be dead, but Elisabeth still believes that her sister is alive and that somehow, they will see each other again. In the mean time, she lavishes love on her daughter, who reminds her more of her missing sister more every day. Then one day, Elisabeth meets Alfred, a man who promises to tell her exactly what happened to Jacqueline, but only if Elisabeth agrees to to exactly as he tells her. This incredibly tense and disturbing story kept me biting my nails almost to the quick. Expect to see this on the bestseller lists