I give this a solid 3.5.

Abuduction was an enjoyable read. I have children the same age as the ones in the book, so this sat on my shelf a little longer than it should have, but once I started reading it, it took just over a day to finish. This book had several narrators, which made it more interesting since we got to read explanations for everything from that character's point of view, although based on the writing style, I also wondered at time whether I was ready diary entries, court testimonies, a tell-all-true-story documentary.

I solved the "who" part of the crime in the first half of the book, and while the author tried to throw the reader off a bit, it didn't work so well. There were really only two people who could have done it, so on this one, I had a 50-50 chance anyway. But, I still found the book itself enjoyable (if not the premise of a 3-year-old child who disappears from her own birthday party.) It's a decent mystery book, and I recommend it for a quick read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free arc of this book in exchange for my review. It did not influence my opinion.

I enjoyed it. It felt a little predictable at times but once you've read so many thrillers, especially abduction thrillers, then it gets harder for a book to surprise you. I liked the twist however, even though I predicted it - well to a point.
Overall, it was a decently good thriller and I'll be reading this author again for sure!

Fourteen years after her younger sister, Grace, disappeared, Elise encounters a teenager who she is sure is Grace. Is it possible that Grace has been living just a short distance from her family all these years? The narrative of this story is told by Elise, Stephen and Margaret, the parents, Grace and Jane, Bea and Peter, the aunt and Uncle, Jack, the family liaison officer assigned to Grace's family, and Margaret, Jane's mother. The multiple narrators give readers the different emotions experienced by those closest to Grace and her family as the years of searching and hoping for her safe return continue to pass. The devastation experienced when promising leads are found to be false and as they ask themselves at what point should you give up hope. I enjoyed the multiple viewpoints and the surprise ending of the story. It was a fast moving story that kept me interested until the end. Thank-you to Netgalley, Sapere Books and Gillian Jackson for an ARC in exchange for a honest review.

This book grabs you right from the beginning. A little girl is abducted at her 3rd birthday party, and the search begins. It is told from multiple points of view, the mother, the sister, the aunt and the family liason of the police department. It draws you in with the initial abduction and then spits you out 14 years later. Another sighting by the older sister gets the case reopened. I felt the book got a little calm in the middle with the events happening about how you could guess them to. Then it drew me back in the end with a twist. Overall it was a nice read, and it definitely kept me coming back for more! #Abduction #NetGalley

Told through the perspectives of the main characters helps to give this story about a kidnapping a different view for the reader so that it doesn't become just like the other kidnapping stories out there. The characters themselves draw you into the story and have you rooting for them to get their "happy ending" even though you know in your heart that all too often that isn't what happens in life or in stories.

I give this book 5 stars. It was a solid story with a good beginning, middle, and end. The characters were all likeable, and while I thought I had it figured out at a point early on, I was wrong. Strong conclusion tidying everything up.

Excellent debut novel from a new force in the crime writing world. Fabulously written with some great twists. I read this book in one sitting and looking forward to the next novel.

When Grace Bryson disappeared she was at her 3rd year outdoor birthday party. No one noticed where she went .. or why. All her family knows is that she is gone.

It's been 14 years and Grace has never been seen again. Her parents have moved far away to try to get rid of the grief of losing their younger daughter. Her big sister, Elise, has never forgotten and has never given up looking for her.

Now married and pregnant, she sees her sister. She can't believe it .. her sister is there. Elise tries to follow her and gets a bit of information. But no one in her family really believes her .... there are lots of blonde blue-eyed girls with freckles across their nose. But Grace is adamant that this was her sister.

But where has she been all these years and what really happened to her? Elise plans to find out.

This is a well written psychological look at a parent's worst nightmare.... how it changes the entire family's lives.... how the media portrays what they think happened ... how parents handle their grief while in the spotlight. And when is it time to abandon hope?

The reader hears from the sister, the parents the aunt and uncle, the police, the family liaison officer who plays a major role in this family. It's a real who-dun-it that kept me riveted from the very first page.

Many thanks to the author / Sapere Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this Psychological Drama. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This was my first experience with this author and overall it was positive. The story has the potential of being fantastic. However, there were too many different points of view. I think it would have been less confusing if the story was in third person or only a few characters were in first person. When it jumped from Elise to Grace to Jack and so on it was difficult to remember who is talking. Perhaps it’s just me, but I want to lose myself in the characters of a book and due to the amount of POV changes I was not able to.
The only other problem was it was a bit predictable on who the bad guy was. Needs to stick with one POV and not give so much away early on.

Overall an entertaining read and would recommend.

I loved this story of a child who goes missing during her third birthday party and a chance sighting in a supermarket of a girl the missing girls sister is convinced she is her. Only problem is she is the only one who thinks it can be her and needs to convince everyone to investigate it. This story is told in separate chapters from each of the characters perspective.

Abduction was a really good quick read of a thriller, and I quite enjoyed. Although a bit predictable, I think the author did a good job of weaving a decent story.

A story about a family’s worst nightmare, one you don’t even want to imagine, and yet we know that it happens!
The book is written so we know the thoughts of the person who is currently thinking or working on finding Grace or whom we are following at that time.
While I figured out the ending or who was the culprit early, I had to keep reading to find out if I was correct, and sadly, yes, I was right!

I received this book through Net Galley and Sapere Books Publishing, and was not required to give a positive review.

What I liked about this book was the way it was written from all angles and using the emotions of each of the characters, which I thought was very well done. I asked myself when reading it of how I would feel/ cope and the honest answer was I don't know! So for Gillian Jackson to consider everyone's thoughts was impressive as I felt they were pretty accurate.
I guessed who the accomplice was quite early on just by a tiny snippet and the fact that I am suspicious of people in these scenarios.

I thought all in all that this was a good all round thriller and would appeal to someone who likes a drama without the gore.

An exciting story of a child abduction 14 years earlier from the perspective of the major characters. There were parts of the story that were quite predictable or expected, but i still enjoyed it. Suspenseful when needed, but a bit slower than I normally like. I’d give it 3.5 stars if I could.

Several previous reviewers said that earlier editions of the book needed to be edited better, and from what i saw, it was. The problems previous readers say needed changed appeared to be remedied.

(I received an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased review).

Rating: 3 stars

Thank you NetGalley for an advance copy of Abduction in exchange for my honest review!

I am very conflicted about this book. There was a very particular quite formal writing style throughout the book which was a little strange, and I wasn't really sure if it is the general writing style of Jackson or if all the characters were supposedly similar personas.

The actual plot of the book has good strength to it, but it was executed that well. Most of the book was stating facts and there was a lot of repetition of these facts so it was a little dull to get through; there was also no suspense or tension, it was all laid out and you sorta knew what was coming. And it was only right at the end that the twist came, which I had already figured out.

I did like the characters, Jackson does a good job of making you empathise with them.

Good story, but needs a little work!

The Bryson’s host a birthday party for their 3 year old daughter, while the children play hide and seek in the garden their 3 year old daughter Grace goes missing never to be seen again. 14 years later Grace’s sister Elise is convinced she spotted Grace now a teenager at the local shopping centre. How can Elise convince everyone that Grace is alive when the family have grieved the loss of their daughter and the police have marked the case as cold? If it is Grace then who took her and where has she been for 14 years?
The premise for this book had me really excited, told from multiple character points of view we hear the story of the day Grace went missing and the current events taking place. I love a multiple narrative but I found in this book the story overlapped a little too much. At the start of each chapter I felt instead of the story progressing forward I was reading the same thing again as the previous chapter but in another characters words. The book was fairly predictable not just the “who did it” but with how the whole story would play out. Those things aside I did actually like Jackson’s style of writing and I finished the book quickly. This book would be perfect for you if you love a Law & Order episode that wraps everything up efficiently or just need an easy read.

This story Abduction, brings you into the lives of the family and Detective Sergeant when three year old Grace Bryson is abducted in broad daylight from her own backyard.
A party to celebrate her third birthday is over before the cake is cut. Little Grace playing hide and seek with her friends in her backyard gardens is never found. You can feel the unimaginable fear and pain that set in on the family.
The story is told through the eyes of those closest. The mother Margaret, the older sister Elsie, an aunt, uncle, and the Detective Sergeant Jack Priestly, liaison to the family.
Margaret and her husbands initial shock, horror and devastation is numbing. Possibilities of what could have happened are too horrific to dwell on. Questioning of the parents are painful procedures. The days, weeks, months and then years go by with no results. It’s like she vanished into thin air.
Elsie, at just nine when Grace disappeared, never gave up searching in the years to follow. Never believing that Grace was gone for good. She was sure she would “feel it” if her little sister was dead.
In the first several weeks liaison Detective Sergeant Jack Priestly was at their home daily then weekly and then monthly updates and finally only occasionally. His affection for the family mixed with heartfelt devastation at not finding Grace ate at him. He felt the comparison as his family, wife and two sons, was intact and well. He now kept contact but just at holidays. With no leads the case grew cold.
Elsie’s pain at the loss of her little sister was keeping her from ever fully being happy. How could she justify happiness when Grace was still missing. The faith that Grace was out there and still alive was constant and Elsie was always searching every stranger she encountered. Now married and expecting her first child her search was desperate. She needs to find her before the baby come. When at the mall she sees someone by chance who she is certain is Grace. She must find out this girls name and where she lives.
Her husband and uncle feel it’s just hormones and a strong desire for it to be true. No one takes her seriously. After fourteen years the desire for this to be Grace is overwhelming. Her only hope is Jack Priestly.
The mystery of who would do such a horrendous act and what happened will keep you guessing. Step into their shoes in this well written story that keeps you hooked.
Thank you NetGalley, Gillian Jackson and Sapere Books for granting me this ARC I am giving my honest review.

What do you do when the unthinkable happens?

8 August, 2000

A carefree birthday party goes horribly wrong. The children scatter to play hide and seek.

But one little girl never returns.

Three-year-old Grace has vanished without a trace.

Fourteen years later

With the case long-since gone cold, Grace’s family have done their best to move on. But her sister, Elise, has never given up hope.

And now Elise thinks she may have found her… Is Elise going crazy?

Could Grace really have returned? And if she has, where was she taken…?

Well, I was finding parts to unbelievable. Just seem to me a bit off .

Thanks NetGalley and publisher for allowing me to read this book. Thrillers and mysteries are my favorite genre, that is why I enjoyed this book. It had everything, the sense of unsolved puzzle, the family involvement and good ending. Even though I guessed who is the person of interest (considering how many thrillers I have read, it is not that surprising), I enjoyed the narration, dialogues and the whole feeling of the book. If you are looking for a good read, this is the one.

Absolutely fantastic had me gripped!!! Loved it! Can't wait for more from.this author. Storyline was great, characters were easy to.connect with

Thank you for the advanced copy