I found this book to be just OK. There was an awful lot going on and one village seemed to be full of dreadful people. There were no sympathetic characters at all apart from maybe poor dead Raymond.

There were a few times I was unsure whether I wanted to keep reading as I didn't feel particularly connected to any of the characters but there was something about the story that made me keep going as I was interested to see how all the threads were going to come together.

I mostly liked the ending as the majority of the questions raised in the book were answered, but I'm still left mystified by a few points (such as if Jason was supposed to be good, why did he go along with Rachel's original kidnapping plan or was that a set up or?!?!)

Overall I probably wouldn't go out of my way to recommend this one, but it wasn't bad.

This book was okay but not great.
I’ve been lucky enough to have a good spell of gripping thrillers recently, so maybe my expectations were too high.
It was just lacking something for me and was a bit too predictable, I also thought the storyline was too unoriginal.
A real shame but I can’t award it more than 2.5 stars.

3.5 stars


It took me a litte while to settle into this book,the skipping backwards and forward in timeline threw me.
Also,I might have blinked and missed the moment they put an age to the kids... I struggled to picture them properly until that was done.
Apart from that,it was great.
Or as great as it can be when dealing with peodophiles,violence,psychotic teenagers..
Nobody was quite who I thought they we're,and so there were twists a plenty throughout the whole book.
Building to an ending I didn't quite see coming,it was definitely an entertaining read.

Thank you NetGalley for this advanced copy. I'm not sure what I think about this book. I liked how it went back and forth from now to five years. There were a lot of characters that were tied together and at times were confusing. The plot is a little disturbing, but unfortunately a very real problem in the world today. Not all that impressed with the ending, but a quick and easy read.

Love the cover! At first I was getting all the characters confused with each other, but ended up loving the back and forth aspect of the book. Definitely parts of this book were disturbing with the plot, but it was nicely woven together. Quick and easy read.

DI Rita Cannan hopes to find lost camper Cara alive. Her partner Raymond has already been found……dead. There appears to be a connection to the murder of a young girl years earlier, can Rita connect the dots before another woman is killed? A solid British police procedural with a likable, intelligent heroine