Firstly let it be known that Carla Kovach is easily becoming one of my all time favourite authors, her books never fails to excite me when they land in my inbox and I'll admit a little happy dance always spontaneously happens.

As is always the case I was immediately drawn in by the eye catching cover and the synopsis was like a magnet!

Based in Looe, Cornwall I loved the vivid descriptions of the area and surroundings. For those that live in the UK it was really easy to place myself in the streets and right by the coastline.

This was a story full of lies, deceit and guilt, thrilling from beginning to end.

On the morning of the 25th Anniversary of her baby sisters disappearance Kate recieves a message from an unknown number... 'I know what happened to Jess'. Driving her round family to the seaside town Kate is filled with unease but sue has to follow this through. She'll never move on without closure.

I won't go into detail as it will definitely ruin the book but this is a must read!

Huge thanks to netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

A taught thriller involving a twenty-five year old mystery. The setting is a wonderful seaside village full of people with secrets. The plot moves quickly. I didn’t connect with the main character who is extremely paranoid. I really felt for her husband who finally got fed up with her nonsense.

Thank you Bookoutre and Netgalley for this book.

I get really excited when I find a new book from Carla, she along with 3 others (not saying who) are my now preferred authors.

This is really well written with loads of twists and turns along the way. I felt I was holding my breath at times, and couldn't wait to finish it and was then disappointed that I had.

Another excellent book by Carla - I need more please.

I get excited every time I find out that Carla Kovach is coming out with a new book. This book focuses on Kate’s search for her missing sister and a mystery person who claims to know what happened. This book had many twists and turns and it made hold my breath a bit. This was a must read! Carla Kovach never disappoints!

Wow !!! Delicious !!! Twisty ! I loved this book and highly recommend ! Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read and review this book ! Opinions are solely my own ! #Netgalley #Bookouture #FindMe

I believe this could become a really good book with some changes to it.

I found it very repetitive and boring in parts. The last quarter was a really good read but it felt like hard work getting to that point.

This book was bit of a slow burner however the ending well and truly made up for it. Will definitely be looking forward to reading more books by this author.

Kate has never recovered from the day her baby sister was presumed drowned in a terrible accident years ago , constantly searching for answers and it’s affecting her marriage and her young daughters, when she receives a text from someone that tells her they know what happened to baby Jess she convinces her husband that a family holiday where it happened is just what she needs to put the ghost to rest .
Her decision puts herself and her family in the crosshairs of a whole village who all seem to have something to hide and some are more dangerous than others . Another brilliant stand alone from Carla . 5 stars

Unfortunately I was not able to read this book. I downloaded it multiple times and I was never able to open it. I was looking forward to reading this and I will definitely get a copy in store when I can.

A great mystery. The story is well written and paced. Some great twists and turns as the story gradually reveals what happened to baby Jess who disappeared years ago. Some dark characters and lots of secrets.

Suspenseful. Absolutely addictive. A thrilling, fast paced page turner packed with twists. Very highly recommend this one.

Wow, what a suspenseful, tense ride. Kate is a woman who can't get past the disappearance of her sister 25 years ago while her family was on holiday. She was a small child who went off with her mother to get an ice cream and when they got back her baby sister Jess was gone. Her drunk father slept through the whole thing. Did her sister fall into the sea and drown? Or was she abducted? Kate has let this horrible event dominate her, and is extremely over-protective and fearful for the safety of her two young daughters. She has a facebook page devoted to her sister and on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance there is a message from someone saying they know what happened. Kate convinces her husband to take a week long holiday to that same seaside town without telling him about the message and her intention to look into the disappearance further. She is deceiving her husband while sneaking around the town and he gets fed up and leaves her. I wanted to yell at Kate so many times but she was a sympathetic character and I had to find out what would happen.

Although this is the second book in a series you don’t need to read the first one to enjoy this book. I would say this is a light mystery. The characters are likable and the story is enjoyable! If you find you like this book, you should go back and read the first one!

3.5⭐️

Read if you liked:
-Gone Girl
-Then She Was Gone

This was another ARC I had the pleasure of reading! I’m little behind on my review (it came out on Tuesday!) but I wanted to post something.

I have very mixed feelings about this book👀 Overall, it was well written and easy to read. It took place in the UK, which makes reading so fun with their different terms for things than we say in America.

On the other hand, I felt like there were too many characters to keep straight. I understand using multiple characters increases the concept of deception in psychological thrillers like this, but I wish the author had re-introduced the characters when they weren’t discussed recently to make sure the readers can remember who they were and their significance to the story.

I enjoyed getting two different perspectives through the dual POV. However, and this could TOTALLY just be a me-thing, but I don’t like when there are dual POVs but one character’s chapters is in first person, while the other character is in third. To me, I feel like the storyline should just be told by a narrator🤷🏻‍♀️

I definitely enjoyed trying to solve this puzzle of a storyline and although I was close to figuring it out, it did end up having a different ending than I expected.

Maybe I’ve read too many thrillers and am now picky🫣🤣 so take my review with a grain of salt!

FIND ME is a stand-alone gripping psychological thriller by Carla Kovach, author of the Detective Gina Harte series. Having read and enjoyed The Detective Gina Harte series, I was anxious to read my second book from her stand-alone novels.

Her Stand-Alone Novels Include:
Flame (2013)
To Let (2014)
Whispers Beneath the Pines (2014)
What She Did (2021)
Find Me (2022)
The Houseshare (2022)

This is my review of Find Me.

A little girl, Jess had gone missing.

Twenty-five years later, sister Kate and her husband, Damien, will always remember her missing sister, Tess., with love. Kate pays tribute on her Facebook page to Tess. People think Tess fell into the sea. She was never found.

And because of the past Kate is now a overprotective mother, that keeps her kids, four-year old Millie, and five year old Rosie, on a tight leash, and doesn’t trust anyone, and the kids barely have any friends.

Damien feels that they need to move on as a family, and find closure to Kate’s loss. Kate keeps her sister’s memory alive.

Then someone sent a message to Jess’s Facebook account from Will Wilcox, with the notation…
“I Know What Happened to Your Sister.”

Now everything had changed and Kate had to find out the truth. Now, Kate was a step closer to getting answers to the questions she needed to find out.

As she drives her young family to the seaside town to meet the mystery messenger, she feels uneasy. Who are they and why did they reach out now?

Then Kate receives one final, alarming message… that will put her and her family in danger.

This is a well-written standalone psychological crime thriller where the suspense level increases until the astonishing twist at the end. This psychological thriller will have you hooked from the very first page.

Many thanks to the author, Bookouture and NetGalley for my digital copy.

This story starts out slow but picks up quickly. Lots of twists, had me guessing a couple of times but was definitely a page turner.

I’ll never forget that day. It was blisteringly hot, and I begged our mother for an ice cream. As we left you with Dad, I didn’t know it would be the last time I saw your face. Minutes later, we returned to the end of the pier where we had parked your pushchair. Dad was asleep on a bench, and your little pink blanket was empty. You had vanished.



Twenty-five years later. The morning of the anniversary of Jess’s disappearance starts like every other for her sister Kate – a rushed school run, a cold cup of coffee and a quick scan of the news for updates. But when her phone beeps with a message from an unknown number, everything changes.



I know what happened to Jess.



Finally, Kate’s a step closer to getting answers to the questions that have tormented her for so long. Why was her mother so angry that day? How did her father sleep through his own daughter’s abduction? And when the police car came screeching towards the pier, how is it that nobody saw a single thing?



As she drives her young family to the seaside town to meet the mystery messenger, she feels uneasy. Who are they and why did they reach out now? But before Kate finds out, history repeats itself and her world is turned upside down once more.



Then Kate receives one final, terrifying message… will her pursuit of the truth cost the lives of everyone she has ever loved?

This is a gripping physcological thriller that gave me all the feels, in the beginning I was hooked until about half way through, I lost interest because it dragged out a bit too much for my liking. The storyline is very interesting. Thank you netgalley and bookouture for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
My rating ⭐⭐ ⭐ 3/5

I really love Carla Kovach but there's nothing new there, so of course I was so excited to read Find Me.

Kate will never forget the day that happened 25 years earlier, her baby sister Jess went missing during a family holiday in Cornwall. When her hat was found in the water it was presumed she was dead. However until Kate finds a body she's not willing to say her sister is dead. Her obsession with Jess is affecting her work, relationships and how she parents. So when she gets a message on her Facebook dedicated to finding her sister she managers to convince her husband to take a family holiday to Cornwall so she can say bye finally to her baby sister, the problem is she has no idea whose messaging her and when things start getting weird she's worried she could be in damager.


Kate is our protagonist and i was in two minds about her, at first i think i was fully committed to the cause, she doesn't want to give up the search for her sister. She was a child when she was kidnapped but she feels guilty because she had enjoyed being the only child for so many years. But as the book progressed i felt a bit like is it worth it? Anyhow most of the book is following Kate and i found the fast pace of the story kept me engaged and throughout the book. I wanted to know what the truth was and who knew what. The way the small village in Cornwall is described is so true to life, everyone knows everyone and everyone's business. We therefore we're set up for the different barriers to be present throughout the story and boyyyy there were several.
Kate's relationship with her loved ones was clearly impacted by Jess' disappearance, she mollycoddle's her children, pulls away from her husband and broke apart from her father. It's very interesting because of how young she would of been when this happened, I don't know if I would be obsessed still 25 years later but who knows. Her kids for example aren't allowed in the sea as they were on a boot when jess was presumed to have her accident.

I really felt myself on the edge of my seat throughout most of the story, the way the tension is built up is insane!!! I kept questioning absolutely everyone and I half guessed the ending but even that was barely correct. I honestly found the twists and turns to be amazing!!! This is why i love Carla Kovach and the way she writes because honestly the descriptions, the way the moos is set and the detail put into the scenery as well as each character is amazing. I loved the chapters also which weren't narrated by Kate what did they know????

Honestly I could sit her all day and tell you how much I enjoyed this book but the best option is for you to read it yourselves, promise you if you like her crime series or authors like C.L Taylor, M.K Farrar, Adele Parks i promise you this is the next book for your TBR list! I often can work out how thrillers will end and lets say I was well off. 3/5 stars.


Thank you Netgalley, Bookouture and Carla Kovach for the digital ARC of Find Me in exchange for my fair and honest opinions.

I am a huge fan of this author so instantly this is one I was desperately wanting to read. This hasn’t disappointed and I can safely say this is another absolute gem.

This is a book filled with mystery and tension. I found myself pulled in very quickly which left me completely unable and unwilling to put this down.

Kate has been frustrating. I don’t find myself getting annoyed at characters often but my god have I wanted to throttle her on times. It’s been really easy to understand the husband’s frustration with her.

This is an unpredictable and extremely well written book. It flows well and as a reader you find yourself completely unwilling to put this down. This is a well-plotted book which will really lure you in and keep you hostage until the very last page.

There have been moments where I have felt my pulse race. The twists and turns throw you completely making this a rollercoaster read. I wish I could experience this as a first time read all over again.

This book is such compulsive reading that I read it in a day!

Baby Jess disappears in what seems to be a tragic accident, so why is her sister Kate still searching for the truth about what happened?

When she receives a message it seems as though someone does indeed know the truth.

The story is told from multiple points of view and there are so many suspects. A few times I thought I had it figured out but I was wrong.

I could not put this book down at all, there are so many twists and turns and secrets and it’s genuinely edge of the seat stuff.

I completely recommend this to anyone who loves a good heart-thumping and suspenseful thriller.