The story takes place in a small coastal town in Oregon. A young teenage girl, Allison, goes missing from her school bus stop. This is similar to an unsolved case from many years before. Could they be connected? This is a good story and a good police procedural. Recommended.

Great suspenseful mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Sheriff Jax is drowning in his own problems when a teenager goes missing. He must put his own problems aside and be the Sheriff he should be. Plenty of people, suspects, and back stories to make a tight knit mystery. Looking forward to the next story.

The premise for the book was a good one, it did it’s job and intrigued me.
The story itself was well written, the characters themselves were maybe a little basic, but even so, they worked within the book.
Whilst reading it, it felt familiar, but I think it’s just because I read quite a lot in this genre.
I would recommend this book, it’s a quick way read and it all comes together nicely at the end.
Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for my arc.
All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own. 3.5/5 stars

YES! Another outstanding thriller for the win. Excellent writing and the storyline was amazing. The main character really make you feel as if you were apart of the novel! Excellent!

Sheriff Jax Turner is at the end of his rope--depressed and moments (literally) away from suicide. Then the call comes in. A missing teen. Once the girl's backpack is found in a known sex offender's car, Jax is snapped out of his suicidal ideation and into action. What follws is a fast-moving tale of suspense that will keep you flipping the pages.

Hidden Pieces by Mary Keliikoa has a fairly good pace. I thought the author did a good job linking the current case being investigated by Sheriff Jax Turner to a case 20 years prior.

The characters were developed well, and I liked the setting. The ending was a bit implausible to me, the plot twists and a bit predictable, and the reason for knocking my rating down to a 4.

Overall, an okay read. I would check out other books by this author.

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The over-simplification of the character’s struggles at first almost made me stop reading but the pace picked up about a third of the way in and the twists at the end were satisfyingly believable yet unexpected.

Thank you to NetGal”ey and the publisher for providing me an early copy to read in exchange for my honest review.

This book had me hooked from Chapter 1. I was just complaining to friends how I am so tired of the same old mystery and looking for something with more excitement - well this was it! The book has a great pace, some bits are a little slower and some chapters you can’t help but tear through. I love a mystery that’s tied to cold cases and that keeps you guessing for a while. I did end up guessing ‘whodunit’ before it was revealed but it was later in the book I’d usually be able to guess so I don’t mind!

I am excited for more books in this series and will definitely be picking them up!

I loved seeing Jax heal and find his purpose again through his search for missing teen Alison. I do wish we could see some character development in some of the other characters.

3.5 stars rounded up. I did see the shocking ‘twist’ from a mile away but for those who don’t I think I’d be gasping at the page.
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I read this book very quickly, trying to solve the mystery of the missing child. There were many twists and turns that seemed quite chaotic for the reader…but in the end the epilogue tied it all together. I enjoyed the book and would definitely read another by the author!

The story was good but it didn't grip me the way that i thought it would. Well written but lacked the extra kick to keep me drawn in. A cops hunt for a missing girl, the loss of his daughter and the dynamics of family torn apart.

Thank you Netgalley for this arc

This is a real page turner with plenty of twists throughout the story.

The characters have real depth and the story line keeps you guessing to the end.

Well worth a read.

My thanks to Level Best Books, as well as NetGalley, for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of Hidden Pieces.

Sheriff Jax Turner is staring down the barrel of his gun. He's about to end it all due to the cancer death of his young daughter, which led to the end of his marriage. Then he receives a call that a teenage schoolgirl has disappeared. He puts his gun down and vows to solve this one last case before he carries out his suicide plan.

I think my favorite part of Hidden Pieces was how this case was seemingly tied into a fascinating case from 20 years prior. And I absolutely loved the woman who worked in the Sheriff's Department answering the phone!! However, I wish there had been a few more well-adjusted characters and maybe a few fewer red herrings. It felt a bit like Jax was living in a pinball machine and bouncing off of bumpers for the entire book. The resolution to one of the storylines made me roll my eyes. Too implausible for me.

I seem to be an outlier with my review so please take the glowing reviews into consideration, as well. I suspect I just wasn't the right audience for Hidden Pieces.

Tense, edgy, and compelling, Hidden Pieces grabbed me from the very first page and then kept me guessing until the end. I thought and talked about the characters and the story when I wasn't able to read. This is a book that I will share with both friends and family.

The writing is good and the characters are great, but the plot is weak, and that makes the book rather boring. Then there's the unbelievable twist at the end.

I went into this book blind not knowing much about it and it did not disappoint. I am so grateful for the opportunity to read this ARC. Thank you so much.

I received an advanced copy in return for an honest review. My opinions are my own.

In a small town in the Pacific Northwest a 14 year old girl has gone missing. It's up to the town sheriff to find her and bring her home but it's eerily similar to a case from the past.

I found the book interesting but unrealistic. The connections between all the characters were too many to be believed and it pulled me from the story. Something about the world being created struck me as false but that is my opinion. The characters are well fleshed out and I was rooting for them. A good read overall but be prepared to have to really force yourself to dive in.

Hidden Pieces is following Sheriff Jax as he is ready to give up on everything. Life just did not go to plan, especially after the passing of his daughter and the divorce that followed. However, when a young girl goes missing and her personal belongings are found in the backseat of a registered sex offenders car, he races into action.

I really enjoyed this book, I thought that it was a fun time and would definitely recommend it. But be sure to look up the trigger warnings, because we are following the case of someone who repeatedly harms young girls. I am eager to see the other books that Mary Keliikoa will put out in the series!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my early arc!

I liked this book overall. The characters were well drawn out, the writing was good, and the plot was detailed and suspenseful. I have a few picky points that I did not like, mainly the police procedures. The main character is the head of the police department, and is constantly commenting that his new deputies need to learn how to do things properly, but he never shows them. It just makes the story line feel incomplete. Another example, a suspect physically assaults' the sheriff, he takes them to the police car, puts them in it, and tells the young deputy to watch them. The suspect should have been cuffed, placed in the secure back seat of the patrol car, and the sheriff should have explained to the deputy why he was watching them, and that they were violent. Just these tiny details interfered with my enjoyment of an good storyline. which had several surprise plot twists, and intriguing characters.

14-year-old Allison Krueger is missing. Everyone in Misty Pines seems to know something about it, but no one wants to talk. Did she leave or was she taken? And could this case be related to another one from years before, a case that ended with one girl dead and another deeply traumatized, a case that Sheriff Jax Turner still blames himself for?

I really enjoyed this first book in the new Misty Pines series from Mary Keliikoa. Jax Turner is a flawed, but sympathetic hero I can root for, with a worthy sidekick in his secretary/dispatcher Trudy. Although there wasn’t a lot of character development in the supporting players, I appreciated that the author avoided making them two-dimensional “good guys” or “bad guys”. Everyone had nuance and I’m hoping to see this continued as these characters are fleshed out in future books.

The usual mystery/suspense tropes were covered here (missing teenaged girl, damaged cop, etc), but I didn’t find any of it stale. The chapters were short and propulsive; I finished the book in an evening because I kept saying, “Well, just one more chapter…”. And there was a twist at the end that I definitely did not see coming.

There were only three things I disliked about the book. First, I found the resolution a bit too busy. There were too many people involved, too many things going on, too many ‘shocking revelations’. (One simple fix for this would’ve been cutting out the appearance of a certain character that served no purpose in the situation.)

Second, the name of the book, Hidden Pieces, doesn’t have any real correlation to the story and is very... forgettable. This isn’t a huge deal, but you’d think the publisher and author would want to start out a new series more memorably. I want good things for this series and such a pedestrian name isn’t cutting it.

Finally, Misty Pines? It looks like the publisher and author are trying to draft off the prestige of Louise Penny’s Three Pines series. That's likely not the intent, but that's the result and it’s a bad look.

Aside from these three problems, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more installments in the new series. A solid four stars and an enthusiastic recommendation.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Level Best Books and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Well written with thought out characters, nice development.