Gillian McAllister has written another smart and interesting novel! Just like the last one, this story has a slow and confusing start but stick with her. She’s getting to it! All the red herrings come together at the end! It really makes you ask yourself what you’d do in Julia’s situation and a mother’s love is boundless! Thank you Net Galley for the ARC! I plan to put this one on the shelf right next to my copy of Wrong Place Wrong Time.

I loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time and was so excited to read this book. I’m happy to say it does not disappoint! Twisty and complex, it kept me guessing until the very end.

Read if you like:
😱 Shocking Twists and Turns
🔀 Misdirection
#️⃣ Multiple POV
🌚 Morally Grey Characters
🔍 Missing Persons Stories

Oh my gosh?! Is it too soon to say this may be my favorite thriller of 2023? We are over halfway through the year but holy crap I don’t know if this one can be beat!

The story telling was absolute perfection! I loved all the twists and turns and misdirection even though you have no clue what’s going on even when you think you do, which is my kind of thriller.

The fact that I didn’t guess the ending even with the big reveal part way through the book, which I usually hate but it was so freaking well done the whole way through.

This isn’t going to be coherent at all because I want to say so much but don’t want to spoil a thing so I’ll just leave it at THIS IS A MUST READ THRILLER!!!!

Thank you so much William Morrow for my ARC of this one!!!

The beginning of this book was great. I was intrigued and I liked where the mystery was going. I had high hopes as wrong place wrong time wasn’t a favorite of mine. Then chapters begin being narrated by characters we aren’t even really introduced to. Their chapters are all so vague and unclear - the reader basically needs to figure them out for themselves. & while the twist is okay the many characters and puzzling chapters weren’t for me.

Well, she’s done it again! This is another dark and very well thought out thriller. Although the pace starts quite slowly (for this author!) it builds and when the twists do start coming, they seem to sock you in the jaw. This was a great read with great characters and had a totally twisted ending. Highly Recommended!!


Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for allowing me to read this ARC in advance for my honest opinion.

This book had lots of twists and turns. Told in multiple points of views. Which at times I found it a bit confusing to follow. But overall it was a decent read.

Book Releases August 1, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the E-ARC

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

Thank you to Net Galley for providing an early copy of Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

"The things desperate men do for their daughters"

In Gillian MAllister's new thriller, the reader will come to question how far is too far when a parent protects his or her child. Three very different parents (Lewis, Julia and Emma) are all involved in a young woman's disappearance and work relentlessly to protect their own children's involvements. The many twists and turns throughout the novel will keep the reader speculating until the ending no one saw coming.

This novel also calls into question the integrity of those sworn to protect and serve counterbalanced by a personal need to do no harm to a family member

Gillian McAllister has created a strong cast of flawed characters struggling to justify their actions when a crime must be solved.

I'm not sure how I missed Gillian McAllister on my radar, but once I discovered her I read three of her books in a week. Now she is now at the top of my must read author list and her latest book did not disappoint. A cop's missing person's case takes a turn when she is blackmailed to frame a suspect she knows is innocent. What follows is a mystery with multiple twists that took me by surprise! Very clever plot & perfect pacing makes it a page turner!

Holy freaking MOLY. This book was wild. The twists were insane & I absolutely in no way saw them coming. Like at all. Gillian McAllister’s writing is phenomenal & they way she ties things together without giving anything away in the process is just amazing.

I will say that even though you’re bouncing back & forth between multiple POVs & there’s so much going on— it was a bit of a slow burn for me. I noticed at around 30-40% that I started to skim a tad but it was short lived. I only wanted to mention it in case it hits you the same way. Keep on reading because it’s so freaking good & your mind will be blown!

I was 50% done last night & I didn’t stop until I finished it.

Thank you so much Gillian McAllister, NetGalley, & William Morrow Books for this Arc in exchange for an honest review!

I'm torn, on this novel. I adore everything Gillian McAlister but this feels like one of her lesser works. It is genius, for how could it not be? Yet, the ending felt rushed and not quite satisfying.

A great read from start to finish! At first, it was a tad awkward switching from first person narrative to third person from chapter to chapter, but I’m assuming if I’d read Gillian McAllister before, I would’ve known more what to expect in writing style, and it doesn’t take away from how great the story was. I actually really grew to love her writing style the further I got into the book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the entire premise of the book. I’m someone who tries to solve cases before the end of the book and I could not break the case! Loved it, DCI Day would make a great leading character in a series.
Lastly, I want to thank NetGalley, William Morrow of HarperCollins, and Gillian McAllister for allowing me the opportunity to read & review this novel before it gets released to the general public.

I received a free copy of, Just Another Missing Person, by Gillian McAllister, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Olivia is missing. So many people in this world go missing, vanished without a trace, some never found. I found this to be a bit sad actually and tragic, so many people missing and never found, some never talked about again.

This book kept me fully engaged with twist after twist. The story is written in several different perspectives and each chapter is titled for the person whose eyes you are reading through. A pleasure to read and highly recommended for any suspense lover!

Unfortunately I didn't finish this one! I just couldn't get into it... felt like it was dragging and repeating a lot of the same stuff. I needed more answers in the beginning to hook me.

⭐4/5

➡Less than 12 hours ago, 22 year old Olivia was reported missing by her new housemates after they received a concerning and ambiguous text. Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get. Because behind Olivia's disappearance is a string of lies and secrets, beginning with a secret Julia's worked to keep away from the world.

Filled with twists, turns and the moral dilemmas of three separate parents, Just Another Missing Person is riveting to its core and begs the question: just how far would you go for your child?

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🙏 Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow @ HarperCollins for the advanced reader copy of Just Another Missing Person. All opinions are my own.
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🎯 What I loved: I loved that there was similar play on the unparalleled lengths a parent will go to to protect their children and on time-bending from McAllister's previous book (Wrong Place, Wrong Time) but that this felt distinctly different in subject and nature. This wasn't just a domestic thriller, it was a book about how far parents will go to protect their children. I found it so interesting that McAllister was pregnant while writing this- her take on parenthood and relationships is so keen and observant.

🙅‍♀️ What I didn't: As is pretty typical with thrillers, the second half of the book moved much faster for me than the first half. Once I hit the big plot twist, things sped up quite a bit but it really took me a while to get invested in the characters. Looking back though, I love the development and can say it was totally worth it to stick with it.
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Read if you love:
* morally gray characters
* missing person cases
* complex parent/child relationships
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See also: The Night She Disappeared, Zero Days, Gone Tonight

*Note to publisher: My review will go live on pub day: August 1, 2023! It will be posted on my instagram @manuscripts_and_margaritas

Just Another Missing Person: fast-paced. Very suspenseful. Great ending! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read this advanced copy.

I read this ARC for honest feedback.

This thriller was very well written. DCI Day has a missing person case that is making her choose between keeping her family safe, and falling into corruption, or doing what needs to be done the right way. Her mental torment of trying to stay true to herself makes this book a read you can't put down.

Written from multiple persectives, Just another missing person is an easy yet complex read.

There are so many head games and so much decept taking place that the storyline borders on ridiculous.

However, the overwhelming message is not lost : a loving parent will do anything for their child.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for the chance to read this ARC.

Very twisty! I don't want to say more as not to spoil it, but I loved this book. It was like a police procedural married a psychological thriller. I also liked the writing style - very easy to identify with what the characters were feeling.

I received this book from Netgalley for a full and honest review. This was a great twist and turn book and felt different than the other Gillian book I had read. This follows multiple POVs after a young girl goes missing in an alleyway. We mainly follow Julia the detective that gets pulled into the case and how a decision in her past comes back to haunt her. She works to solve the case as well as wondering if it has anything to do with a previous missing girl from a year ago. I thought the twists in the book kept it interesting and fun. The other POVs also added to the story and once I hit the last half I couldn’t put it down. The first half is a little slower but overall I loved the way this story was told. I really loved this authors book Wrong Place Wrong Time and this book cemented the author as one to watch out for.