First book I have read by this author - I was lucky enough to receive a copy from Tess Woods from a competition. Very good story - about Ryan and Aisha who are married with a little boy. One day Aisha doesn't come home and Ryan has disappeared, so Aisha's elderly father takes on Eli until his parents are found.

This book had a really great build up in the story - you hear about all their lives. There is Aisha, Ryan and his twin Luke, Patrick (Aisha's dad) and her sister Pip. All is not what is seems and there are secrets and lies everywhere. A good example of a domestic noir novel. Looking forward to reading Kylie's other book in the future.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

When Aisha met Ryan she fell hard for his good looks and easy charm. Why worry that he didn't want children or a 9 to 5 job? Nothing and no one would come between them.But with the birth of their high-needs son, Eli, their extraordinary love is shackled into an ordinary life, their passion blunted by responsibility. Until Ryan can't take it anymore. Then, following a mysterious phone call late one night, Aisha leaves four-year-old Eli in the care of her elderly father Patrick - and doesn't come back. As Patrick struggles with the grandson he barely knows or understands, his frustration with his missing daughter and absent son-in-law quickly turns to fear. Particularly when blood is found in Aisha's abandoned car...

Well, this was quite the change for a thriller novel. And quite a refreshing one as well. Normally, we get the missing person, and the search for them. Nothing usually much deeper than that. Maybe a romantic interest along the way...

Not here.

Here we have a woman (Aisha) who disappears after receiving a mysterious phone call, a husband (Ryan) who disappears as well (although for hugely differing reasons), but, the real highlight of this story was the relationship between Eli (Aisha & Ryan's son) and Patrick (Aisha's father). The relationship that develops between the two of them really fills the gap between trying to solve the whereabouts of Aisha and Ryan.

My only real disappointment in this book was the constant chopping and changing of time periods and POV's. It really did make the storyline choppy and hard, at times, to follow who was doing what - or when.

However, once you get the hang of the way this book is presented, it is a really good story. Highly recommend it just for Patrick and Eli!


Paul
ARH