First, I would like to say thank you to Netgalley, Storm Publishing, and Sally Royer-Derr for an ARC of this book.

I was hooked from the first chapter and finished it in less than 12 hours! The summer camp vibes were immaculate, and I felt like I was transported back to my camp days. Definitely a summer must read. The author did an amazing job with the back and forth timelines. It flowed so evenly, and I did not find myself lost or confused. As a true crime junkie myself, I loved reading a thriller book with a true crime plot to it as well. The first plot twist had my jaw on the floor. I thought the book tied up all loose ends without seeming super far-fetched. A 5 star read for me!

This is a book I will recommend to others for sure. The twists and turns hit and I love that we get POVs from multiple characters. Several coincidences occur, but is anything really a coincidence? I don’t think so. I loved following Zoey on her quest to discover what happened to her Aunt Heather.

No One Saw Her Go by Sally Royer-Derr is a gripping and emotional story that immediately attracted my attention through every twist and turn. It’s a compelling mix of mystery, grief, and personal transformation, and the character depth was awe-inspiring.

The story follows Clara, a mother whose teenage daughter, Ivy, vanishes without a trace. As the search unfolds, secrets begin surfacing — not just about Ivy’s life, but Clara’s. I appreciated how real and raw Clara felt. She’s not perfect — she makes mistakes, lashes out, and spirals — but she also grows. You feel her pain, confusion, and desperation, and I found myself rooting for her even when things got messy.

One of the spoilers I have to mention (so skip this if you don’t want to know!): when Ivy’s secret relationship with her teacher is revealed, it completely reframes everything we thought we knew. It added a heartbreaking and disturbing layer to the story, but it is written thoughtfully and honestly.

And then the reveal about Ivy’s fate, wow. I didn’t see it coming. The final scenes were emotional and unexpected, but still satisfying in a way that made sense for the story. It was a tragic ending, but not without meaning or closure.

The pacing was steady, the writing was engaging, and the characters felt layered and real. The only reason this is four stars instead of 5 is that a few parts dragged slightly in the middle, but overall, this was a strong and memorable read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. No One Saw Her Go is worthwhile if you enjoy domestic suspense with emotional weight and complex characters.

No One Saw Her Go is a tense and addictive psychological suspense novel that keeps you guessing until the very end. Sally Royer-Derr unravels a mystery filled with secrets, lies, and unexpected turns. With compelling characters and a steadily mounting sense of dread, this is a chilling, fast-paced read perfect for fans of twisty thrillers.

When Zoeys relationship breaks down with her partner Craig, she decides to become a camp counsellor., but she has gone there to find answers about what happened to her aunt Heather. Will she gets the answers to her questions? Will her life be in danger? I really enjoyed reading this. Highly recommend

I had the pleasure of once again receiving an advanced copy of No One Saw Her Go by Sally Royer-Derr—and WOW. This book was intense, gripping, and absolutely impossible to put down!

From the very first page, I was pulled into Zoey Montgomery’s world as she arrives at Camp Medley, determined to uncover the truth behind her aunt Heather’s mysterious disappearance decades ago. What starts as a personal mission quickly spirals into a chilling and suspenseful nightmare filled with secrets, rumors, and danger lurking in the shadows.

Royer-Derr masterfully crafts an atmosphere of dread, building layer upon layer of tension as strange accidents begin to happen and whispers of more missing girls surface. The twists just keep coming—each one more shocking than the last—and I was constantly second-guessing what was real, who to trust, and how it would all end.

Zoey is a smart, determined, and relatable protagonist, and I rooted for her every step of the way. The setting of Camp Medley is hauntingly vivid, and the pacing is relentless in the best possible way.

If you're a fan of dark mysteries, psychological thrillers, or stories with strong female leads and a chilling summer camp vibe, No One Saw Her Go needs to be on your reading list. Sally Royer-Derr delivers another knockout—full of twists, emotion, and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

Zoey returns to the camp her aunt went missing at over 25 years prior determined to find the truth about what happened.

Unfortunately this book fell flat for me in so many ways. The biggest con for this book for me was that it seemed to be a young adult book, but it isn't. There was SO much talk about how in love the young girls were with their boyfriends and kissing them and it simply did nothing to add to the plot at all. Also, maybe I'm crazy but the answers were given in the first 1/4 of the book and the rest of the book involved Zoey just asking the same questions expecting a different response, which was soo frustrating to me. I wanted to like this book as it sounded right up my alley, but I just didn't.

I don't know where to start with this book,maybe from my sleepless night and I blame the author.What a fantastic mystery/thriller,I honestly don't remember when last time I give 5 star to this gene.
We meet the story from Heather POV in past,and Zoey POV in present,which slowly lead to a secrets,chilling woods and heartbreaking conclusion.
Zoey takes a summer job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley, she has one to discover what happened to her aunt Heather, who vanished from the camp over thirty years earlier.I like Zoey,she just want to find out what happened so her mother can have some peace.Will she find out what happened?
I also like Heather and Dean together,such innocent and beautiful love they had for each other.I was so sad at how unfair Heather’s situation was.

This thriller was chilling to the bone,but for me it was also very emotional,and the ending?Well it left me heartbroken.Now I want another book for Zoey and happy ending for her ;).I honestly recommend this book,will be also checking out author other books.

Thank you to NetGalley, author Sally Royer-Derr and Storm publishing for the ARC and opportunity to give an honest review.

Oh my hat! This book was so good and so absolutely scary! I was really, really hoping till the very end that Heather would still be alive... The second plot twist that Mel killed Craig and buried him was totally unexpected, but then everything made sense. Mel's sleep-walking episodes were so creepy but an excellent way of pulling the reader deeper into the forest and deeper into the book and deeper into the twisted psyche of Mel's character. I could not put the book down till the very end. The book ends with so much sadness but also with much closure for Zoey and the rest of the victims families.

"The Man in the Woods lurks among the trees of the camp surveying his prey until one becomes the fruit he wants to pick..."

A twisty, dual-timeline crime mystery. I really liked the set-up of the story - Zoey takes a job at a summer camp in the woods where her aunt Heather went missing back in the 1980s, intent on some surreptitious amateur sleuthing. The story goes back and forth between Zoey in 2024 and her aunt in 1989. There's a lot of tense creeping around in the woods at night while feeling spooked by campfire tales about a serial killer being out there - in some scenes, it has slightly horror movie/Blair Witch vibes. The finale of the story was great - it really ramped up the drama and tension.

It's an easy read that flows along - ideal for a beach read or a lazy afternoon on the sofa.

Many thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.

It was a good story, but it was repetitive, so I lost interest a lot. It was a good concept, and I liked the characters, but it wasn't for me.

Zoey is a camp counselor at a camp that her Aunt Heather disappeared from years ago and she wants to find out what really happened to her.
Told in dual time lines, Heather from the past and Zoey in present day. The other characters were either creepy or evasive in order to hype up the tension and to keep the story moving. This is the second book by this author I have read and although fast paced, there is a lot of repetitive wording chapter after chapter and I doubt I will read another. I do thank Netgalley and Storm Publishing for the opportunity to read this eARC. This review is my personal opinion. 3.5stars rounded up.

This book immediately drew me in with the summer camp storyline. I think the best part of the book was the atmosphere, the author provided great descriptions of the camp and I had an easy time visualizing the setting. I also liked the way the story was told in two POVs, one in the present and one set 35 years in the past.

The pacing of the book was good and there was never a point where I felt bored or that the story was moving slowly. I did however find some of the writing repetitive and somewhat “clunky”. I did partially guess the twist while reading and it felt a little far fetched to me. I also got slightly annoyed with Zoey constantly and repeatedly asking the same questions and not really solving anything until the truth was revealed to her.

Overall the book was enjoyable, easy to read and fast paced with a great summer vibe, however the writing didn’t feel very strong.

Thanks to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Zoey loves cold cases and while cleaning her home, discovers her very own family has one hidden in the basement as well - 35 years ago her mother's sister ran away from home and vanished, never to be heard from again. Of course she's got to investigate, so she gets herself a job in the exact holiday camp her aunt was last known to hide out at, to try and find out exactly what happened to her.

I did not like this book at all. I really didn't even want to finish it, but forced myself to anyway, just to give it a proper chance.. But no, it just gets worse.

My first issue was the writing style - this isn't a teenage / YA book, especially with the things going on in later chapters but it's written as if the readers were expected to be around 15 and that's just weird and so off putting. There's multiple point of views, two main characters but they're basically the same person as there really is no difference in their inner monologues - both go on and on about being so in love with the perfect guy, one even though he already left her, but she'll talk to him and fix things.. Unfortunately that makes their thoughts very repetitive and there's just so much going back to that topic, it's rough.

The plot itself is very obvious, around 20% in you are basically given the answer to the ultimate question and after that it's just waiting if Zoey finds any clues - which she's really bad at. She goes to the camp, suspecting something happened to her aunt there, suspecting she's long dead and things didn't end well.. and yet still, she (who loves cold cases so much) just trampels everyone in sight because she has to blurt everything out that goes through her head. When that gets her no where, she seemingly just stops investigating until her roommate pushes the clues right into her lap. She doesn't connect those either though, which is just infuriating for the reader.

I'm also quite unhappy about the fact that all her investigating never leads to anything - everything has to get handed to her, spelled out in detail. I would've liked it a lot better, if Zoey actually did something to uncover the truth and while finding clues for a 35 year old case must be hard.. She could've done something more than just ask questions to two people and then wait, right? The dual point of view could've been great if Heather's wasn't just there to tell you the story that Zoey couldn't uncover.

The atmosphere of the camp was captured pretty well however, the location described enough to make it seem like a real place and a little bit like you're there - a lot of forest, pool, cabins, a lake.. It did give that summer feeling I was looking for. Also the camp itself was done quite well, the job, the responsibilities that came with it.. This part was not bad at all.

Overall, just not for me.

Thank you Storm Publishing for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I want to preface by saying I LOVE Sally Royer-Derr’s previous books. I always recommend them and refer to her, as an author as “a comfort author” meaning, whenever I’m in a reading rut, I can always pick up her books and I know they’re a winner. Unfortunately, No One Saw Her Go was not it for me (hey, it happens). The premise of a young woman going back to a youth camp to find the truth about her missing aunt was intriguing. There is a dual time, which I love. I just couldn’t connect to the writing in this one, as it (the writing itself, not the story line) felt more Young Adult than adult mystery/thriller.

Great book! I really enjoyed reading this book, in facti didn’t want to finish it. I had never read anything by this Author but I will definitely watch for any new books from her. I highly recommend this book, you won’t be disappointed.

Jesus Christ where do I honestly begin? 😭

I want to thank netgalley and storm publishing for giving me an Earc to this book.✨♥️

This is my first time reading a book from this author and I'm not disappointed.👏🏾

The creepy factor in this book was on point😭👏🏾. I was getting goosebumps and don't get me started on the characters.

The way the author depicts them in this book is magnificent.

This book follows a young college student called Zoey who takes a summer job at camp Medley, where her aunt Heather disappeared thirty years ago. 🙂♥️

This has a dual pov not only are we reading about Zoey but about Heather too.🥲
I really want to give Heather a hug because that poor young girl didn't deserve all of that😭💔.

This book broke my heart and stitched it back up again 🥲. That epilogue was needed it was so bittersweet.😭. The way the story unravels will keep you hooked from the first page until the last!!!

The plot twist you might see it coming or you'll be like me.....what I thought was right was actually wrong 😭. The way Zoey just continued to ignore the red flags made me want to pull my hair😂🤦🏾‍♀️.

This is fast paced so it'll be very easy to read

I read this primarily at night, when am I going to learn lol ..Zoey Montgomery takes a summer job as a camp counselor to find out what happened to her Aunt Heather who disappeared thirty years ago. What happened to Heather, and will Zoey's fate be the same? It was incredibly atmospheric, creepy & full of twists and secrets.

This book was incredibly fast paced, an extremely emotional read and I loved every second of it. I highly recommend this book to thriller lovers but also to anyone that likes a little mystery and past love/heartbreak sprinkled in.

Thank you, NetGalley, for this ebook ARC of 'No One Saw Her Go' by Sally Royer-Derr - expected release date of 08/01/2025

ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I'm surprised by the number of books out by this author. Her writing was kind of amateur-ish and overly explanatory/overly descriptive. But even with that being said, it was a fast, entertaining read and fit the psychological thriller/ murder mystery genre perfectly. There were a lot of reveals with some foreshadowing to give cues on what's to come without giving it all away too soon. Good for a book club or a beach read, for anyone that wants something decent and short to read with a fast-paced storyline.

I loved this book! Imagine going back to a summer camp to try to find out what happened to your aunt that disappeared three decades ago. What a ride! This book was fast paced, and a page turner. I was not able to put it down! The characters were great and the twists are everything I look for in a thriller. Suspense, emotion, manipulation, frustration, shock.....this book has it all!

5 stars from me! Thank you NetGalley for the eArc