Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

I very much enjoyed this book. The writing was great and the characters were well developed. I hope to read more from this author in the future.

This was a strong start to the Vinnie Taylor Mystery series, it had that element that I was wanting from the description. Saundra Mitchell does a fantastic job in getting the reader into the book and not let go. I really enjoyed the way the characters and world were presented and developed. It was everything that I wanted in a opening chapter and was glad it was everything that I was looking for and am excited for more in this world. It uses the mystery perfectly and had that feel that I was looking for and was glad it was so well done.

Vinnie Taylor left her 25-year career as a decorated cop behind her and escaped to the small town of Wills Harbor, Maryland to find the peaceful life she had hoped for. But things changed when a young teenager approached her for help in finding Avery Adair, her best friend who had suddenly gone missing.
As Vinnie digs into the case she finds that Avery wasn’t leading the normal life of a teenager. She grew up on the wrong side of town and was involved in several questionable online She soon finds that Avery was leading a double life that nobody knew about and was involved in dangerous online encounters. As Vinnie gets closer to finding before it is too late is suddenly faced with her own ugly past. Will she be able to overcome the drama of her own past and find out what has happened to Avery before it’s too late.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC.

In This Side of Gone by Saundra Mitchell a young woman goes missing and former Homicide detective Vinnie Taylor is persuaded (by the missing woman's best friend) to search for her.

I found this book to be emotionally resonant and captivating - with rich character development, I will be watching for more books from this author, particularly entries in the Vinnie Taylor series.

5 stars from this pleased reviewer.