Missing Molly

I’m a huge fan of thrillers and this book kept me riveted to my seat and it scared the crap out of me. I love when a book does that

I really enjoyed this novel and finished it within a day. It’s a fast-paced read that kept me guessing about Rachel’s true identity. Is she the missing child Molly Forster or is she really the “psychotic” Rachel Holloway?

Missing Molly is a well crafted mystery. Great plot and characters. I really enjoyed this author's writing style and will be reading more of her work. I highly recommend this book.

3.5 Stars
Little Molly Forster has been missing since that awful day when her entire family was murdered. People wonder where she is, but the town has kept that night and the secrets that came with it quiet. Until now. A small newspaper is determined to grow their numbers through a podcast focused on finding the missing girl. Their bookkeeper, Rachel Holloway, fight to keep the podcast from kicking off, but soon she too is caught up in the hunt to find Molly. Only, she knows exactly where Molly is, it's a secret she's kept to herself since the day she ran away.

I hated the blurb for this book, it gave away far too much, but ultimately I couldn't stay away from a book that featured a modern day mystery story told through a podcast. Podcasts are all the rage and this made those stories I'm just used to hearing through my headphones come to life. I enjoyed the background of how it all worked, really appreciated Rachel's story as she fought to keep her secrets, and definitely felt shock and surprise as the true story of that evening unraveled. Parts of it were predictable, as most mysteries are, but parts of it did truly surprise me and how it was written made it interesting even when I knew what was coming. There's quite a lot of suspense and a nicely done psychological twist, the novel becoming all the more enjoyable as Rachel became more unstable and less reliable. I liked reading the mystery from the future and appreciated that the glimpses into Rachel's past didn't reveal everything, but rather left more questions.

Missing Molly is an entertaining psychological thriller that features a pile of unique, well developed characters and a current theme that fits with the times. Some of it is unbelievable and at times the relationships fell flat, but I was swept up in this story, desperate to know why Rachel had left her name behind and had done so much to hide it. I really appreciated her weakening resolve to keep it quiet and loved how the mystery finally was revealed to the characters only at the very end.

Natalie Barelli has delivered a taut compelling thriller that grips you from the start.
Rachel Holloway is a young mother with a big secret who will do anything to protect her partner and 3 year old daughter. She is a bookkeeper for a small newspaper whose dwindling sponsors threaten the future of the paper.
On return from her annual leave Rachel discovers a new member of staff Jacob, has suggested they do a podcast to try to improve sales and in turn sponsors. The problem for Rachel is not the podcast itself but the subject '' Missing Molly'' about a 9 year old girl who disappeared 15 years ago the same night her entire family were murdered and who has never been found.
This storyline will grasp you immediately great read.