Jessica Shaw is a PI looking for her next case. While looking she receives an anonymous email of a link to a picture of missing child, Alicia Lavelle. As soon as she sees the picture, she immediately recognizes the young girl as herself. I loved this book. I was hooked from beginning to end! I honestly wasn't sure what direction the book would go. I would recommend this book.

A story that could easily have been taken from the headlines in any major city, a private investigator who specializes in finding missing persons, learns she is an actual missing person!  This unique premise takes us into some less than desirable locations while our heroine looks for answers.  What she finds only raises more questions.  Lisa Gray has done an excellent job of pulling us into the community of characters that populate this story, making us care about them.  As soon as I finished this book, I told all my book buddies, you HAVE to read this one!

A excellent debut novel .
A thrilling read had me gripped from the first page. I couldn't guess the killer so the ending was a shock for me

The early plots are slightly confusing. However the author has a firm grasp and everything starts to slot into place. 
Overall this is a good read. It’s the first in the series and I will be reading the next one

A private investigator receives an anonymous email regarding a missing toddler - 20 years ago she was taken and her mother killed. Jessica realizes she is the child in the photo and begins to research her past. Fast paced, quick read.

Excellent mystery about a female PI who sets off to solve her own abduction as a child and the truth about her mother. Thin Air is the first of a series, and I’m looking forward to the next book.

A tense and thrilling journey into the dark underbelly of the City of Angels. Gray hits the ground running in this debut, and intrepid PI Jessica Shaw is a character to watch.

The first book to feature PI Jessica Shaw and it’s a cracking start to what I hope will be a long running series. Shaw is an immediately likeable main character and Thin Air places her at the heart of the narrative.

Shaw discovers she is a kidnap victim, taken from her family at a very young age and seemingly brought up by a family who are not her own. Determined to investigate her own past and a seemingly forgotten crime Jessica heads to LA where she shall encounter a cop called Pryce.

Pryce is investigating the brutal murder of a student who, despite her wholesome image, has been hiding a secret life from her friends.

The two investigations have a very different feel, Pryce in the immediate and unsettling present while Jessica digs into events long forgotten. Lisa Gray balances the twin narrative superbly and the story zipped along pulling me deeper into the lives of Shaw and Pryce.

Tension packed thrillers are my reads of choice and this was everything I had hoped it would be. I need some more Jessica Shaw in my life.

Excellent psychological thriller!  It moved at a fast pace with twists and turns throughout!  Well-developed characters and plot.  Highly recommend!

This book is definitely a fast paced mystery/thriller. Now, for me the lead character Jessica is a little hard to take sometimes. But, she is a strong, female lead trying to figure out her past and figuring out who killed her mother.

A thriller that will keep your interest the whole book!  There were a few slow parts, but that is to be expected.  I love a good cop/detective/investigator book and with Jessica being thrown into it personally definitely kept you interested in the plot.  I had no idea this was Lisa Gray's first book until after I finished it.  I definitely recommend.   I look forward to more books in this series.  

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review!

Lisa Gray surpassed herself with this debut crime novel. Jessica Shaw is a private investigator who must examine her own past in order to solve a murder. Her path crossed with other law enforcement who she discovers are not as transparent as perhaps they should be. Working with detective Jayson Pryce she discovers the past may not be as she first thought. What were the circumstances leading to her mother's murder? What does she not know about her father's past? Broken after her father's death she is struggling to keep afloat. While searching for work, finding missing people, she receives a photograph of a child kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty five years ago. She is stunned to discover that that child is her. So begins her search to uncover the truth. 
This is an excellent debut novel from Scottish writer Lisa Gray. Hers is a name we will hear a lot more of in the years to come.

Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK / Thomas & Mercer for this arc.

This was a fast read for me, but then it is less than 300 pages.  Initially, I found it to be a little incoherent as the chapters  bounced from character to character and in between 2 different time lines 25 year apart, but yet in the same neighborhood.  I thought Jessica was an intriguing character in the beginning, but not particularly likeable.  As the story progressed, I found her to be less intriguing and more of a mess.  It seemed like she was using her questions of her parentage as an excuse to drink and then drink some more.  But then I didn't much care for most of the other characters either.  The story line was interesting if contrived and I kept reading to find it's resolution.  

2.5 stars rounded up

Thin Air was a solid 3 star read for me. I liked the premise: a private investigator running from her problems comes across evidence that she is not who she thinks she is. Her search for the truth of her identity and the killer of her mother leads her to Los Angeles, and puts her directly in harms way.

 I loved the characters in the story, particularly Jessica Shaw and Jason Pryce.  It seems that this is the first novel in a series, which is great news as I'd love to see more from both of these characters. All in all, I think this novel is a solid first foray into crime fiction for Lisa Gray.  I'm excited to see what she comes up with next.

A good thriller book that starts from an original premise.  The main character, who is an investigator recognizes herself in the picture of a missing young girl. I highly enjoyed reading the book and didn't guess the ending.

I can say i did finish the book there were plenty of times i thought i wasn't going to. at first i was a bit confused about the time line of the book it seamed to jump around for me. it was a grab you by the seat of your pants until the ending which that was the best couple of chapters in my opinion but don't let me sway you at all. i want to say this book took me over two weeks to finish it.

A really good read.  Good pace, strong lead character, well developed story...

A PI gets anonymous info about a missing child... she needs to look into it, she might be surprised by what she finds... 

Well written and captivating until the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book.  This is my honest review.  All opinions are my own.

Whist sitting in a coffee shop surfing the missing persons websites, PI Jessica Shaw receives an e mail from an anonymous source with an image attached, reluctant to open suspicion finally wins and she  is faced with am image of a 3  year old that surprisingly is her

To find out her real identity Jessica delves into a  25 year old murder and missing persons enquiry to discover the truth as to who she really is

Thin Air has been on my to-read shelf for nearly a month because as soon as I read the synopsis, I was hooked. So, as you can probably imagine, I practically hyperventilated when I saw it on NetGalley. I've never downloaded something so fast!

While I enjoyed the concept, I wouldn't necessarily say the outcome was unpredictable. Now, this isn't generally too hard to overlook, especially if the other bits are top tier, but unfortunately Thin Air didn't meet my expectations. I liked the characters just fine, although it often felt like the author was trying too hard to make Jessica seem all cool and tough. The writing was plagued by unnecessary descriptions, and/or weird ones like "..hedges as neat as a Brazilian wax." I've never really thought of things in terms of bikini waxes, but you do you, Lisa Gray.

One more thing that bugged me: everything was so convenient. I barely remember what I did yesterday, but these people have crystal clear memories of things that occurred two and a half decades ago, and they're all working at/frequenting the same places.

Overall, I wouldn't call this a thriller by any means, but it is an enjoyable read. It held my interest, though I don't think I'll be reading the next ones.

A huge thank you goes out to NetGalley and the publisher for providing with a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review!

This was an interesting take on a mystery/thriller and the pace, on the whole, kept the pages turning. The main character isn't going to be put off her quest and she faces some tough challenges on the way. An interesting debut and some universal themes explored through a multilayered approach. I would recommend the book.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy.