First of all I have never not liked any of K L Slaters books so I knew I wouldn't be disappointed . It was mind blowing, full of secrets, lies, twists, I couldn't put it down I wanted to know what was going on all the time !!.

Finding Grace was yet another great book by K L Stater, a nine year old walks home from her friends house, a five minute walk but she does not arrive home. A fab read that had me hooked from the first few lines.

This book is by one of my favourite authors who never ever disappoints. Fast paced throughout, more twists and turns than a rollercoaster ride. Very highly recommended book for any fan of this genre.

Love KL Slater's books! This is another absolute cracker! One twist after another kept being fired at the reader. Totally gripping!

K.L. Slater writes amazing stories. At first I thought this was going to be like every other thriller out there right now, but boy I was wrong. It was fast paced and grabbed me from the start.

I’m a huge fan of Slater’s work and this one didn’t disappoint .
I’m a little tired of the missing child thriller but Slater crafted this one that draws you in to this families nightmare.
Good fast paced thriller
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book

This is the first book I have read by K.L. Slater and I was not disappointed! It was fast paced and I couldn’t read it fast enough to find out what happened next. The twist at the end was crazy! I can’t believe Stefan was dead and that his sister (Rhonda) and mouse girl (Angela) we’re behind the kidnapping! I would have never guessed. It became obvious at one point that Stefan did this, he had to of right? That’s what the author made me think pretty much from the halfway point in the book. Well I was quite surprised to find out he really was dead but he in a way was definitely behind it all. He just wasn’t physically there to carry the plan out.
The book left me guessing constantly. Everyone was a suspect to me. I loved this because I never really had a full theory in my mind on what happened and I definitely didn’t see this ending coming. Well done K.L. Slater!!

Perfect psychological thriller! It moved at a fast pace with twists and turns throughout! I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommend!

Another fantastic read by K.L. Slater. Lucie and Blake Sullivan are a very normal, regular coupe with two kids. Their daughter, Grace, is just about to turn nine and is pushing to have a little more freedom. Grace's best friend lives close by just down the road and finally, Lucie and Blake give in, letting her walk home from her friend's house. Blake is partway down the road watching for Grace but slips on moss and hurts his ankle. He comes hobbling home to Lucie who immediately asks where Grace is. But Grace is nowhere to be found. As secrets unfold and the reader does not know who is reliable and who is not, it feels like time is running out. Where is Grace and could it have to do with something that happened in Lucie's past? This book is completely gripping and will not let you put it down until you find out what happened to Grace.

Thank you to Netgalley, K.L. Slater, and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love K L Slater and this didn’t disappoint .it had its fair share of twists and turns and I really enjoyed the past/present part! The end got a bit silly for me - but not enough to put me off!
Solid 4 stars

I needed to get to the end of this book quickly to find out if someone would find Grace or not. While the subject is often difficult to want to follow, this treatment of a child, possibly kidnapped, focuses more on the parents and their friends and what might have led up to the disappearance.
The twists and turns and recollections from decades before making it difficult for the reader to guess where it will go. What happened long ago in the past reflects upon what's happening now and is the bag left behind a big clue or a red herring - and there are a few of those!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will look for this writer's other novels. The outcome was far different from what I imagined. This doesn't give you any clues, but I hope it helps you to choose to read this great work by a master writer. never again will you let a nine-year-old go out of sight for twenty yards while you answer your phone. The main character has every right to dislike her mother-in-law and that's not a clue either.

FINDING GRACE

BY K.L. SLATER



BOOKOUTURE

MYSTERY & THRILLERS

PUB DATE 14 FEB 2019





I am reviewing a copy of Finding Grace through Bookoture:



Earlier this morning my daughter sat there eating breakfast, now she is missing.





Lucie and Blake Sullivan agree to let their daughter make the four minute walk home from her friends house alone for the first time the day after her ninth birthday.





They even even joke with friends about hisubd behind bushes to make sure their daughter is safe. But when Grace does not make it home the joke becomes sour.





Everyone does their best to find Grace from the police to the local community but it seems she has vanished into thin air. Hope is fading fast, making Luci realize her husband is the only one she can truly count on during these dark times. But one day she finds something hidden in Blake’s making her question everything she knew about the man she married.





But Blake is not the only one hiding a secret Lucie is hiding one as well, one she had not even told Blake her secret.





I found the Characters in Finding Grace to come alive on the Pages, allowing us to feel what it was like to have a little girl go missing. Finding Grace kept me in suspense throughout!





Five out of five stars!





Happy Reading!

Grace is nine years old. As far as she is concerned she is old enough to walk home from her friend's house down the road on her own. Her parents are not keen on the idea- particularly Lucie, her mother. Eventually it is agreed that she can walk home alone after a trip to Alton Towers. Her friend's Dad phoned to say she'd left & watched her up to the bend in the road & her Dad will be watching from behind their hedge. Due to a couple of unfortunate events she is briefly out of sight & in that short time she disappears without trace.

K.L. Slater keeps the reader hooked to the page. The parents' anguish & the cruel comments of others really made me feel for them. The story had many more strands than the simple disappearance & they were all woven together to make a great five star read. Thank to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

What an intense read! Addictive read, and one I did not want to put down.
Another great book by K.L Slater!

I am a great fan of this author and it’s aleays nice to start a new book
I love this authors writing style and how she always manages to deliver tension and suspense.
This book was fast paced and I loved the twist at the end

Parenting seems so nerve-wracking. I can’t imagine all the worrying that must go with it. I think I will be stalking my kids. Perhaps invest in a GPS tracker to be inserted under their skins like in Sci-Fi/Spy movies?

In this story, Lucie is facing every mom’s worst nightmare. Her little girl, Grace, is gone. What I loved most about this story is its unpredictability. The author had me doubting so many people. Who took Grace? Could it have been her dad? Her dodgy neighbor? Her parent’s best friends? Some random person? I just kept changing my mind.

Finding Grace had me hooked from the first page. Filled with secrets, lies and manipulation, this ended up being quite a twisty roller-coaster ride. I also enjoyed the dual timeline. I enjoyed digging into Lucie’s past and was pleasantly surprised by how the storylines connected in the end.

This is an enjoyable, twisty thriller with well developed characters and a memorable storyline. It certainly had me devouring every word.

This was a book full of such surprises, twists and turns. What happened to Grace and will the mysteries of that every be solved? Why did she go off for a walk and not return and who had her? Secrets are kept, secrets are revealed but is it in time? Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

Some names make you jump from your seat when their latest work comes out and get their book right away. K. L. Slater is on my go-to authors when I need a getaway read, a novel that will transport me in a parallel world just one second out of sync with ours, in authentic lives led by the most realistic characters. I don’t need horror stories because K. L. Slater brings our nightmares to life in the most stunning way.

How safe are children? How young is too young to allow them the freedom they’re seeking (and will regret when adulthood knocks at the door)? Grace only wanted to walk down her street from her best friend’s house to hers. What’s the harm in this? With a seemingly safe plan from the parents: each side supposed to watch for little Grace until she reaches the other’s sight, nothing should have gone wrong. But that was underestimating karma.

In one split second, Lucie’s sky opens up and all hell comes crashing down on her. How could her girl disappear from a close-knit street with adults looking out for her? Grace seems to have vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye and from there, time stretches and cuts both Lucie and Blake’s heart with each passing hour. From the panic and shock of the news to the excruciating wait, the author had my thoughts running in circles, leaving me going through all kinds of scenarios about what could have happened to Grace. K.L. Slater totally nails it again, highlighting the pressure of parenthood, the smallest decisions coming back to you when things go wrong. I can’t get into details but those tiny things we say we’ll do and then don’t, 99% of the time, it’s okay. But that day, Blake falls into the 1% and I simply loved how the author handled the couple’s reaction to their daughter’s disappearance. A gap opened – a crack in the wall that have destroyed so many love stories, enabling feelings to slip through and invade the house, the street, and the neighborhood.

Lucie’s loneliness, the hole in her heart left by Grace, was almost visible, dancing in front of my eyes, sometimes shadowed by an uneasy feeling, an undercurrent I first didn’t understand. When I thought things couldn’t get worse, Lucie makes a discovery that shakes the remains of her world, her marriage and even friendships. As if it weren’t enough, the shadows of the past slowly appear. Lucie hasn’t always had the perfect little life. Who can say they have? But some pasts weigh more than others and the secrets they carry can be fatal.

Could Grace be in danger because of a secret her mother has kept for years? Could a husband’s own secret have anything to do with a little girl’s innocence being taken away? I didn’t know who to trust, who could be blamed, who was hiding what… It’s the kind of dark rooms I enjoy most!!!

With her back on the wall, Lucie must face her nightmares in order to save Grace, at any cost. If I started the book being worried, the tension made my heartbeat keep going faster and faster and I swear my GP would have had an attack just seeing the numbers had he taken my pulse by the end of the novel!!!

Finding Grace perfectly walks the line between a character-driven emotional novel and a thrilling, anxious thriller. Another must-read from the Twists Queen!

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and it won’t be the last!

This is what you call a twist, especially at the end, I honestly didn’t see that coming. It was very cleverly done.

The only criticism is it was a bit too drawn out, but that could be because I’m impatient. There’s plenty of red herrings and the author introduced loads of suspects. I thought I knew who it was and had quite a few ready for the noose!!

The characters were likeable, except for the mother in law and there were other things going on as well as Grace going missing.

My thanks to netgalley, the author and the publishers for the ARC.

Grace Sullivan just turned nine and has been begging her parents, Lucie and Blake Sullivan, for independence. She begs to walk home from a friend's house. Both Blake and the friend's father agree to each watch her walk partway. It is just down the street, but it is a chance the parents finally agree to take. The one time they allow it, Grace simply disappears.

How tragic! The police find no clues and every search comes up empty. Lucie feels her and Blake are in it together and that he can help keep her strong. She also has the help of her father, especially when it comes to helping to care for her infant during the ordeal. However, Blake seems untrustworthy to Lucie after she finds something huge in his desk. What is he hiding. Is he in any way responsible for Grace's disappearance?

Blake is not the only one with a secret he is dreadfully unwilling to share. Lucie has a secret of her own. A huge one. This could cost her everything. But, she tries to put those terrible concerns aside in the vigorous attempt to discover whatever could have happened to Grace.

Suddenly, Lucie receives a terrifying message. If she does not agree to face her past, she might never see Grace alive again. While hopeful, the past is something that petrifies her. Who can she confide in?

Finding Grace is an engaging book, one that I devoured in one sitting. I found it impossible to put down. I was torn between wanting to know about Grace's whereabouts and Lucie's secrets. The ending was a bit of a surprise and I would never have been able to guess the culprit. I enjoy K.L. Slater and look forward to reaching much more from her.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC to review in exchange for my honest opinion.