This book started off great but it dragged on a bit. and it took a long time to get to the actual story behind it all.

Firstly, thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for an Advanced Release Copy in exchange for my unbiased review.

For the first few chapters I was turning the pages quickly and eagerly, both stories sounded so intriguing and promised a decent thriller that I was so excited to read and interested as to how the two stories will connect. I was really connected to the mothers experience and heartbreak and I thought the content was very relevant with the marriage troubles, I can imagine that this type of issue is becoming more common each day.

However I feel that it lost its way. Whilst the two stories did come together and in an interesting way, I felt that the novel became too heavily focused on the first story and the heat surrounding the marriage troubles fizzled away, which was I thought was quite exciting as the character began investigating to begin with. That could have been built up and held out for longer with more thoughts on her emotions, I thought. There were moments where I felt that this was becoming a bit of a YA story so far as the rattlesnakes were involved and it was never quite explored as to why these girls had the hold they did on their teachers and parents. It just sounded like kids getting away with what they wanted to without any consequence.

I found myself quite irritated at one characters comment about them being ‘lactose intolerant’ - it added absolutely nothing to the story and I didn’t understand (as someone that is) what it was meant to convey about the character and why the author put it there. The character was literally just arranging to meet for coffee.

The ending was unrealistic in line with the rest of the story in my opinion, I personally think the wrong characters were chosen. There were many red herrings in the novel and I didn’t expect the ending to be as it was (and the chase was a good element) but I didn’t believe that the people involved where to blame and I didn’t buy the reason why.

Overall, I felt it was a bit of an average read. It’s a shame because I felt it was on the right path but just took some turns that didn’t work.

While this dragged at times, I enjoyed it. It had me guessing right up to the end about who the killer was & why they did it.

Thanks to Amazon Publishing UK & NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

With thanks to Netgalley and Amazon for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Divorced mother of one Samantha Hudson struggled to get on with her troubled teenage daughter Edie After a violent row with her mother. Edie mysteriously disappeared in a cemetery. Despite a police investigation Edie was never seen again.

Twenty years later therapist Frances Thorn found a picture of Edie and her husband William as teenagers. She became intrigued when William's brother begged her not to tell William she had seen the picture. Frances tracked down a school friend of Edie who mentioned that William was Edie`s ex boyfriend. She then described the night Edie vanished in the cemetery.

When Samantha found out Frances was asking about Edie she was initially suspicious. However she was soon won over when she discovered Frances was now married to William.

The plot were beautifully descriptive and I could imagine myself in that dark graveyard. The story was told from Samantha twenty years earlier and Samantha and Frances in the present.

The plot was a slow burner with a hint of menace at times. Although I enjoyed the story it left me with unanswered questions which annoyed me. For instance I don't want to reveal any spoilers but it was never revealed how Frances turned her life around and became a therapist.

I think this was a promising debut book and I look forward to reading more from Daisy Pearce in the future.

Thank you Netgalley for sharing this book with me.
This book took me a while to get into the story. I found the beginning very confusing. It started to get interesting after half the book and then it was impossible to stop reading. Very interesting the development of the story.

This was an interesting mystery but reading it fell a little flat for me. Though the storyline was good, I just had trouble getting into it and I couldn't put my finger on why. It took me a while to finish it because I wasn't motivated to pick it back up. It centers on Samantha, whose 15-yr-old daughter Edie went missing 18 years ago. Samantha is still searching for answers, but doesn't get a ton of support from those around her. Enter Frances, the wife of the guy who was dating Edie at the time; Frances stumbles upon a picture of Edie and wants to find out more. Frances and Samantha end up forming an unlikely friendship, and eventually figure out what happened all those years ago.

I felt sorry for Samantha but was somewhat frustrated that after all of these years, she was still asking the same questions- I wanted her to either move on or at least find new ways to investigate what happened. There were also things that she never fully looked into until Frances came along, which seemed hard to believe when her entire being revolved around figuring out what happened to her daughter. Frances, on the other hand, was someone I never really felt like I got to know- I think I liked her but didn't feel like I understood her. .

The ending was a surprise and was pretty action packed when the mystery is solved. The pace of the book picked up greatly at that point.

All in all, I like being surprised and thought the ending of this book was good, but didn't fully immerse myself in this book.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

I really had high hopes for this book and unfortunately it did not deliver. The story did not seem to gel and in my opinion rather long winded. Saying that I am sure other readers will enjoy it more just not for me.
Thanks to Amazon Publishing UK and Netgalley for the ARC.

Oh what an incredible book. An absolutely brilliant story. I totally devoured this. It’s hard to describe the plot without spoiling it, I loved the title and cover of the story, requesting for this reason. And I’m so glad I did. A brilliant psychological thriller. A stand out from the rest. Highly recommended xx

A mother teenage daughter went missing two decades ago is desperate – understandably – for answers. But she’s not the only one who wonders about the case and a photograph could lead to a dangerous, life changing revelation. A tautly written read that made you empathise with Samantha, the missing girl’s mother.

The Missing by Daisy Pearce was one of those stories that I wanted to love, but for me, it fell a little flat. The storylines were easy enough to follow, but I wanted the mom of the missing girl to be able to move on. She never accepted her new reality and I guess if one ever had a child go missing, it would be extremely difficult to do. She found an unlikely ally in the wife of the missing's friend/boyfriend from high school. Soon, they both become obsessed with knowing what happened.
I appreciated the flow of the writing. It kept me reading until the end. I just wanted the mom to finally have her closure and it seemed like it took forever to get. Thank you to #netgalley #amazonpublishinguk for this advanced copy. The book is set to be published on June 9, 2020.

Thank you for the ecopy of this book. I will be posting a full review on Goodreads, Amazon, and Instagram! Many thanks.

The Missing by Daisy Pearce is a fast-paced, engrossing thriller that will have you questioning everything you think you know until the very end.

Fifteen year old Edie Hudson has always had a somewhat problematic relationship with her mother, Samantha. When she goes missing from their small community, the case seems to be quickly forgotten by everyone but Samantha. Twenty years on a local woman, Frances, also has an interest in the case, and it is a personal one. She has discovered a photograph of her husband with the long missing girl. Alternating between 'then' and 'now', and between the perspectives of the two women, Edie's disappearance becomes an all-consuming obsession for Frances, a wife who is seeking answers, and her involvement provides hope for Samantha, a mother who has been plagued by guilt for far too long.

This is a twisty tale that will sweep you up in a compelling and unpredictable journey. You will be racing to find out what happened to Edie Hudson so many years ago.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC.

This was a great read start to finish. A missing girl and a mother who never gave up. Edie was never the worlds darling, she was a bully with aggression problems, so when she vanishes into thin air she is written off as a run away with out much of an investigation. Frances has married Edies ex boyfriend and when they visit his hometown she meets Edies mom... together they try to unravel the past and how the past is a part of Frances present.
Great characters, great plot and fast paced with lots of suspense. I highly recommend this book.

A multiple POV thriller set in two time periods which was exciting to read. The book is centred around the disappearance of Edie, and we see the story through the eyes of Frances and Samantha. I found the book to be well-paced, full of great macabre description, and interesting plot developments. There are some contrivances, as with any thriller, I didn't connect with Samantha as much as I felt I could have, and felt there were a couple of subplots which weren't fleshed out fully/didn't feel resolved but on the whole this was a great page turner and it was written wonderfully well.

This started off really well, with such a well written, heartbreaking description of a mother's experience following the disappearance of her daughter. Alongside this there is an equally well written synopsis of a marriage in trouble due to the apparent misdemeanours of the husband. So far, so good.
However, it then seemed to lose something and I struggled to finish it.
Finish it I did though and overall I found it a decently rounded drama / thriller - bit 'made for tv' but an OK read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview.

The Missing made me sad, not to say it isn’t an incredible story but the feeling of sadness lingered long after finishing.
The grief that flows through the pages , the wonderful writing, the twists (oh my god the twists!!). Pacing is per fctm actually everything’s perfect! Read The Missing!

A strong five out of five book.

spoiler alert ** 3.5 stars

A good mystery that had me guessing to very near the end as to what had happened to Edie.
I was willing to suspect everyone and no one,she might have just been a runaway.
Good levels of creepiness provided by the local caretaker and the witchcraft.
No surprises at the end,but it took me a fairly long time to get to the answer.

The Missing is a captivating thriller that has you hooked from the start. The chapters flip between two women who are unexpectedly connected by a missing girl. Samantha is the mother of the missing girl, and you can emphasize with her as she experiences ongoing grief for years. Frances is a married women who is interested in what happened to the missing girl, Edie.

I really enjoyed this book and was curious about what truly happened to Edie and I wanted to know why. I liked that this story was told in first person because it was easy to understand what the characters were experiencing throughout the book. The ending of this book was not as predictable as some thrillers tend to be in my opinion, which really sets it apart from other stories. Another thing I really enjoyed about this book was the true aspect of how missing people can be overlooked depending on their backgrounds. Edie wasn't a "good girl" and her disappearance didn't get attention by the media the way that "good-girls" do.

This book was captivating, touching, and thrilling. I'm looking forward to reading more titles by this author.

I loved this thriller! I was immediately hooked within the first few pages. This book is chalk full of subtle red herrings which will keep you guessing from the very start.

The chapters flip between Samantha and Frances, which I enjoyed as slowly their story lines start to meld together and more pieces of the mystery become clear. The mother character Samantha, is so relatable and you could feel her extreme emotional pain throughout this story. Highly recommend for those in need/want of a good thriller.

Thank you to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK for a chance to review this arc in exchange for an honest review.

The Missing is a story told in alternating perspectives by two women who’s lives are unknowingly intertwined. Samantha tells her story then and now, when her daughter went missing and 20 years later as she continues to search for answers. Frances lets her curiosity get the better of her when she finds out about a missing girl from her husbands past. In her search for answers, she encounters Samantha and the two become an unlikely pair. The final 1/3 of the book is filled with shocking twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat.