This book had me hooked from the beginning. I really enjoyed the in-depth stories of the characters, how you get a full sense of what is going on between the past and present. This what beautifully written and kept me intrigued and guessing till the end.

I read this one first and it had me hooked on Daisy’s writing that had to pick up her previous work! I’m currently biting my nails, hoping and waiting for an announcement of something new by her! 

There’s a lot going on in this story but it all surrounds Edie, a broken young girl who disappeared without a trace and without anyone but her mother to look for her, there’s not much hope of her being found. Throwing innocent Frances into the mix because of a simple photograph stirs something up in Samantha (Edie’s Mother). Desperate to find answers and with one person finally on her side, they set out to uncover what happened to Edie. 

What they find is shocking on so many levels. I didn’t see the twist coming until it was already revealed which I totally enjoyed!

Kind thanks to @netgalley and @amazonpublishing for the arc🥰

This was a novel outside of my usual genre pickings but I’m glad that I requested it. The premise intrigued me and once I started reading, it hooked me right in.

Edie Hudson, 15 years old and quite the tear away, goes missing. Her mother, Samantha, a single parent, knows Edie isn’t a perfect child but refuses to give up on her as the media and police slowly but surely, relax their search for Edie. 

Frances Thorn, has also had her fair share of a wild life. However, now married to William, she has left that life behind and becomes suspicious after seeing a picture of William and Edie together as teenagers, shortly before Edie goes missing. Why has William never mentioned Edie before and what does he know about her disappearance?

‘The Missing’ is a good psychological thriller that gets under your skin. It’s chapters are short and snappy and the characters are all somewhat suspicious so you’re never quite sure who is guilty of what. I did predict the culprit somewhat but I wouldn’t let that put you off. It’s intense, packed filled to the brim with suspense and hard to leave down. This would be a good easy read if you’re on holidays and not looking for anything too taxing.

The first i noticed was the cover of the book, it's intriguing..
The book it's self is a clever and compulsive psychological thriller with a lot of twists and little crazy plot. The chapters ware short so that make the reading fast, but in some parts it was predictable.
I enjoyed it very much 😊

Thank you Daisy Pearce, Amazon Publishing UK and Netgalley.

As an avid reader of mystery/thrillers and some horror novels, this is by far one of the best combinations of both I have read for quite some time. Eighteen years ago, Samantha's daughter Edie disappears without a trace in the local, creepy graveyard where the legend of Quiet Mary, a local girl who drowned in the 1800's lives on through the seances of Edie and her friends the Rattlesnakes. This book goes back and forth between two lead characters, Samantha and Frances, wife of William, the last boy Edie dated before she disappeared. As Samantha spends these last eighteen years grieving, feeling guilty of not being a better mother,  but never really giving up hope of finding her daughter, Frances finds a photo of Edie, William, William's brother Alex, and the Rattlesnakes and starts questioning what happened to the missing girl. Samantha and Frances cross paths in the graveyard and quickly become unlikely friends. Many questions are raised, is Edie somewhere near the old abandoned well which William's father closed off to the public? Why was William's father's car at the graveyard the night Eddie disappeared? 
These characters were very well developed. Edie was a particularly difficult child who caused fights at school and liked to scare her mother. Samantha starts carrying around mace and a knife for protection from her own daughter! The reader finds themselves feeling sorry for Samantha because although she feared for her life, she really did love Edie. The local police were really of no help, saying "These girls run away all the time, they always come back when they run out of resources" and never really did help Samantha search. 
Meanwhile, Frances has her own personal problems with William as he starts acting strangely and spending money on girls to send him nude or nearly nude photos. Edie is a very touchy subject with him and his family, which she quickly finds out. Although I won't spoil it for the reader in this review, it is kind of easy to figure out who is responsible, but you never really quite figure out why until the very end. The ending ties together perfectly and I found myself staying up late to finish this book. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for another great read.

Characters: What a mess! There is a character that redeems themselves, but others are just... crazy!

Speed: This books was a pretty quick read. There were times that it was a little slow, so I found myself skimming it a little. For the most part, it was a good quick read!

Twists: Yep! 

Overall Thoughts: I enjoyed this book. It kept me intrigued. It was a dark read!

This was a well written psychological thriller. I liked that it was written from two perspectives and I liked both Frances and Samantha. The book certainly made me think about how we make judgements about victims and how more effort is put into some investigations. How often do we hear people say, “She was such a nice/pretty girl she didn’t deserve to die.” Does that mean that the disappearance of a girl like Eide , who wasn’t a very nice, isn’t as important? This book certainly made me think.
Thank you Daisy Pearce, Amazon Publishing UK and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to give my unbiased opinion.

Edie Hudson was 15 when she went missing.  She never made it to school that day and she's never been seen or heard from since.  Her mother, Samantha, has lived with grief on a daily basis for 18 years.

Frances is married to William ... has been for 2 years.  It's been a good union until recently. He's become quiet ... money is missing from their accounts ... and why does he have a picture of a very young woman on his computer .... holding a very expensive purse that he obviously paid for since he left the receipt out in the open.

And then she finds a picture of a much younger William with the missing girl.

Frances becomes obsessed with the missing girl and meeting with Edie's mother  doesn't answer all the questions she has.  The two women begin a journey looking for Samantha's daughter.

What really happened all those years ago? And just how dangerous could it be to find out?Someone knows exactly what happened and will do anything to keep it hidden ... anything at all.

Well written, it kept me intrigued from start to finish.  The plot is a good one with plenty of characters ... potential suspects.  I found it to be a quick read  and I couldn't wait to get to the amazing, surprising ending.

Many thanks to the author / Amazon Publishing UK / Netgalley for the digital copy of this domestic thriller.  Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This was a pretty quick read. The chapters are short and the book is really hard to put down. I’d give this a solid 3 stars mainly because it was a tad predictable. Even though the author tries to throw you off I was about halfway when I figured out who had done it.

The Missing is a slow-burning suspenseful mystery that began years ago when Edie Hudson is reported missing from her village in the U.K.  Most people have forgotten her...except for her mother Samantha and the person responsible for her disappearance. 

Miles away Frances Thorn is unraveling a mystery of her own-determining where her husband is spending their money or on whom. When Frances discovers her husband is lying fate intervenes with a call from William's brother who tells him their mother has had a bad fall and he needs to come home. Frances misses the opportunity to tell him she knows what he's been doing as she plays the role of the dutiful daughter-in-law and returns to William's childhood home to help take care of his mom. 

Once home she comes across photos of William as a teenager....along with photos of Edie.  What unfolds is a a dangerous game of cat and mouse with some twists along the way!

This is my first Daisy Pearce novel and while it started out a bit slower in the beginning does deliver.  Told from multiple perspectives and different timelines there is significant time spent in the past that did drag a bit but definitely pays off in the end-solid 3.5 stars!

Thank you to the writer, publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

*5 Stars*

Copy kindly received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting and I liked the ending. Would recommend.

This story is so sad and so touching. Both characters have a really intriguing story and I loved seeing are they relate with one another. As it's a thriller, I highly recommend going into it without knowing anything. I felt a lot of compassion for both women and I was eager to discover more about them as the story unfolded.

Another book that I found myself struggling to connect with. It took me a while to get into it. I felt like I was reading forever but just not moving forward in the story. 
It started picking up around 80%. I only continued reading because I wanted to know what happened to Edie.
This one wasn't for me, I'm afraid.

Thank you @NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this.

This book broke my heart into a thousand little pieces. Being a mother is the hardest responsibility on this planet and loosing a child must be the most earth shattering, and for our main character Samantha, it is doubly heart breaking since no one remembers her little girl. This book is a mystery but it is such a heartbreaking one, and i recommend everyone reads this book!!!

The story is predictable but thats because of the story line. There is a lot of back tracking with the characters background because of the information the author is giving you to set up the book. It does have alot of info to take in but it becomes worth it. Its a very thrilling book but leaves you wanting more. This is from the unanswered questions at the end but I think this was where it falls under a psychological thriller personally.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Unfortunately The Missing fell flat for me and I felt it was going nowhere. Having read other reviews it seems as there’s no resolution or result to the story and I DNF by 50% and am glad I didn’t continue.

I didn’t like a single character, couldn’t relate to anything or anyone and while it was fast paced and gripping at the beginning few chapters it dragged for the remainder of what I did read.

This is told from the perspective of Samantha and Frances but sadly I just found it to be uninteresting. I did not gel to the characters and found nothing about them to root for. A book such as this needs people to root for and that was fundamentally missing which was a real disappointment.
Everything about this read was just fine. There was nothing electrifying about it and the plot and characters are forgettable. There is a lot of action at the end of the book but it is all lumped in one place and could have done with being spread throughout the whole book.

Written more as a suspense or even general fiction, the book highlights the unfortunate circumstance that socioeconomic status can play in crime. Unfortunately, the plot focuses too much on the events and not enough on character development. Readers are offered a pretty familiar trope and not much in the way of originality. For those  accustom to the genre, the big reveal is easily picked up on in earlier chapters. Just an okay read. 2 stars

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC of #TheMissing which was read and reviewed voluntarily by @wayward_readers

I was expecting more of a thriller than this book delivered. I enjoyed the alternating of the POV on every chapter but that didn’t do anything to make the story more dynamic. Overall it was a good idea but for me just didn’t deliver.

Another strong book from Daisy Pearce. It tells the story of Frances, married to William, who both have secrets to hide, and Samantha, searching for her missing daughter, Edie. All of the characters were well drawn and believable in their actions. The pain of Samantha's loss comes through time and time again. The missing children of those without the fancy house or perfect childhood are often overlooked in the media, by the police. This book really conveys this message in many subtle ways - Samantha is portrayed as an inattentive mother, someone who likes a drink and is to be avoided. The author does a great job of showing the flipside to the coin - the frustration of being ignored that leads to seemingly unhinged behaviour, the loneliness and pain of being ignored. A thought-provoking read that the acknowledgement brought home - the list of children who were, in the author's words "were overlooked and underreported" just because they didn't fit a media-perfect demographic. I am ashamed to say I had to Google many of the names. A recommended and worthwhile read.