The premise was engaging and there were a couple of good twists. However, unfortunately, I predicted the culprit / ending and also found the ending rather abrupt considering the length and depth of some of the earlier descriptions and scenes. Overall, a little disappointing and probably not an author I'd return to.

please note I will not be leaving a public review for this book as I have not paid for it.
leaving a 1-star as NG doesn't allow to move ahead without a star rating

Great book. Highly recommend and will most defiantly read more by this author and suggest to others!

I found this to be a really great thriller. I had no time getting into the storyline. The author did an excellent job with character and plot development. I was able to guess how the book would end, but I still really enjoyed it. I really recommend this read.

This was a great thriller that pulled me out of a book slump. Although I guessed how it would end, I still enjoyed it. Loved the author’s writing style. Will definitely look forward to reading more by Penny Jenkins.

A great book that had me hooked! Well worth picking up as it is definitely worth a read. Great storyline and interesting characters!

Annie was only 5 years old when her older Gemma disappeared. Gemma has never been found and everyone thinks that she is dead all these years. Annie always thought that her non wished that it was her that had gone missing and not her sister Gemma.
As a teenager Annie decided to leave home and if it wasn’t for the fact that her life has taken a turn for the worst and the fact that her mother has being diagnosed with cancer she would never have returned home.
Gemma’s room is still untouched, a shrine to the perfect child. Her mother is frail, and wasting away.
Annie decides nows the time for answers, she feels she needs to know what’s happened to Gemma. But also feels she needs to know why her mother seems so distant and seemingly uncaring?
I found this book to be a great read with a completely unexpected ending.

Great plot with great characters which makes a good book filled with twists and turns. The book flowed at a good pace which had you wanting to uncover the truth. You could say that this is a book about redemption.. The characters were believable and all in all a great read.

Thank you very much to Netgalley, Penny Jenkins and RedDoor Press for the chance to review this novel.

Annie was 5 years old when her beloved sister Gemma disappeared. When Gemma disappeared Annie's relationship with her mother wiltered.

Many years have passed and Annie's life is in shambles. Her boyfriend kicked her out, she is practically penniless and has no where to live. Her very last option is to return to her childhood home and live with her terminally ill mother.

Apon returning home, she discovers Gemma's room is a shrine and her room has been turned into a sewing room, her mother removing all traces of her second daughter. Old resentments rise in Annie as she is forced to take care of her mother in her last days.

Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Annie and her friend Priti, decide to start investigating. The police aren't interested so they take matters into their own hands. The trouble is, someone is determined to keep what happened to Gemma a secret. And the closer they get to finding out what happened, the more dangerous the investigation becomes.

This was a very quick, easy and enjoyable read. Very well developed characters, an excellently paced plot and many twists and turns make this a brilliant book to read.

Annie is just five years old when her big sister Gemma doesn't return from school. Her already poor childhood gets worse as her family try to deal with the disappearance. As soon as she is able, Annie leaves home and doesn't look back.
But now, age 30, she is back in her childhood home to care for her sick mother. She decides to try and find out more about the sister she doesn't remember. But soon, she finds more than she bargains for.

This was an excellent debut novel and I definitely think the author is one to watch. It was a very quick read, I finished it in one morning. I couldn't put it down, I was so desperate to find out what happened to Gemma. I loved the little twists in the story although I did guess one of them correctly.
A very enjoyable read

This is a brilliant first novel. Annie returns to the family home to look after her sick mother after many years of being estranged. Struggling with the recent breakdown of her own relationship, Annie sets out to find the truth about her sister’s mysterious disappearance 25 years previously. The police investigation had found no clues. A faded photo leads Annie on a determined path to find answers and while she finds her life improving, old friendships renewed and gaining confidence in herself, there are many unanswered questions. A fascinating story of family dynamics and secrets.

This is the first book I read from this author and I ave to say it really surprised me. I couldn’t put it down and kept turning the pages to know what was going to happen. The characters are engaging and it’s a good thriller about how complex are family relationships. I’d definitely recommend this book.

A brilliant family drama with many depths to the story throughout. I thoroughly enjoyed following the story as it all began to unfold, and particularly liked the story showing the reconciliation between mother and daughter.

This was a very addictive family drama that has a lot of emotional layers- admittedly I was far more interested in the growing reconciliation between mother and daughter than I was in the missing sister mystery but as a whole story I thought it was great.

3 for neutral, didn’t download for me. Will update when able to buy and read. I don’t know why it didn’t go on my library!

I really liked this book! I have a sister myself so I thought it would be fun to read, There was a lot of twists and turns that I didn't see coming, there was a little bit missing for me but it could just have been me and not the book I will definitely be picking up more from this author. I received a free e arc of this book from netgalley and the publisher.

Plenty of twists that make this an interesting read. Sped through this book as it was very compelling.


I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I struggled immensely with this book. I thought it sounded much better than it was. For me the book just seemed to drag on and on and then book there's a rushed ending. I also didn't like the characters, in particular Annie. She was just incredibly selfish all the way around.

The plot of this book which concerns a woman who has lived in the shadow if her murdered sister, is pacey and engaging so that it made me what to read on to the end. Generally, it is well-crafted and the reader becomes genuinely concerned t know the outcome. The ending comes as a genuine surprise. My only criticism is that the end comes a little too suddenly but the clues are there threaded through the novel and it was certainly a very enjoyable read. This book would appeal to anyone who likes a good mystery with a psychological aspect to it and everyone loves a good twist at the end.

Very quick read!

When Annie returns home to look after her estranged mother she’s faced with the ghosts of her past and long held secrets regarding her sisters disappearance. She’s desperate to finally have an answer but would she be better off kept in the dark?

I enjoyed this one! It’s not very fast paced, just enough to keep you going and the ending really took me by surprise!

This book was such a super quick read but even still I think it could have been shorter, the writing style was quite descriptive in a way that for me didn’t add to the story and reader assumptions would have suffice .

An example being - “the taxi dropped me dropped me two houses down because there was a huge great van outside mothers house, meaning if the taxi stopped there it would be blocking the road.”

This one is perfect for those in a slump and needing something short!