This was an interesting story full of misconceptions and misunderstandings. A mother who suffered from post natal depression at time when it was not a recognised illness and hidden away and a daughter who disappears and another who suffered as a result.It is all resolved with an abrupt twist at the end which I didnt like..

Annie's sister disappeared years earlier, and Annie spent the rest of her childhood feeling neglected by her mother, compared to the missing sister. Now that Annie's mother has cancer, she has moved back home to help, while also trying to meet up with some of Gemma's old friends to try to get an idea of what happened to her. This wasn't really a straight up mystery, what happened to Gemma, but also the story of Annie finally getting to know her estranged mother. It was a good story, 4 stars.

this book is a must read keeps you gripped to the end . Anna s sister never came home . Anna was only a child . her mother was never a mother two her or her sister as soon as she was old enough she left home and never went back only for her fathers death . then years later her aunt asks her to come home to help her mum as she has cancer . she starts to wonder what did happen to Gemma and does her own digging is very sad i cried but so so twisty so recommend

Thanks to Netgalley for the preview of this book. It was a good book with a lot of potential but it failed to keep me 100% gripped and entertained. I really disliked the main character and found it hard to believe that she could be as selfish as she was to the way in which her mother honoured her sisters memory. I guessed the ending early on & there was a small bit of character redemption towards the end.

Thank You to NetGalley and RedDoor Press for this Ebook!!

Annie is only 5 years old when her elder sister, Gemma disappears. It changed her life forever., Annie always felt unloved and unwanted. When Annie returns to care for her estranged mother, she’s faced with the ghosts from her past.

In order to move on in life she needs to get over her past, which she can only do so if she finds out what actually happened to Gemma. Desperate for clues, she delves deeper in search of the truth.

It was a good story though I kind of expected the ending. I liked the way Annie developed her character and relationships through the course of the book. Overall it was an okay book, it didnt contain the extra wow factor which could have made this into an extraordinary book.

I enjoyed this book. Admittedly, it took me a while to get into it; it's written in a very chatty, informal style, and doesn't feel 'literary' in any way. To begin with I unfairly found it a bit amateur. But it grew on me. I suspect that the publishing industry churns out so many similar-sounding and -feeling books written by similar authors with similar life experiences that anything deviating from that norm can be a shock to the system.

Anyway, once I'd got over all that, I thought the book was very good. I liked Annie. I liked her friend Priti. I liked the way her resentful relationship with her mother gradually matured into understanding and the way she found her true calling in life. In a way, the murder mystery part of the plot comes second to those other aspects, yet it was still very well done. The final twist was perfect, one that I can't say I expected precisely but that fit with everything else that had happened.

A few typos, and a few places where I felt like the story could be tightened up or made more suspenseful, but overall a good read.

Annie moves back home to take car of her sick mother after staying away from home for years. The case of her missing sister when she was 5 years old changed the dynamics of her family forever. Her father was always busy working and her mother seemed to not care that she had a young daughter still after the older one disappeared.

While living with her mom she takes a job at the hospital and begins dating Gareth who knew her sister. Her mother still keeps a bedroom shrine to her older sister Gemma and Annie begins searching for clues in the room and by talking to Gemma's old friends. Why won't Mike one of her sister's old friends talk to her? What does Reg their older neighbor know about the day of Gemma's disappearance? Did Toby a past friend of her sister have anything to do with her disappearance since he is in jail for murdering his wife?

Things come to a head when Annie meets another friend of her sisters, Fiona and finds out new information that she then takes to the police.... While she is dealing with the stress of her new job and the unknown outcome of her mother's cancer she also has to deal with the threatening letters she has been receiving.

Good plot and interactions with the different characters and with a surprising twist at the very end this is a good example of contemporary suspense and drama.

Absolutely brilliant. A found it was a very easy read, and wasnt made too complicated to follow. I had many theories about how it would end. I 100% didnt see the final twist coming. A must read!!!

This novel started it slow but picked up quickly. Complex relationships were noted. Review posted on Goodreads also.

This book was very engaging and the characters well drawn out and felt real to life. I really wished Annie the best and hoped she would find peace after the awful years of growing up without her sister Gemma and living a half life as a result. The book has some good twists and turns, some I guessed and others a surprise and the pace kept me really engaged in the story. Finished it in a couple of days which for me is quick so it was a page turner! I felt a few parts were slightly rushed and did feel it was a first novel but it's a great first novel and I hope to read more from this author. Great work, interesting and a bit different to a lot of stories in this genre. Congratulations!

I received an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book is perfectly good. It didn’t really draw me in but I definitely killed a few hours. Worth a read.

Wow what a book
Fantastic from the start to finish
Loves all the twists and turns an


And the ending left me speechless and in shock what a book deffo one of my favourites this year

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Unfortunately this book just didn't do it for me and I was unable to finish this book.

A good mystery thriller that kept me hooked the whole way through. I would never have guessed the end either. Great x

This was a well-written mystery and while I "kind of" figured out who was responsible for Gemma's disappearance, it turned out I only had it half-right. I am always happy when at the end there's still a twist I didn't anticipate and this book did not let me down.

I liked that they kept developing Annie as a person, with her working towards a career and having goals. Her friendship with Priti added to the story as well.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you for this advanced copy. The description sounded good, however I got about 15% and nothing in this book held my attention. I wasn’t interested enough to see what happened to the sister. Very slow going. Not for me