I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

Super creepy (boggy? kelpy?) PI procedural set on an island in Scotland where girls keep disappearing. Add a plucky young outsider putting her nose into everything and you have a perfect Summer thriller. Hopefully she makes this one a series.

I just finished reading this. The ending was *chef kiss*. This was so cleverly done. Reading this was definitely time well spent. 5/5

This is a very hard book for me to review. I had to sit with it for a while to collect my thoughts. I wish some of the events around the 85% mark had been handled differently, but I decided to round up my rating to 5 stars because I couldn’t put the book down and finished it in one sitting. I was hooked right from the beginning to that heartbreaking shocker of an ending. I definitely won’t be forgetting this book, or the scenery descriptions of Mull, for quite some time! I’ve already started Helen Fields’ DI Callanach series and, after reading this standalone, I’ll be bumping up the rest of the books in that series ASAP.
*Thanks to the author, Avon Books & NetGalley for this advance reader’s copy.

The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields is a tense, twisty, phenomenal read!
Fields always does an amazing job at creating such vivid descriptions and holding my attention till the very end.
Fantastic, excellent… Incredible… I could not put this one down for the life of me… Loved, loved, loved this book.
What rollercoaster ride this was. I love it when a book shocks me the way this did.

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

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Thank You for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!
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The Clark family have recently relocated to Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull. Coming from the USA to a small town, they are very much the outsiders. When Adriana, the eldest daughter of the Clarks goes missing, the family feel that they are not getting the full attention of the local police, and that the attitude of “she’s young, probably gone to the mainland, she’ll be back” is so totally out of character of the daughter they know, that the only alternative is to employ a PI to find their girl. Enter Sadie Levesque, all the way from Banff in Canada, a specialist in teenage cases.

This story is totally absorbing from the start, the setting is beautiful and the characters are very well written, a real joy to read. The pace is fast and at times breathtaking. Twists and turns galore. I couldn’t put it down, loved it. Had to read the ending twice - WHAT!! Excellent.

Thank you NetGalley.

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Awesome.
Adriana Clark’s family moves to the ancient, ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then she goes missing. Faced with hostile locals and indifferent police, her desperate parents turn to private investigator Sadie Levesque. Sadie is the best at what she does. But when she finds Adriana’s body in a cliffside cave, a seaweed crown carefully arranged on her head, she knows she’s dealing with something she’s never encountered before.
The deeper she digs into the island’s secrets, the closer danger creeps – and the more urgent her quest to find the killer grows. Because what if Adriana is not the last girl to die?
Helen fields is the queen of suspense. Loved it.
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for giving me an advance copy.

This book was sent to me from Netgalley electronically for review. I have no clue how I will review this book. I really don't have the words. I do know that I will read another one by this author because it was a can't put down book despite the horror of the murders. The characters, except for the protagonist and maybe a couple others, just are not likable...they are despicable sometimes. The setting, Scotland, is not serene and cozy...it is a place of secrets and the dislike of outsiders. Glad I have read other books set in this country, so I don't get an idea that Scotland is a place to avoid. That being said, this author has written an ingenious novel from the first page to the end...and do NOT stop reading if you want a huge surprise. The gory, horrible details are part of the murders...red herrings abound...don't be misled. This is like watching Criminal Minds or a movie that is almost unbelievable. Some of the language is offensive to me...maybe not to others. I could go on and on, so I hope others will read this book and review it.