This novel is a remarkable exploration of a wide variety of complex themes such as grief, depression, infidelity, obsession, mental health issues, suicide, and dementia. The author has done an excellent job of exploring these themes nuanced and sensitively, creating a rich, multi-layered, thought-provoking, and emotionally resonant narrative.

The story is a captivating family saga and mystery thriller that spans 30 years, taking the reader through the characters' lives and struggles. It tells a poignant story about the impact of a woman's disappearance on her family and the people around her, exploring how this event affects their lives in both the short and long term.

The author skilfully combines two timelines in the novel. The author skilfully combines two timelines throughout the story to create an exciting and emotionally resonant narrative.

The author explores the complex relationships between the characters and how they are affected by the woman's disappearance, making the story feel like a moving family drama. The author has done an excellent job of portraying the depth of emotion and the complexity of human relationships, creating a rich and engaging story that will stay with readers long after they have finished reading.

Slow burn mystery that builds to a twisted conclusion that makes it worth sticking with!

If I’m honest, this one took me a while to get into, but once events began to unfold after the initial build up, I was suitably engaged! One to stick with for sure 😊

Thanks so much to @simonschusteruk @likely_suspects for my #gifted copy.

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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? was an intriguing read. It was quite a slow burner to begin with but once it got going I think I enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

what really happened to Charlotte Salter?

This book will help you figure it out! Huge fan and could not stop reading once i started

My first Nicci French book and pleased to say I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Is set in a small town impacted by the death of a man and the disappearance of a woman. The book follows their families and the police as they try to solve the crime/s.

HASCS is gripping and twisty, it gave me everything I look for in a thriller. I would love to read more books about the policewoman, Maud (such a gutsy and compelling character!!).

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A mystery. I find it interesting that I did not like any of the characters but did find the mystery surrounding what had happened to Charlotte Salter fascinating. The denouement was not telegraphed in anyway and yet once the mystery was solved I felt I should have realised earlier what had happened. The clues are there!

This is exactly the kind of mystery I find myself drawn into - a missing person, who disappeared years ago, seemingly into thin air, with a family trying to come to terms with it over the subsequent years. Add into that a podcast and a great new Detective, both investigating, and you have a winner!

Writing duo Nicci French have written some brilliant novels, and Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? is no exception. I really enjoyed the twisty, mysterious plot, the setting (a small village in the 90s and then back to that setting 30 years later), and the great characters including the introduction of Maude who is a strong, likeable female lead who I would happily read more about - so I'm glad this is the start of a new series!

The end is satisfying, with a surprising solution and plenty of suspense, and the characters develop well over the novel. I'd highly recommend Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and look forward to future releases in this series!

My thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster publishing for a copy of “ Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter ? “ for an honest review .
This is my first book by the husband and wife team Nicci French and , although for me ,at times it lacked pace
I enjoyed reading it. The character of Maud really stood out for me and I’m not sure if this will be the start of a series of books ?
I’ll definitely try reading more by The authors

Another intriguing story from Nicci French. Full of intrigue and mystery from the start with a hint of suspense having over the whole book.

I just loved this book, the storyline and the characters and couldn’t wait to get back to it. Two brothers decide to do a podcast about two unsolved crimes from 30 years ago, the death of their father and a local lady, who went missing. This causes another crime to be committed, which is presumably connected.
It’s a while since I read anything by these authors and it’s made me realise I need to seek out any I haven’t read as yet.

Well, it's only the second Nicci French book that I have read and I was prompted to read this after seeing "Nicci French" at Bay Tales in Whitley Bay.

I was not disappointed and will now have to read all of their books!

Who is Charlotte Salter? A normal wife and mother, liked by all, who fails to turn up to her husband Alec's 50th birthday party, that of course she was responsible for organising, along with her four children, Etty, Niall, Ollie and Paul. Where has she gone? She wouldn't just vanish! The police take the route of least resistance and decide the outcome without investigating fully. A man's body is found drowned in a nearby river and is linked to her disappearance! Case solved??

Years later, the son's of the man who drowned return to do a podcast about Charlotte's disappearance; old secrets come out. A DI from outside the area is brought in to solve the case of a woman who has died in a house fire. But is everything linked?

A cracking read!

Nicci French books never disappoint and this one is no exception.

Charlotte Salter is meant to be at her husbands 50th birthday party but she never arrives and is never seen again, leaving her four children desperately wondering where their mum has gone. Over a quarter of a century later, the case is reopened and maybe the family will finally discover just where Charlotte Salter went.

A fantastically written detective novel that weaves lots of strands together before bringing them all together. The Nicci French writing partnership goes from strength to strength.

I am a fan of Nicci French so was really looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately I found it quite slow and tedious. The premise of the story was good, a woman (Charlotte/Lottie) goes missing on her husband’s 50th Birthday. A few days later, a man she is allegedly having an affair with (Duncan Ackerley) turns up dead in a local river. The investigation by the police doesn’t seem to go anywhere and the person in charge presumes it was Duncan killing Lottie and then overcome with remorse commits suicide, case closed

30 years later the children of Duncan, Greg and Morgan, start a podcast asking questions again about the disappearance of Lottie. By this time Lottie’s husband Alec has dementia and his children have returned home to prepare him for moving into a nursing home. The podcast gathers steam and listeners and the local police open the case up again when a further person dies in suspicious circumstances.

I confess to finding this a little dull until the last 30% and almost gave upon it but was persuaded by some reviews to keep going. The last 30% or so was interesting but not wow but everything was tied up. Without giving any spoilers I cannot comment on a few things that really annoyed me which were glaring mistakes from the beginning and also the red herrings, to lead us to think a different conclusion, were very predictable.

All in all, not the best book I’ve ever read

First time reading this husband and wife collaboration and now wondering why noy read any before?
There is no Crash, Bang, Wallop here but a seriously good immersive strong story about an unhappy Mum of 4 teens/young adults who goes missing the night of her Hubby’s 50th
30 years later and the Slater’s are re united at the village and home they grew up in, none the wiser to the fete that befell their Mum
Then another murder occurs ( making it 3 but will leave it for you to read about the 2nd ) and suspicions start to rise and a new ‘set of eyes’ start investigating
A really, really good police procedural and Whodunit combined with family saga and an underbelly of ‘all is not right, but why?’ made this a relaxing yet invigorating read that was simply a very good book

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this not long before publication day.

This book was HARD to read, so brutal, so much sorry with 2 families intertwined.

READ this it is profound and great! Ha left a scar on my heart. I will keep coming back to this thats for sure

I read this in a day! I have never read any of the Nikki French partnership novels before, but they will certainly be on my list from now on. Although the story seemed slow at the beginning I felt that it was a clever structure in that the pace of the story started slowly but built up in pace throughout until the final chapters were positively racing along. As I said at the beginning of this review I read it in a day…I didn’t want to put it down and as the pace speeded up I even felt my reading speed race along….a really well written thriller.
Thank you Netgalley, publisher and writers..for the ARC ,what might have been a dreary, wet and cold day with no purpose ended up as a day well spent in another reality.

Having followed this brilliant writing duo since their earliest collaborations, I’m always agog when I hear that a new book is in the offing. And this latest more than lived up to expectations.

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? is a bit of a departure for these authors, both in volume (it’s long — 541 pages) and complexity. A masterfully woven tale of tragedy, secrets and betrayal, it’s an engrossing, multilayered mystery, which despite its length, maintains its intrigue throughout.

The narrative is split over two timelines, some thirty years apart. The first revolves around the mysterious disappearance in a small, English village of mum-of-four Charlotte (Lottie) Salter and the apparently connected suicide of friend and neighbor, Duncan Ackerley.

Three decades later, the Salter and Ackerley children have returned to the village, the Salters to shut down the family home and move their now dementia-ridden father into a care home; the Ackerleys to make a podcast with the intention of absolving their father of Lottie’s murder.

Unraveling the mystery takes on added urgency, when a fresh — possibly linked — tragedy hits the village, and the brilliantly drawn DI Maude O’Conner is drafted in from London to spearhead the investigation.

There is so much to unpick in this story, not least the devastating, long-term impact of Lottie’s unexplained disappearance on her husband and four children. I found this a deeply affecting strand of the narrative.

Weave in the revealing podcast interviews and a handful of meaty subplots, and you have a gripping, impossible-to-put-down read, propelled throughout by the burning need to know Lottie’s fate.

The final twist is genius, a true whiplash moment, revealing a devious, calculating individual, who wasn’t on my radar for even a second.

I’ll be sending my chiropractor bill to Nicci and Sean.

Nicci French is a two author collaboration that I have heard of but never read until this novel. I always approach collaborative novels a little dubiously, wary of spending too much time trying to work out who wrote which character or part of the storyline but I managed to avoid that with this. Instead I read it like I was supposed to, concentrating on the disappearance of Charlotte and the decades long impact on her family.
The first part of the novel, when Charlotte disappeared and the body of Duncan was found was one which did take me a while to get into. Nothing to do with the storyline as such but more the way I felt towards the characters. Alec and most of the local police force were grotesque and I struggled with Etsy’s siblings, friends and neighbours. As this part of the novel progressed I did have increasing sympathy for Paul, very much a character who appears less than the others.
When Maud appeared I appreciated this novel a lot more. Brought into the area from another force after the police were found to be inept in the original investigation I found her very open and determined. She was more than prepared to stand up to the members of the local police who in my option were in the wrong job. I also thought that with her appearance I had more liking for Etty and her immediate family. In particular Penny, her sister in law who had the thankless job of caring for Alec as his health deteriorated.
The investigation itself was one that I couldn’t even begin to work out. When the truth was revealed it was a complete surprise and I found myself analysing and eventually seeing what I missed a few days after finishing.
I would definitely read more by Nicci French again, especially after reading that Maud will be appearing in future novels.

Once again, another great read from Nicci French. Full of intrigue and mystery, the power of grief and the effects it has on the ones left behind. Great characters, but Maud was the best, bringing everything together. Highly recommend,

My thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster UK for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced digital copy in return for an honest review.

I’ve been reading Nicci French’s novels for many years and have loved most of them. Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter begins when mother of 4 Charlie goes missing on the night of her husband’s 50th birthday. A few days later a family friend’s body is discovered but Charlie is never found.
30 years later Charlie’s children reunite at their family home at the same time that a podcast looking into Charlie’s disappearance is released.
This is a slow burn thriller that took me a while to get into but once I did I found it to be a completely gripping and compelling read. The authors explore the impact of grief and loss on Charlie’s children and how loss fractures a family. I loved the character of Maud, the detective brought in to reopen the case 30 years later and although it’s something we are aware of I was appalled and angry at the treatment of female colleagues within the police force,
This is a very clever, multi layered thriller that I would highly recommend. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.
4.5 stars