When Saffie receives an urgent message from her friend Leona, which is then deleted, suspecting she needs help Saffie rushes to her friend’s home to see what she can do. However, on arrival, Leona seems fine and says she hasn’t sent the message.

When the family mysteriously disappear, as Saffie is the last person to see them, the police arrive at her door to investigate what happened. This is the beginning of a gripping, fast paced thriller which keeps you glued to the page. There are events from Saffie’s past which gradually unfold, and Leona’s husband seems devious and controlling.

The story is set mainly from two perspectives and viewpoints, which gives a more rounded account of the main characters and secrets from the past. Well written, this is a roller coaster ride, full of twists and turns, exploring the background of various characters, making you consider who the perpetrator could be. The author really gets inside the characters, and you feel empathy for Saffy and her sister Poppy. The tension increases as the story unfolds.

This is the first book by K L Slater which I’ve read, and thoroughly enjoyed.

A thrilling fast paced mystery with a unique protagonist in Saffy who is fierce yet highly vulnerable. Loads of twists and turns that I didn't forsee and an insightful exploration into toxic female friendship. I thoroughly enjoyed Message Deleted and raced through it to find out what had happened to the missing family.

Firstly thank you to netgalley for the opportunity to read this.
So I was intrigued and gripped from the description of this book and I was not left disappointed.
Definitely a page turner.
What would you do if your waiting to go into a job interview and your best friend since you were in high school sends you three messages “can’t talk” “don’t text or call” “please just come” then within seconds your left with this message has been deleted!! Saffy don’t like leonas husband so she instantly thinks something bad has happened. Upon arrival Leona don’t know anything about any messages that was sent to saffy! Something does not add up! Then saffy gets news that Leona, ash and Rosie are missing.
Every character has a motive to want to get rid of Leona or ash (the husband) therefore everyone is a suspect!!
Told from different times and pov of the main characters which adds to the suspense of the storyline.
Saffy is very overprotective of her sister poppy and her best friend Leona and at first your thinking “this woman is overbearing and annoying” but we find out the reasons behind it all.

If you like a heavily interwoven thriller with a great deal of female perspective then this is one for you. The initial 'hook', a troubling text message received at the most inopportune moment, at the start of a job interview, kicked the whole saga off. Saffy became immediately concerned for her best friend's wellbeing, rushing from the interview to find out what was going on.
There are very few clues for the reader throughout the novel to grasp what's going on so there's quite a debrief at the conclusion. This I found rather annoying and not at all immersive. The novel has at it's nub the idea that from a couple of lies early on in one's life, a veritable butterfly effect can ensue. The sad thing was, that this was only revealed towards the end.

Message Deleted is a gripping psychological thriller that metaphorically, kept me on the edge of my seat! The story centers around Saffy, who receives a frantic message from her best friend Leona, only for it to be deleted moments later. When Leona and her family subsequently disappear, Saffy finds herself having to uncover the truth and clear her name.

While some twists might be a tad predictable, the writing is engaging and the story is exciting; the characters, especially Saffy, are well developed and relatable,

This book is perfect for fans of psychological thrillers and mystery novels who appreciate a story that keeps them guessing!

Fantastic book. Never saw the twists and turns coming. Friends from a young age Leona and saffy have drifted apart, due to Leona husband and different lifestyles.
Poppy, saffys younger sister is living a hedonistic student life style after surviving a vicious attack 3 years ago..
Leoana, husband Ash and young daughter Poppy disappear, just after saffy had turned up in response to urgent texts that where then deleted.
Suspected by the police and endangering contact with the own young son, saffy takes risks to prove her innocence.

The book crossed my path and I could not walk by! It sounded so intriguing, it hooked me even before I’d picked the book up! And wow could I not read this fast enough!

Driven by the intense need to get to the bottom of this story, I ate up the pages like it was my job. It was easy to loose yourself into the one more chapter trap, and they were short enough to keep thinking ‘just one more’ until I was done! It also made my train journey go extra fast so I can attest for its entertainment factor.

I was certainly kept guessing with this and with Saffy trying to get to the bottom of the mystery before she went down for something that she didn’t do, it was a race against time to clear her name. I didn’t guess how it was going to end and it was a satisfying conclusion to an enticing story.

I always get excited when the author releases a new book. I love the way she writes and her characters are always believable, I usually finish them in a couple of days. This one was readable and I enjoyed it but it didn't feel as gripping as her usual stories do. So while this one wasn't my favourite I will still get excited when a new one comes out!

Thank you for the advance copy in exchange of a review

A beautifully crafted thriller about Saffy who receives a message from her best friend Leona asking for help. When the message is deleted and Leona and her family go missing, Saffy and her sister Poppy are drawn into a twisted search for the truth. With plenty of traumas in their pasts, the characters are complex and flawed. Although this wasn’t the fastest of reads for me, I was engaged with the plot and eager to discover the truth. A great book by an author who never disappoints.

Thank you to the K.L. Slater, the publisher and Netgalley for my advance copy.

What a ride this read was. It is a mystery that was so compulsive and I just could not put it down. It was so twisted all the way through from page 1. The three main characters were all easy to relate to and i kept getting mixed feelings about there behaviour. Saffy who is so protective of her baby sister Poppy and Leona who is Saffy's bestest friend for ever.The flashbacks through slowly let the reader get new information that helped to rethink eachtime as to who was the baddy.. Thisis a very tene story and I have to say it was my favourite one of the year so far. I have read other books by this great author but this surpassed all that came before.

'Message deleted'. The phrase evokes a visceral fear in me. How many times have we wanted to retract a message, and wondered if it's best to a) leave it b) send another message to save face c) delete it and hope the recipient doesn't comment?

My heart went out to Saffy from the very beginning. Imagine that you're about to go into an interview for a job you desperately need and then you receive the following messages from a friend: 'Can’t speak… don’t text or call… please just come'. What would you do? In Saffy's case, leave and go to check on her friend, to find that same friend saying that she didn't send any messages.

It's difficult to say too much about this one without giving it all away. The characters were well-drawn, the multiple perspectives and flashbacks were used effectively, and it was certainly unputdownable. Last, but not least - a fantastic twist. Highly recommend.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for the ARC!

While waiting to go into a job interview, Saffy receives an urgent, worrying text from best friend Leona. Walking out of the interview, Saffy hurried to Leona’s house, but once there, Leona denies sending it. Later that day, Leona, husband Ash and daughter Rosie disappear, and blood is left at the scene.

This is a great psychological, whodunnit thriller, which kept me guessing, and changing my mind throughout. From the first page until the end, this story was twisting and turning, to the point I almost got whiplash.
K.L. Slater is a new author for me, but I’m so impressed with this book, that I will be reading a lot more from her. I have been reading a lot of psychological crime thrillers lately, and this is one of the best.

Thanks to the author, and NetGalley for providing me with this free ARC, with which I leave a voluntary review.

This is probably one of the most disturbing books I have read for a while, I was unsettled from the first page and the feeling never left me. I read it in an afternoon so it is fair to say I was totally gripped although I wouldn’t want any of the characters as a friend!

I found this to be an easy and quite enjoyable read. I was intrigued from the start with the deleted messages and the flashbacks making you question the characters. However, I found some of the plot twists a bit obvious and it felt like some were put in just for extra drama rather than actually serving the plot and storyline.

Message Deleted is the first book by K. L. Slater that I have ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It is a suspenseful thriller with compelling characters and many twists and turns and will keep you guessing until the very end.

I found this to be an easy and enjoyable read for summer - easy to put down and pick up again. The way the book was presented … the idea of the deleted messages was intriguing. The story was quite tense but the way the flashbacks were presented sort of gave away the ending … there were only two characters who could have done it! Whilst the ending didn’t surprise me, this was worth reading.

Wow, this was an extremely cleverly written book! I could not put it down . Saffy and her best friend Poppy have a very close relationship but it has been fractured due to Poppy husband.
A call for help that then turns into Saffy being arrested for murder!
Complex plot that twists and turns and I liked the ending.

What a brilliant book. Totally compulsive reading from start to finish and I did not want it to end. Totally immersive. A great read.

This book hooked me in right from the first page. It was quite the roller coaster ride. It was clever and complex. An excellent read.

I found this to be an easy and enjoyable read. It was tense and twisty. The ending surprised me which is always a good thing.