My Daughter Is Missing
A really suspenseful story, let down a little by the ending.

When Elizabeth’s daughter Hollie goes missing she is worried sick, but doesn’t want to involve police as she has some dark secrets to hide. She has to find her daughter herself before the school suspect that she’s missing.

This type of plotline is very overdone I think yet this story felt really fresh. I thought that was really impressive. The pacing is great, giving popcorn thriller vibes.

Would really recommend.

This was a tense, heart-poundingly thrilling, roller coaster of a read! Absolutely raced through this one! Brilliant book!

I thought my daughter was safe, but now she’s gone.

When Hollie goes missing from a school Halloween party you would think her mum would scream from the rooftops to find her, but no, she tells nobody.
Frantic to find her but unable to trust anyone Elizabeth will stop at nothing to get Hollie back.

Wow, this was quite a ride. Fast paced and with a twist I definitely didn’t see coming. Really enjoyed this book and thanks to @netgalley for the opportunity to read it.

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Completely implausible but I just adored this book! It was funny and witty and 1000% different than what I was expecting it to be! Super unique with an ending that had my jaw all the way to the floor! 5 stars!

Well, THAT was unexpected.... I'm not sure what I did expect, but it certainly wasn't this beautifully twisted take on a kidnap story.
Absolutely cracking read. I loved every warped minute of it. Well done.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book opens strongly as we follow Elizabeth, who is manning the snack table at her daughter Hollie’s school Halloween party. But once the party ends, Hollie is nowhere to be found. The teachers help search the building, but there’s no sign of her. The strange thing is—how could Elizabeth not have seen Hollie leave?

When the headteacher suggests calling the police, Elizabeth panics. She knows involving them will only bring trouble, so she lies, claiming that her partner, Clive, picked Hollie up early. As the lies begin to pile up, she enlists the help of her very strange and dangerous sister to search for Hollie, all while pretending to Clive and the school that everything is fine.

As the situation spirals, people die, secrets unravel, and the tension builds. The book is engaging and fast-paced, but it does become very far-fetched at times.

I liked this book, but I could not say I loved it. The ending left me with so many questions. I was confused alot of the time. It just wasnt the book for me, Im afraid.

There is nothing better than a mystery that you think you’ve solved only to be sorely mistaken. My Daughter is Missing has so many twists and turns you may never fully get out of the maze. This book was full of dark themes and terrifying scenarios that haunts every parents nightmares. As you follow Lizzie through her past and present to find out who took her daughter you have to wonder if her daughter might be safer without her. Read this book for a nail biter until the very end!

My Daughter Is Missing by JD Kirk was an excellent psychological thriller from start to finish, especially as it had me hooked from the first chapter and I wanted to find out what happened to the main character Elizabeth's daughter, who went missing after a school costume party and why Elizabeth is hiding lots of secrets from people.

I highly recommend it. It was a superb book. Great holiday read

Big Thank You to NetGalley and Bookouture for my ARC.

Nine year old Holly goes missing at the end of her school Halloween disco. Her mother, Elizabeth will stop at nothing to find her. But she can't involve the police. There will be too many questions asked.

Well, the title makes it clear this is a thriller with a missing person trope. The action starts off right from the first page and while the premise sounds interesting and I loved the fast pace and short chapters that ended in cliffhangers, I wasn't completely sold with the motives behind Elizabeth's actions. We have so little information about Elizabeth's background I could not really relate to her after a certain point.

I did figure out one of the twists early on into the story and the ending, well I really needed more from it. It certainly had its tense and suspenseful moments but apart from that it was a mediocre thriller with a slightly tired plot.

Thank you @bookouture for the digital ARC to read and review.

JD Kirk is hands down my favourite author. I loved this standalone thriller didn’t disappoint. I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend as always!

I'm ashamed to say this is the first I've read from this author, BUT I can assure you it's not going to be my last!

Although I have no children of my own, books that feature missing children always get me and I find myself going through the mill along with the parents. I can't even begin to imagine how they feel, it must be horrific.

It's a well paced thriller, and as you can imagine tensions run high and the suspense is through the roof.

Kirk's characters are credible, the secrets will shock and the twists designed to throw you off track.

It's an enjoyable edge of your seat read.

Read and reviewed in exchange for a free copy from NetGalley. I really enjoyed this book. While I felt there were too many loose threads hanging, the story was engaging and well-paced. Although, even by domestic thriller standards, the character made some questionable decisions, I remained invested in the story. Kirk wove the twists well into the story, and while some elements, I guessed, the main revelation came as a shock. The writing revealing it was skilful and subtle, a great twist.

First time reading anything by JD Kirk and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was hooked from the start. It flowed well and each page was gripping. The book was tense with lots of twists and jaw dropping moments. Mainly told from one POV, I was so desperate to find out what happened to Hollie.

I can't wait to read more books by this author!

I love books about missing children, so was excited when I saw JD Kirk was releasing one. I've read a few of his DCI Logan books, but I don't find myself too enthralled with police procedurals lately, so couldn't wait to try this psychological thriller about a trope I enjoy.
I listened to the audiobook, narrated bu Cathleen McCarron, who I hadn't tried before. She was excellent and really encompassed the drama and emotion of the story.
The pacing started with a bang, and though it waned a little in the middle, I really enjoyed the ending.

JD Kirk is one of my favorite authors. I love all his books, so when this came out that wasnt the norm to what I've read from him, i was excited to get the chance to read it and let me tell you.....I did not expect that ending! So good!

Parents nightmare! A missing child from a school function when you’re there. I was filled with dread as a mum of two. As a parent you need eyes in the back of your head sometimes but at a social function with parents and teachers around, you’d assume you can relax slightly but Silence Of The Lambs taught what happens when you assume anything…

As Elizabeth frantically tries to find her daughter Hollie, people start to question where the young girl is. Elizabeth gets caught in a web of lies and whoever has Hollie is the spider waiting to pounce. But Elizabeth is hiding something from me. I couldn’t fathom out what to start with but the snippets started to pain’t an outline for me.

Kirk planted a seed late on in my mind which made me question what I’d read. Maybe it wasn’t Kirk, maybe I’ve read too many psych-thriller but I couldn’t dig out that seed, it was well and truly planted and starting to sprout.

I flew through My Daughter Is Missing. If Kirk’s other novels are as compelling, he’s got himself a new fan. Loved it!

With thanks to the publisher for the copy received. This is the first book I have read by this author so I didn’t really know what to expect. I have some catching up to do. The drama starts almost immediately when Hollie, the daughter of Elizabeth goes missing after an event at the school. Understandably there is panic and confusion, especially so when it is evident that Elizabeth is hiding something, preferring to admit that she is mistaken rather than involve the police. Definitely not a usual response. Her life then descends into chaos, desperate to find Hollie, with some thoroughly unlikeable characters including a totally crazy sister, Sasha, and the knowledge that she was running out of time.
Elizabeth was a difficult character to understand, I struggled with her decision to protect herself by not involving the police. It was only when I got further into the novel that this became clearer, and by then the dead body count had increased. Whilst there is evidence of violence throughout, unusually the reader just sees the aftermath not the actual event. This is a first for me and I thought it worked well.
The ending of this novel completely floored me, so much so I had to reread the last three chapters the day after. I’m still not convinced I have read it correctly but it was very clever.

A fast-paced thriller written in a easy to read style. When Elizabeth's daughter 9 year old Hollie goes missing at a school function, Elizabeth doesn't go to the police for help; the reasons why not becoming clear as the story progresses. She undertakes the search herself and in the process revisits all of the events leading up to the kidnapping. As the layers of deception are pulled away we come to understand Elizabeth's inner life and questionable past. I didn't particularly like her, but she is one fierce mother who stops at nothing to get her beloved daughter returned.
Concisely written, this was a fast read which lovers of JD Kirk's fiction will enjoy.

I requested this title because I enjoyed the authors DCI Logan series but this book for me was truly awful. I would have given up but felt I had given up on too many books recently so soldiered on to the end.
The premise was good, a daughter missing from a school social but then it all went down hill for me. A mother who wouldn’t tell anyone her daughter had been taken, a supposed evil twin sister that would help her find her daughter. One sensational chapter after another that were quite frankly ott. Sorry to the fans but I have read some excellent books lately and this wasn’t one of them.

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