I love the “behind closed doors” troop, one of my favourites that get me every time.
This was no exception (plus I love this authors books and been reading them for years).

Perfect marriage….tick
Perfect husband…tick
Everything she ever wanted…..tick


Or is it?

Why has she left if life was so perfect.

Loved it.

Someone who loves domestic thrillers, domestic noir, family sagas. That’s who I’d recommend this to.

Sheila is one of those authors who you know and love. Her books, and this one in particular, are familiar and welcoming. Her writing style is effortless and the dialogue flows so perfectly. The plot is just fast paced enough to keep the pages flying. Sheer perfection!

I loved this light hearted read. Definitely on to pack in your suitcase if you're going on holiday- particularly if that holiday is in France. This book was so lighthearted I was reading it whilst in labour! I loved the main character Imogen and very quickly had strong feelings for her safety and new life. This book has lots of loving characters you instantly fall in love with as well as a villain who you can satisfyingly hate.

I have only read one other novel by Sheila O'Flanagan - 'If You Were Me' - and I heartily loathed it, to the point where I ditched it about 130 pages in (with more than 300 to go). I assessed 'If You were Me' as 'tedious, trite & irritating'. As I had received this copy via NetGalley, and despite serious misgivings, I felt obliged to get around to reading and review it. So was this one any better? No - it was just as predictable, just as dull, just as trite, and this was somehow made worse by the fact that the wife is missing because she has escaped an abusive relationship. The characters are totally unbelievable, the plot risible, the ending an ocean away from reality, the writing pretty poor. Having tried two novels, Sheila O'Flanagan is clearly not an author for me and I was delighted to delete this one from my Kindle!

Loved it! 'The Missing Wife' by Sheila O'Flanagan really was, for me personally, unputdownable.
We are introduced to Imogen as she flees to start a new life in France. She is not in immediate fear of her life it would seem, but she is desperate nevertheless; to get away, not to be found, to disappear! At least until she is strong again.
Meanwhile, back at home, her husband Vince cannot believe at first that Imogen has left him voluntarily, but as the truth gradually dawns, Vince too becomes desperate - to find his errant wife, and bring her home, where she belongs, with him. She is, after all, quite useless without him!
Even as their lives move apart, as Vince doggedly tracks her down so the suspense begins to build. This isn't a traditional suspense built on murder investigations or physical violence; this is an insipid suspense that builds nail-bitingly slowly. Imogen's desperation and fear are almost tangible, as is Vince's suffocating presence and steadfast determination as he moves ever closer.
This is a story of psychological control of man over wife at its storytelling best; simple, but very, very effective.
I give this book a full 5 star rating - and I wish I'd read it sooner!