The Three Beths

Wow. This was a really tense and suspenseful read. I really enjoyed this style of writing. A twisty, turny gripping story. Highly recommended

Mariah's mother Beth went missing without a trace and suspicion falls on Mariah's father. One day while at the mall she thinks that she sees her mother and gives chase. She doesn't catch up with the person but this gives her fresh hope that her mother is alive and in hiding.
After searching online she discovers two more women called Beth have also disappeared in very similar circumstances.
A slow building thriller that kept me guessing.
Thank you to NetGalley and Little Brown Book Group UK for my e- copy in exchange for an honest review.

Oh my gosh, oh my goodness, oh my good heavens!!! This. was. soooooo soooooo so good.

Mariah's mother Beth 1 went missing about a year ago and whilst the cops were fine taking their sweet time to figure out what happened, Mariah was not. Enter a pompous crime blogger who makes a flimsy connection between Beth 1 and another Beth (Beth 2) who disappeared 6 months earlier than Beth 1. You lost let. Hope not, because there's a Beth 3 that comes into play later. Anyhow, Mariah has to figure out if this Beth business is real or just really unfortunate coincidence. She digs way into Beth 2's life to find the connections in the midst of threats to her and her dad coming from all directions. You don't know who's done what because remember, trauma has a natural instinct to protect its host.

I had to put it down last night because I needed some sleep but I finished as soon as I could on train rides today. I couldn't figure it out the whole way through. Maybe I'm just slow. But I genuinely couldn't figure out who did what. As soon as I thought I knew the deal, some other little clue to throw you off course would pop up. This was really great writing and I was completely hooked from chapter one (Mr Jeff Abbott, thank you SO MUCH for starting your book off with a good hook - I hate having to sit through 50% or more of a book before things start getting good).

There is a LOT of characters but it's not hard to follow and it's not hard to remember who's perspective we are seeing things from. I really liked that the 2 people who knew the least about what happened to the Beths (but cared about the Beths the most) bonded. It wasn't easy and it took some character development but it was written well. Seriously, this whole book was written well. I would happily put this on my bookshelf to read again.