BLURB
'Prepare to have your mind well and truly twisted' - Heat
A woman disappears
One moment, Selena Cole is in the playground with her children and the next, she has vanished without a trace.
A woman returns
Twenty hours later, Selena is found safe and well, but with no memory of where she has been.
What took place in those missing hours, and are they linked to the discovery of a nearby murder?
‘Is it a forgetting or a deception?’
MY THOUGHTS
Emma Kavanagh has just
been added to my list of top favourite authors. The Missing Hours is the first
book by Emma which I have read. What a riveting read it was, I loved the
characters in the book; especially Leah who I have to say was my favourite.
When Selena Cole, a
mother of two young children vanishes whilst on a family trip out, Detective
Constable Leah Mackay is drafted in and she is desperate to bring Selena home. Has
she been kidnapped or have the trials of her life finally taken toll on her, leaving
her to walk out on her two girls? But Leah is amazed when twenty hours later, Selena
walks back into her life, confused but seemingly fine. For Leah there are still
many unanswered questions as to what happened in those missing hours but when
the body of a solicitor is discovered, Leah is forced to wrap up the case into
Selena’s disappearance quickly. A murder takes priority. And the police know
that this case is going to be big.
As the investigation
into the murder of solicitor, Dominic Newell progresses, Leah becomes more and
more convinced that there is a link between Selena’s disappearance and Dominic’s
murder. Can she work out what that link is and bring a killer to justice?
The novel is told from multiple
viewpoints; I loved the idea that the two police detectives working on the
case, DS Finn Hale and DC Leah Mackay are brother and sister. This adds a lot
of potential ideas, both in their working relationship and in their personal
life. I loved the dialogue between them. I hope this won’t be the last we hear
from Leah and Finn.
I loved the ending
which was so clever, Emma has an expert eye for detail and I thought it was
brilliant how she pulled everything together. I can’t wait to see what she does
next.
Publisher: Arrow
Print length: 400 pages
Publication date: 17th November 2016
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