Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of The Girls Who Disappeared in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Harper Audio
Published: January 10, 2023
Summary:
A journalist’s life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls.
A car accident.
Three missing girls.
A twenty-year mystery.
A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .
In a rural Wilshire town lies the Devil’s Corridor—a haunted road which has witnessed eerie happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night.
In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashed only one—Olivia—was found.
What happened to the girls who disappeared? On the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy, journalist Jenna Halliday has arrived in Wiltshire to cover the case. The locals aren’t happy with this outsider determined to dig into the past. Least of all Olivia.
Soon, Jenna starts receiving menacing notes. The locals have made it clear she’s not welcome. But someone is going to make her leave one way or another. Jenna’s been warned: she must get out of this town before she suffers a dark fate . . . and becomes another mystery attached to this place.
My thoughts:
This is the third book I’ve read by Claire Douglas and I really like her books. They are engaging and twisty…just how I like my psychological thrillers!
This was so atmospheric and unsettling right from the start. It’s told using a dual narrative and that really had me on edge as I tried to piece together the mystery of what happened to the girls. This is more of a slow-burner with parts that speed up at times, and that worked well here. I loved how there was this ominous feeling of something not being right, but just not being able to figure it out.
The twists and turns this one took really took me by surprise and even though I didn’t love all the characters, I still found I couldn’t walk away from this one. I needed answers and that’s ok. Sometimes I can still read and enjoy a book without liking all the characters! What really sold me on this one was the podcast element – I really have come to love this in books – and how tense the story was. It really made for a suspenseful read! Plus the audio was really good! All in all, I enjoyed this one and am definitely eager to check out Claire’s backlist when I have the time!
Audio thoughts:
This is the third book I’ve read by this author and the third one I’ve listened to. Her books just seem to translate well onto audio and this one was no exception. It was narrated by Joanne Froggart and Clare Corbett and they both did an amazing job with the narration! I think that’s what made this one so enjoyable!
