Bonfire Night. A missing girl.
Anna only takes her eyes off Laurel for a second. She thought Laurel was following her mum through the crowds. But in a heartbeat, Laurel is gone.
Laurel's parents are frantic. As is Anna, their nanny. But as the hours pass, and Laurel isn't found, suspicion grows.
Someone knows what happened to Laurel. And they're not telling.
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[The fire crackles as the flames leap high into the frigid November air, sending out showers of sparks]***
(HQ, 2 May 2019, 320 pages, ebook, ARC from @HQstories via # NetGalley)
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I have a couple of books by the author that I've never got round to reading. Have You Seen Her blew me away so I need to read more of Hall's books. Laurel goes missing at a Bonfire Night event. This opening section is fantastically written, packed with tension, suspense and drama and I had to keep reading. A missing child is nothing new in thriller fiction but this is so well written and engaging I felt I was reading something different and fresh. This book has lots of misdirection and I was constantly led in one direction before being pulled in another. I love books that do that to me and keep me guessing.
