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‘A little girl is missing from under her mother’s nose. She’ll be scared and vulnerable – if she’s still alive. But no one is helping us search. No one wants to give us information. No one even seems surprised. What’s going on?’
Detective Bernadette Noel came to this quiet rural corner of south-west England from London to lie low after a high-profile prosecution led to death threats against her family. But she has barely settled in when the call comes. A woman’s voice, shrill with terror and thick with tears: ‘Help – it’s my daughter, Molly – I only had my back turned for a minute… She’s gone!’
A child abduction is about as far from lying low as it gets, and her boss wants to assign a different detective. But there’s no way Bernie’s not taking the case – she can’t miss this chance to prove herself.
Five-year-old Molly Reynolds has been snatched from the playground in the village where she lives. Normally in cases like this the community is an asset – eager to help search and full of local knowledge. But although Molly’s mother Jessica is in anguish, the other villagers don’t seem to want to know.
As details emerge, Bernie discovers a possible link to a shocking crime that has never been solved, and which the locals have never forgotten. But what exactly is the connection to Molly’s abduction? Cracking a cold case is the only way to find out – and meanwhile time is running out for Molly.
A dark and compelling crime thriller that will have you reading late into the night. If you like Val McDermid, D.S. Butler or Angela Marsons, you’ll love Joy Kluver.
Joy Kluver has been an avid reader and writer since childhood. More recently she's been escaping the madness of motherhood by turning her hand to crime novels. A book blogger, she's also part of the First Monday Crime team and if you've been to any of their events it's likely you've eaten one of her cookies. She also organises author talks for her local library. Joy lives in SW London with her husband and three children. 'Last Seen' is her debut novel and the first book in the DI Bernadette Noel series.
Joy is represented by Anne Williams at the Kate Horden Literary Agency.
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Last Seen
By
Joy Kluver
Review
By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Joy Kluver, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Every parents worst nightmare and the unthinkable happens in Joy Kluver’s purely intoxicating debut novel Last Seen. Abduction stories are my constant craving to read. Joy’s satisfied that craving with her twisted, intense and heartbreaking read. She is an incredibly gifted writer in the crime genre. Luckily for me this her first book in what I hope is a very successful series for her. I surely want to continue with it. Needless to say she gained a new fan!
Last Seen discusses some topics that may trigger some readers. I always point this out ahead of time in my reviews so you can judge if this book is for you or not. In this book Joy discusses child abduction, suicide, murder, pedifile ring, gambling debt, cheating, etc.
Immediately I was hooked from the prologue. It was a passage written by the abductor which you would see passages like this throughout the book.
This is one book you will need to clear your schedule for because let me tell you once you start this book you just can’t put it down!
Out of all the books that I have ever read this year none of them shocked me as much as this one had. There was one twist that I literally was yelling and screaming at the character!!!
The people of the town really upset me how rude they were and how they wouldn’t help the detectives find sweet little Molly. Why would they treat this family or this little girl this way? Later we find out and it makes sense. However, it was still sad.
The investigation part of the story took the detectives and the readers into all different directions. It was a very fascinating part of the story. Side note they sure did get a lot of free baked goods lol.
Half the book I had an idea of who could have abducted Molly. However, Joy threw us a big curveball and nope didn’t see that one coming.
This is one book I would love to see played out as a series on Netflix!
The graphics for the book cover of Last Seen was so cool. It looked like the little girl was 3D in between the letters. The colors on the cover were so bright and the picture was spot on perfect for the story! Great job to the graphic designers.
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I'm a big fan of true crime podcasts so I bet I'd really like this book!
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