Book Review: Missing by Nenny May

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Synopsis:

Madison Miller is thrown in the middle of a criminal investigation when her neighbour’s only son is kidnapped in a way much too similar to the way her son was kidnapped.

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Ten children, ten weeks, one killer.

Abandoned bodies of ten-year-old boys have been turning up all over Charlotte, North Carolina and the inhabitants are petrified. Ten murders in ten weeks, all committed with a gunshot to the head, and still nobody has a clue who the deranged killer is.

Laid-off news reporter and part-time babysitter Madison Miller, is tired of receiving nothing but rejection on her resumé, and so, she delves into babysitting as a fulltime career. Little does she know just how this will affect her.

Being the only mildly trustworthy babysitter, she’s entrusted with ten-year-old Ethan Daniels, only son of the now-barren couple, Lauren and Parker Daniels.

The boy goes missing, throwing Madison Miller into a thrilling panic and into the centre of the investigation. Her only clue, a call begging for forgiveness.

She enlists the help of courageous former detective Adam Walker, a long time neighbor, and Detective Ryan Gates, an ally. Can Walker and Gates help Madison find answers before the deranged killer and his deadly gun claim another victim?

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My Review:

The story follows Madison Miller who is in the middle of a crisis, her journalism career is dead, and she is struggling to make ends meet. She takes up babysitting to earn a little money to get by. While baby sitting Ethan Daniels, he’s kidnapped from his room.

The novel is told from two perspectives, Madison’s and the killers. I enjoyed reading the story from the killer’s perspective. You got an insight into his thoughts and feelings. You get to know him as a character and not just the perception of him from other characters.

It is only 134 pages long, so it moves quite quickly through the plot. I was interested to see where it went, however, because it moves so quickly there are some side plots that are told but never fully explained and I found myself wanting to know more about i.e. Tucker Miller. There were some moments of repetition and a few typos within the book, but it didn’t affect my overall enjoyment of the novel.

Overall, the premise of the story did interest me, and it held my attention however I wanted it to be longer in order to delve further into the characters and their backstories.

I was approached by the author to read her novel in exchange for an honest review.

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