When fresh hope arises, two years after your daughter ran away, what mother wouldn't do anything to hold on to it? A slow start to set the scene leads to a gripping and darker-than-expected tale with the pages turning faster as the story progresses.

This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

Omg talk about a roller coaster read wow this book kept me on the edge of my seat threw out I just couldn't put it down this writer keeps you hooked and once your hooked your not letting go I found this book thrilling the characters were fantastic and well thought out and the little clues all the way threw keep you guessing until the end this book stays with you long after you close the book this book is well worth the read I promise you wont be disappointed

This was an interesting story but over long.
Sophie goes missing one day with a note saying she needs some space and not to worry she is fine.
Kate her mother is determined to find her, and will never give up.
She doesn’t and it’s interesting to work out her ways of finding the truth.
It tells you a mother’s love for her daughter will never fade.

A good intro thriller but not for me, unfortunately. Just a bit too unconventional and predictable. I was left feeling a bit underwhelmed, unfortunately.

I had not heard of this author, but the synopsis tempted me to give it a try, and I wasn't disappointed. Kate's missing daughter calls her helpline, and thus begins a twisting, tense tale which has you turning the pages breathless with anticipation. Very enjoyable, in the manner of Cara Hunter or Clare MacIntosh, both authors I love. I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advance ARC copy of this book.

The very first thing I need to admit is that I read this book a very long time ago. So long, in fact, that I don’t even remember when I read it! However, and I suppose this is a good sign, I still remember the book incredibly well. I did have a quick read of the last page as a reminder but just the word “Nancy” brought everything back to me. This is a very intense, horrific read that will have you gripping the book harder as you try and work out what is happening and how it is going down. In short, this is everything that I absolutely love about thriller fiction. You’re pulled along by Kate as she tries to work out what has happened to her daughter. Everyone is convinced that she simply ran away but Kate is positive that their is something more sinister afoot.

The story really pulls you along as it continues along. Throwing the reader, and Kate, off course too many times to count. I was just as convinced as Kate that something wasn’t quite right but I could not pin down what had happened. I had one guess but I was well and truly wrong. When the final conclusion came around, I was shocked to my core but thought that it was incredibly well done. Everything worked and fit together really interestingly and I just found the book to be a completely compelling read.

I remember feeling for Kate and everything she goes through. How difficult it is to pick yourself up and keep going when everyone around you thinks you need to let go and just give it a rest. It’s hard to keep going, to keep pursuing simply because you know in your heart that there’s more to be discovered. Alongside that, a few creepy things happened to Kate which further increased her paranoia too. I thought it was all really well done and think it was so interesting how it all came together in the end.

So all in all, I very much enjoyed this book, would definitely re-read it and it very much stuck in my mind for a long time after I read it as well. It’s the kind of thriller book that I love and would highly recommend it if you also love ones that keep you on tender hooks as you try and work out what is really going on underneath everything. It also has a very satisfying ending as well as a past and present overlap that I really enjoyed as well. So, if you’re looking for a new thriller to read, maybe you should give this one a go!

Imagine your child goes missing, and then suddenly you speak to them. Or did you?
It was a gripping read, from beginning to end, and highly entertaining! Recommended.

Kate spends her weekends manning the lines for a missing person charity - anyone who has left home can leave a message for their family letting them know they are safe with no fear of been traced. One night Kate takes a call from a scared sounding young woman and knows who it is - she's sure it is her own daughter Sophie who has been missing since she was sixteen. Two years have passed with only an occasional postcard to let them know where she is. In that time Kates marriage has fallen apart, partly due to her (understandable) reluctance to let go. But it's never made sense to her, why her daughter would leave - there were normal teenage/parent troubles but nothing to suggest such a serious problem that Sophie would have to leave. The fear in her daughter's voice prompts her back into action - there's more to Sophie disappearing than a simple runaway, she's sure of it and will prove it no matter what the risk...

Tense and compelling throughout, I spent a very enjoyable morning in the pool today reading this...I blame Emma Rowley completely for my sunburn as I didn't notice the 30 plus temperatures I was so enthralled! I like strong women characters and in Kate, we have a strong woman who has lost her way in the face of terrible loss and guilt but is gradually getting her mojo back despite her family and the police doubting her sanity. Having such a well-written character made it easy to really care about the outcome, whereas some books have quite drippy characters you really couldn't give a fig for. Well worth a read in the garden this summer....just don't forget the sun cream!

Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley

Kate Harlow volunteers part-time at a missing persons helpline. It’s the sort of place that youngsters can ring, completely anonymously, to pass on a message to worried parents to let them know that they’re safe. Kate has her own personal reasons for working in such a place. Kate’s teenage daughter Sophie vanished a couple of years ago. Sophie had stayed at a friend’s house for the night and then not come home. Her Dad, Mark, was too late to see her note, to go searching in time. Marriages don’t easily survive such a thing and this one hasn’t. And then one night, Kate takes that call in the centre. It’s Sophie, leaving a message for Kate and Mark Harlow, to say she’s safe. But through all of the emotion, Kate can hear that Sophie sounds far from safe. She sounds frightened and alone. Kate is determined to find her daughter and bring her home.

Where the Missing Go is one of the few psychological thrillers that I was drawn to straight away and was determined to read. It’s such a great premise – that a mother hears the voice of her lost child, the child she thought could be dead – and the novel delivers well on its promise.

Much of the novel is delivered from Kate’s point of view as she thinks back over the days, weeks and months that led up to Sophie’s disappearance as well as the painful days that followed it. Kate is an ambiguous narrator. Her feelings for Sophie overwhelm everything and yet, if we pay close attention, we can see through Kate’s eyes to the teenager below. Perhaps the signs were there from the very beginning.

This, though, like many psychological thrillers, is a tale in two parts and so we are also given Sophie’s point of view and then the novel reaches into more familiar psychological thriller territory. While I did prefer the first half of the novel, I found myself caring very much for Sophie and her story gripped me.

Emma Rowley writes very well. She’s created characters here that I wanted to know and it’s the people who drive on Where the Missing go. We feel Kate’s pain. This is one of those pageturning thrillers that are such fun to read. I read it in a day, very pleased to have enjoyed a psychological thriller that stands out from the crowd.

I’m absolutely blown away by this book it was fantastic.
It’s impossible not to get sucked in to this story it’s so clever with an exquisite twist at the end that had me gripped.
Fantastic read I’m definitely going to keep my ears open for future titles by Emma Rowley

This is an amazing debut; I am simultaneously gobsmacked that it is Emma Rowley's debut novel and salivating at the prospect of what she might write next. How on earth do you follow such a fantastic novel? That's a problem for Emma Rowley to figure out but what a wonderful problem to have.

Kate's life was devastated when her daughter, Sophie, went missing. Everyone feared the worst but then the postcards started to arrive and it looked like Sophie had run away from home. Case closed as far as the police are concerned but Kate has never given up hope of being reunited with Sophie. Kate copes with her situation by volunteering at Message in a Bottle, a missing persons helpline so she can help other people in the same position as herself. One night Kate receives a call from a young woman who wants to pass a message to her family. There's nothing unusual about that, except that the caller is Sophie and the message is for Kate. Before Kate realises what's happening, Sophie has hung up the phone but it's enough to get the police interested in her case again.

Kate isn't content with the police investigation and can't help herself from doing a bit of investigation herself. As she looks at the old postcards she has received from Sophie over the years, she wonders if there's a clue hidden in them. The writing is definitely Sophie's but the tone of the writing isn't right then Kate spots something familiar that may be the key to the whole missing persons case.

I know I've already said that this is an amazing debut, but seriously take note: Emma Rowley is definitely one to watch. She is immensely talented to write such a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that draws the reader in immediately and gives them no opportunity to pause for breath. I don't think anyone will be able to work this one out before the end; I was guilty of thinking I knew what was going to happen only for Emma Rowley to very successfully pull the rug from underneath me.

Where The Missing Go is BRILLIANT! Yes, the capital letters are intentional: I'm shouting it's brilliance to the world and applauding the fabulous new talent of Emma Rowley. Take a bow and enjoy your success, Emma; I'm sure we're going to see your books at the top of the charts for many years to come.

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

This was a good, modern thriller. Karen's sixteen year old daughter, Sophie, went missing two years ago. Karen will not give up the search even though others think Sophie just ran away. She becomes obsessed looking for her daughter. One night while working in the local missing persons helpline she receives a phone call from Sophie, Karen knows that it's Sophie and she knows her daughter is in danger. She must do all she can to find her.

I've just finished "Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley" What an amazing, fantastic book this was.
Never read any of Emma's books and I will be reading more from now on. I found this book a page turner, brilliant and it had lots of twists and turns that will leave you guessing to a "WoW" brilliant ending. I could not put this book down.

With thanks to Netgalley and Orion for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review

Big Fat 5 Stars for this Brilliant book xxxxx

I think i was so sucked into the hype on this story- it ended up falling a little flat for me

I preferred the 2nd part of the story as opposed to the other parts- but the others were just not connecting with me

Shame as the premise was really interesting

Told from multiple points of view, this fast paced thriller will keep you gripped until the very end! Loved it.

A bit of a slow boiler but worth the effort of staying with it. A very promising debut novel with well drawn characters. Perhaps a bit similar to other crime thrillers I’ve read but not enough to complain really.

4.5 stars. Thoroughly enjoyed this psychological thriller. It was full of twists and turns with a few red herrings in there as well. Fantastic debut and I look forward to reading more by this author.

A good book with a well paced story line that keeps you reading

I found the first half of this book to be very slow and repetitive. However, it gets faster paced and more interesting after about 60%, with a very action packed ending.