As a teenager Olivia crashed her car after spotting someone in the road, but when she wakes up her three friends who were with her have vanishes. Twenty years later journalist Jenna is investigating the disappearances to create a podcast, but she finds that people are keeping secrets in the town where it happened.

I love a book that keeps me guessing and this did a brilliant job – a really clever plot and perfectly executed. I found the characters authentic and relatable which gave the book such an original feel. The characters’ dialogue was well written and came across as really natural. The atmosphere was spot-on throughout, I loved the small town setting and the mystery that surrounded it.

I’d recommend this to anyone who is a fan of mysteries or thrillers.

I really enjoyed this book. The way it is written keeps you guessing at what is going on, but it all makes sense once you get one (very important) bit of information
I liked the characters and the settings, with just enough information to visualise what the place is like and what the characters are like
I even enjoyed the authors note

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book.

Really felt for the Olivia character and liked how the story came together eventually

I really enjoyed this one. I am normally good at linking flashbacks with current storylines and didn't make the connection this time! Well-written and a good mystery.

To begin, I’d like to thank Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for sending me an ARC of this book, and to NetGalley for facilitating. And a huge thank you to Claire Douglas for this amazing page-turner!

What can I say? Wow. Hands down the BEST Claire Douglas book I’ve read (and I’ve read them all - big fan). I devoured this in 3 sittings.
In the acknowledgements at the end Claire refers to this as complex and I totally agree. The time jumps and character jumps kept me wanting to know more. And usually I can figure out the link between the main storyline and subplot when books are written this way but I didn’t see any of it coming. I couldn’t figure out how everything tied together which made the book all the more enjoyable for me.

The characters were written so well that I almost felt like I knew them. I trusted Jenna but was suspicious of everyone else. I disliked Wes from the beginning and couldn’t figure out Dale. I guess I’m saying that I felt Jenna’s feelings throughout, and that’s exactly what I hope for in a book.

I absolutely LOVED this book and I wish I could forget all about it so I can read it again with the same mystery and awe. It was extraordinary.

This was another quick read where I was keen to find put what happened. I was a tiny bit disappointed by the end but I’m not sure what I was hoping for. When she was eighteen, Olivia was in a car accident with her three friends. When she regained consciousness, she was the only one left in the car and her three friends haven’t been since since. Jenna is in the town to do a podcast about the disappearances. There are rumours and myths about supernatural sightings in the forest. The story whips along at a good pace and is easy to read. There are flashbacks to what at first could be unrelated events (although obviously they’re not) which are a bit sordid. A good read if you fancy something not too taxing that will keep you reading, Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC.

Claire Douglas writes brilliant thrillers - The Girl Who Disappeared is no exception.
A likeable lead, dodgy characters and a satisfying plot twist.
4 stars.

Read page one and you’ll be captured by the intensity of this book. Journalist Jenny goes back to Stafferbury twenty years after three girls disappear in a car crash leaving only the driver, Olivia,to survive. Unexpectedly, everything begins to unravel for the perpetrators when she is in town. A separate series of chapters in the book details the Thailand holiday of the previous generation whose actions probably led to the crash and disappearance. The story keeps revealing further detail to keep the reader’s attention. It is a very well conceived and expertly delivered book. I strongly recommend it.

The Girls Who Disappeared introduces us to Jenna, a journalist investigating a 20 year mystery for a BBC Podcast series. The mystery in question involves a car accident where one girl survives and 3 girls mysteriously disappear. Sounds ominous doesn’t it.

The mystery unravels whilst flipping between Jenna’s perspective, the surviving girl, Olivia’s perspective, and another perspective whose source and connection to the plot are only revealed much later in the story. These 3 perspectives and their own subplots and storylines keep the book flowing perfectly. That and the well timed revelations make for a very enjoyable read.

Thanks you NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for a review copy.

A really great story capturing you right into the heart of it and giving you an overwhelming need to know what happened to the girls. Some great twists along the way keeping you guessing and suspecting everyone!

A good premise and well drawn, evocative setting. I thought the parts set in Thailand were quite boring as due to the nature of the mystery we didn’t know who the characters were or why we should care about them until over half way through. I liked detective Dale and Jenna, they had good chemistry. But I think in the end the whole thing was wrapped up too neatly.

Twenty years ago, teenager Olivia is driving with her three friends down Devils Corridor near Wiltshire, when there is a car accident. As Olivia swerved her car as she saw a man in the middle of the road. Olivia is rescued but her three friends who was in the car disappeared never to be seen again. Where has her friends gone?
Twenty years later it’s the anniversary of the accident and the disappearance of the three girls when podcaster Jenna arrives from the BBC to the village to investigate and found out what happened to the girls. But she is not welcomed with open arms and the villagers don’t really want her there. Weird things start to happen, and she get threatened and told her to go home. Why won’t they want her to find out the truth about that day?
Thank you, Penguin Michael Joseph and Netgalley for Claire Douglas latest offering. I am a fan of her work and read most of her books to date. This story started well and had an intriguing storyline and great characters. It also had a touch of a spooky feel to the weird goings on in the village. But for me personally I found the second half of this book a bit of a hard slog and I started losing interest. I was also expecting a big reveal at the end. But for me it didn’t deliver. Three stars from me.

This was a dark and twisted thriller focussing on the aftermath of an accident and the disappearance of three teenage girls 20 years previously. Journalist Jenna Halliday is making a podcast about the disappearance of the girls following a car accident. Olivia was the only girl found in the car, seriously injured, but her three friends had mysteriously disappeared. Over the 20 years, the girls had never been found and no one ever knew what had happened to them.

I enjoyed this book and loved the dark, sinister atmosphere which gave shivers down my spine at times throughout the story. I liked Jenna’s character, and figured she was a braver woman than I was staying out alone in the holiday lodge in the woods near the little town where the girls went missing. All of the characters had an air of mystery to them, some were more likeable than others, some I just couldn’t work out whether they were as genuine as they seemed! The storyline moved along at a steady pace, with Jenna trying to piece everything together despite previous police investigations failing to work it all out.

The chapters are interspersed with a past timeline set in Thailand, which was a bit confusing to begin with and I struggled to work out where it all fitted together. Of course, all is revealed as the book moves on, and the storyline cleverly slots everything into place. I have to admit that I had no idea where it was all heading, and there are lots of twists, turns and red herrings to negotiate before you are given the unexpected ending. An enjoyable, if not a bit creepy read, which I would definitely recommend!

As always this author never disappoints, loved everything about this book from the first page to the ending and twists galore throughout it ..

Thank you for my copy of this book to read and review.

I have read a few of the previous books by Claire Douglas and enjoyed them. This book, however, was not on the same level. I didn’t particularly like any of the characters and I thought the story was a bit too slow. I had to force myself to finish it I’m afraid.

From reading other reviews it would seem I’m in the minority, so maybe this book just wasn’t for me. Saying that, it wouldn’t put me off from reading her future books.

I could not read this book fast enough, another great page turner. Jenny is a journalist who goes to stay in the town where 3 teenagers went missing after a bad road traffic accident nearly 20 years earlier.

Another cracker from Claire Douglas! Twenty years after Olivia was involved in a car crash with her 3 best friends, a journalist travels to their small town, noted for its supernatural happenings, to try to get to the bottom of how her 3 friends disappeared, and who the mysterious hooded figure was in the road that night. Very spooky, the setting is eerie and the shady characters add extra spine chills!

I am sorry to say that I struggled to connect with this book. The characters didn't grab me, and it was too slow in places. Wasn't a great read for me.

Lots of twists and turns.
Four girls drive home after a night out the car crashes and only Olivia is found injured in the car.
Twenty years later Jenna a journalist takes on the cold case to find out what happened to the other girls, though the locals want her to leave them alone.
It`s a bit slow in places and with different timelines which is confusing until the story comes together later in the book.
I found Olivia a bit of a pain just didn`t gel with her.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC

Wow this is one that really did keep me guessing I really enjoyed it.
Jenna Halliday a BBC journalist is making a podcast investigating a twenty year old missing girls case in the very creepy town of Stafferbury. Three girls went missing after an accident on a road called the devils corridor only one girl, Olivia was found alive in the wreck of the car and it’s been a mystery since sparking all kind of stories including alien abduction !
I thought the book was so well written and the plot line kept me on my toes trying to suss out just what happened, my only drawback was I found the book seemed to drag a little towards the end but overall it kept me gripped.
I thought the characters were all well crafted and I did like Jenna a lot , I did have some idea what was happening but I certainly didn’t figure it all out and that’s a big plus for me. A book I would recommend to mystery thriller readers.
My thanks to NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.