Although it took me a while to get into it, I really enjoyed it when the pace picked up. It was slow at first but I’m glad I persevered. Page turner after this until the end

Loved it. Twists and turns. Strong characters. Love a book that keeps me guessing and I need to keep reading to see what happens next. Highly recommended

3.5/5 rounded up.

Not gonna lie, I put a little high hope reading the title, hoping it would be the next Mary Kubica’s Local Woman Missing. Instead I was served with mystery, puzzle-solving situation, which I really, really love!

Short summary: Olivia and her 3 friends came home after a night out. A man suddenly crossed the road, so Olivia tried to swerve to avoid collision. Unfortunately the car skidded, and they crashes by the side road. When she woke up, she was left alone. Her friends were gone, and none trace were left behind.

20 years later, a journalist came for investigative report. Not long after that, she was taunted with threatening nites and made her realizes that hisnis no ordinary missing case.

The story jumps back and forth into 2 settings: current investigating imeline and another timeline which located in Thailand. Please be patient to wait for the moment for them to actually entertwined because it will ties all event together.

The ending was a little bit slow to my liking, and the slow burn after the climax almost killed me. However I gotta give it to Ms Douglas, her descriptive storytelling makes the atmosphere eerie enough to set the mood.

Twenty years ago, a youthful Olivia Rutherford was in a serious car crash. She awoke with badly damaged legs to find that her three passengers, all close friends, had disappeared. Now the twentieth anniversary of the crash approaches - and no trace has ever been found of the missing girls.

Journalist Jenna Halliday heads for the Wiltshire town to record a podcast on the enduring mystery. She receives a mixed welcome, and quickly realises that the small community is hiding a lot of secrets. Not knowing who to trust or who is lying to her, she chases the truth. And eventually the secrets begin to reveal themselves ...

This is a good mystery, with an interesting cast of well developed characters. The author is adept at introducing hints and clues that give the reader some feeling of understanding - and then taking the plot in a different direction. And the surprises continue until the very end of a compelling novel.

Do you like a mystery thriller that you want to try and unravel before the character? If so, this is one for you.

I loved the way this book was laid out, told from the perspective of the journalist, who is a sensible clever woman with a troubled love life. The other is told third person from the one remaining girl from twenty years ago who is struggling with the cards life has dealt her. And then there are the scenes set in Thailand. All are perfectly written, descriptive without being flowery, and smooth enough to read at your favourite pace.

The story was great, I loved the twists and turns that came along the way, making you suspect pretty much everyone except the journalist. The conclusion was more than satisfying, and the only thing i disliked about it was that it had ended and I had no more pages to read.

Sometimes you really need a good page-turner in your life and that is precisely what Claire Douglas’s latest thriller The Girls Who Disappeared provided. Brilliantly twisty and with a delightfully eerie setting, I gobbled it up over the course of a weekend!

The Devil’s Corridor is a dark, forbidding, tree-lined road that leads to a rural Wiltshire town. Olivia Rutherford doesn’t believe the rumours about it being haunted but, as a new driver, she’s planning to take it careful when she drives her three best friends home from their night out. When a sudden shock leads to Olivia crashing the car, however, The Devil’s Corridor begins to live up to its sinister reputation. Because, when she wakes from the crash, Olivia’s friends are nowhere to be found…

Twenty years later, journalist Jenna Halliday is re-examining the Olivia Rutherford case for a new podcast. Renting a cabin just off the Devil’s Corridor, Jenna hopes to bring fresh eyes to what happened. But as the anniversary of the disappearances approaches, it becomes clear that the locals aren’t happy about the past being raked up; least of all Oliva herself. Soon Jenna is getting glimpses of shadowy figures in the woods around her cabin and, when threatening notes start to show up, it becomes clear that someone in this sleepy part of Wiltshire wants Jenna to leave Olivia’s case – and the Devil’s Corridor – well alone.

Well-written and gripping, The Girls Who Disappeared starts with such an interesting premise: how do three teenage girls just vanish into the night? Whilst I didn’t find the answer to that question to be completely satisfying – the ending of the book stretched the bounds of plausibility just a tad far at times for me – the journey to get there was full of sinister goings-on and some pleasingly unexpected twists and turns.

Jenna and Oliva alternate as viewpoint characters, although the majority of the narrative follows Jenna’s investigation, and her partnership with a police officer investigating the cold case. Both women make for engaging – if not entirely reliable – narrators and, whilst they don’t always make the wisest of decisions, it was easy to empathise with their respective situations. As is often the case with thrillers, the supporting cast are a little less rounded but, for the most part, they fulfil their roles adeptly.

I also really enjoyed the slight supernatural elements and the way in which Claire Douglas used these to distract the reader from what it really going on around the Devil’s Corridor. That said, there is some repetition of both information and tropes that, whilst it didn’t stop me enjoying the books, did slow the pace somewhat at times.

Overall, The Girls Who Disappeared made for a fun, engaging read to while away a weekend with. With an intriguing premise, a delightfully creepy atmosphere, and some page-turning twists, thriller fans are sure to find much to enjoy here.

20 years ago Olivia was designated driver on a night out,with her 3 best friend's only to have a crash on the mysterious devil's corridor on the way home, Olivia is rescued and her friends vanish without a trace.

Jenna is a BBC journalist and podcaster who wants to do a 20 year anniversary podcast about the mystery of the disappeared 3.

I really enjoyed this book, I loved the premise and Claire Douglas' writing description of the scenes were quite atmospheric and spooky in places. I liked the chapters with stace and her gang and how they wove together at the end.

I liked Jenna from the beginning but found Olivia a bit of a wet blanket, but enjoyed seeing her character grow.

I found this had twists and turns throughout, the plot was intriguing and I didn't want to put it down.

Thank you to Claire Douglas, Netgalley, Penguin Random House for this ARC in return for a Honest review.

I enjoyed this book finding the characters engaging and the plot intriguing. It took me a little while to join up the ‘story within the story’ and realise it’s significance. Although a little slow paced at times there were plenty of twists, turns and red herrings to keep it interesting.

This was such a good mystery and I didn’t know where it was going until the end!

This book is about journalist Jenna Halliday who has come to town to cover the case of Olivia Rutherford in a podcast. Four girls driving home in one car when an accident happens. But when Olivia regains consciousness, she is the only one in the car. 20 years later the 3 missing girls have never been found. Jenna starts looking into the town, and soon starts receiving threats.

This was really interesting. I loved the mystery - how can 3 injured girls just disappear from a car crash and never be seen again? It was great to hear the different theories from all the locals, from kidnapping to alien abduction. The writing and the mystery kept me hooked until the end, and there were so many suspicious characters that I was coming up with the wildest theories to explain everything. Of course in the end I wasn’t right, but I’m usually not 😅 this book has tempted me to get another book from this author because I really enjoyed the writing and the story.

I quite liked Jenna the main character. She was a bit reckless but not so much that I thought she was just being stupid. I also quite liked Olivia and felt really bad for her, and I loved seeing their friendship develop as they searched for the truth. I hated Wesley the whole time. I was suspicious of so many people and I didn’t know what to think.

I do think that the reveals got a bit confusing in the end, there was a reveal and then another reveal that contradicted it so it kind of confused me until it got explained. It was an interesting plot though, even if it wasn’t what I had guessed had happened. Overall this was a good mystery that kept me guessing and I’m really glad I read it.

I really liked this book but it did feel a bit slow moving in places, it was atmospheric and foreboding and I wanted to read more.
But as I say the book did start off well and gripping but then sort of plateau -d and it seemed to have dragged.
It was a great premise for a story, I read in the acknowledgments that fifteen thousand words had been cut, it was both a quick but slow going read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Claire Douglas and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the way the setting of this novel is vividly described as dark and creepy and refers to the Devil's Corridor. The plot was intriguing, and I read it in one sitting to find out what had happened. However, I found it quite slow-paced and the ending was mostly predictable.

It's perfect for a fun and mysterious quick read.

In a rural Wiltshire town lies The Devil's Corridor. A road which has witnessed eerie happenings from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying at night.
But nothing is more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls drove home but after their car crashed only Olivia was found.
Twenty years later, journalist Jenna Halliday is covering the case. But the locals aren't happy with this stranger's arrival. Least of all Olivia. Jenna soon starts receiving threatening notes and it is clear someone wants her out of this town before she discovers the dark truth . . .
A truly gripping read I read in one sitting totally recommend
Thank You NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House
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I really enjoyed this book.
So much that I read it in a day.
The descriptive writing was so good that I actually felt like I was alongside the characters in the story.
The author knows how to keep you guessing and I couldn’t help but turn page after page to find out what happened the night of the accident.
Lots of twists, turns and surprises.
I didn’t see the end coming, in fact it was an OMG moment.
Would love to read more from this author.

20 years ago Olivia and her friends were on their way home from a night out when they ended up in a car accident and Olivia's friends disappeared. Now 20 years on Jenna turns up in town to make a podcast on the disappearance of the girls with her casting light to the case will the truth of what happened that night finally be revealed?
Another excellent read by Claire Douglas this was really intriguing and there was a lot of suspicion surrounding a lot of characters. There was another run a long story in the book that I had no idea how it would tie in but when all was revealed I was thoroughly surprised, great ending and the overall atmosphere the book created is not to be missed. Thanks to #netgalley and the publishers for this ARC.

Each time I pick up a Claire Douglas book I know I am going to be in for a wild ride with an ending that I just wont see coming but will make perfect sense!

This time was no exception, following the characters as they try to figure out what happened 20 years ago was so engaging that I had trouble putting it down. That there seemed to be another story hidden within this one at first threw me but I realised it had to be there for a reason and so paid more attention to those parts in the hope they would give me clues to what had happened and was happening now.

How do three girls disappear from the scene of a car crash and are never seen again. Olivia the driver of the car has had to cope with not only life altering injuries but also rumours and whispers about her involvement in the disappearance. When a journalist turns up wanting to do a podcast on the story old wounds are opened and maybe finally the m truth will come out one way or another.

Don't start reading this book unless you are prepared to put the world on hold! You will be drawn in from the first page ,into an increasingly intricate web of intrigue,mystery,lies and cover-up. How can 3 young girls be spirited away from the scene of a car crash which leaves the driver,Olivia, trapped in the wreckage and in the years ahead,trapped by the unanswered questions of what happened that night. A young reporter making a podcast about the case joins forces with a detective who is working on the cold case, stirring up all the memories and feelings that simmer in the town which itself is shrouded in mystery. The author cleverly intertwines past and present and dual storylines which all come together in the scintillating climax. Absolutely unputdownable!!

Claire Douglas simply doesn’t write a wrong word or poor story. I have read some of her other books and this one is amazing. Cleverly written and an book you cannot put down.I loved it!
The character are well, rounded and I really just couldn’t say one thing I didn’t love about this book.

What a corker of a book! I am a huge fan of Claire Douglas and was really excited to get accepted for this book! It didn't disappoint.....so much going on, no idea how the different timelimes connected but when they did, wow! I absolutely loved it!! Brilliant 🥰 4.5⭐️

I really love Claire Douglas as a writer and was looking forward to this book. I enjoyed this book but not as much as her previous novels. The storyline and premise was promising but the book was bit too long and I felt the ending of the book was a let down and not really believable. Jenna was kind of annoying as a character and once her story began I guessed what would happen. Overall a good read but the ending let it down,