This is a new to me author and I have to say I am looking forward to reading more by this author! I loved this book

I enjoyed the book. It kept me interested right to the end. 3 sisters enjoy a long weekend away. One vanishes after being told she is positive to covid but is this correct. But everyone seems to be holding secrets, who can be believed. I liked all the characters, there was a mixture of suspension and intrigue. I haven’t read any of Jenifer Ruff’s books before but I will cer be looking out for others.

I really think we should give ourselves a few more years without making covid a plot point. lol The way it's introduced was weird and sloppy. Even though the story was quite predictable and eye rolling, the intrigue was the strongest and fast paced once the first 100 were passed so I can't be mad about it. It wasn't terrible or great, but it was a quick read to pass the time and easily accessible. It definitely would've benefited if there were more in-depth details into the Cartel and Payton's involvement with the case. The information we were given seemed surface level. I really would've liked to know more about Rivera. I wasn't aware this was part of a long-running series at this point when I began reading, but that's on me.


Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for providing a copy for a honest review.

Vanished On Vacation
By: Jenifer Ruff
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars

"Three college students enjoy a luxury resort vacation in Mexico…until one of them disappears."

Loved, loved, loved this! Hooked me immediately and never let go!
Talk about a mom's worst nightmare!

Avery Jennings and two of her college friends head to Mexico for a last hurrah as seniors. On the last day at the resort, Avery goes missing after a resort employee tells her that she tested positive for COVID. The two friends head back to school thinking that she has been placed in quarantine.

No one hears or sees from Avery after walking away with the resort employee. Frantic to find their daughter, Avery's parents call in help from Avery's aunt who works for the FBI. Unfortunately she has a huge upcoming trial that she has to stay back for but she does call in Agent Victoria Heslin to take the case.

Victoria and her partner, Dante Rivera, work tirelessly to retrace Avery's last moments before disappearing. At times being booted out of the investigation by Mexican enforcement, Victoria goes above and beyond to bring Avery home.

Very suspenseful thriller! 5 stars from me on this one!

Thank you @netgalley for this ARC for my honest review 🙂

Vanished on Vacation by Jennifer Ruff

This is a Victoria Heslin #6 in the series. Three sorority sister friends decide to take a vacation to Mexico during the covid pandemic. To leave from Mexico the three girls need to test negative to go back home. The day before they leave Avery is told by "staff" that she tested positive and needs to go to the quarantine rooms. Avery then ends up coming up missing and she is the second girl in the last couple months that has disappeared from the hotel.

Victoria Heslin is an FBI agent and is assigned to go find the FBI director's neice along with Dante Rivera. Avery parents are there as well meeting with local police to figure out what happened to their daughter.

This was a well told story I was pulled in right away and it kept me flipping the pages until the end. I liked the character of Victoria she is a bad ass FBI agent and I like how to works diligently to get to the bottom of the case.

To be honest this is the first book I have read in this series and I can't wait to read the other books and future books from this series. Jenifer Ruff knows how to pull her readers in and make them feel like they are helping solve the case. This is a five star read for me. I recommend this book it can be read as a standalone. The mystery plays out and you follow along with how the case was solved. Will Avery be found dead? Who would want to take Avery? Why? You should not be disappointed in picking this up to figure out why?

Thank you to NetGalley and Books Go Social for a free copy of Vanished on Vacation for an honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Late last night after my third fight with the pillow and snoring husband I gave up and started scrolling . I was too tired to research but too awake to sleep so I was just going to pick a book based on a cover ….

Vanished on Vacation
By: Jennifer Ruff

This was an easy read that I flew through in just a couple of hours . This book gets straight to the point. No repetitiveness or corny dialog. The twist was just enough to give you a gasp and the characters were the perfect blend of likable and unlikable.

I’ve been on a great streak with some awesome books and Vanished on Vacation was another A plus thriller!

Kudos to Jennifer Ruff!

I had no idea that this book was part of a series when I started reading it … only to find out it was Book #6! I really enjoyed it and had no problem playing catch up. This book was such a great page turner and had elements of surprise and thrills that kept me captivated and in suspense throughout!

I loved reading this, I found that I was very quickly invested in the story and I needed to now what happened. Is everyone telling the truth? Fast paced and well written.

Wow! This book was incredible and I absolutely fell in love with Jennifer Ruff’s storytelling. This book is apart of a standalone series, and my first book that I have read by the author. I definitely do not think you need to read the other books in order to read this one, although it seems they do give reference to previous mysteries that have been solved by Victoria Heslin. The story alternates between multiple characters, with FBI agent Victoria Heslin as the main character. It was a quick mystery that was told wonderfully!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

A nice quick read, not too scary and not too deep, just entertaining enough. Mexico living up to it's bad name, as usual. Cartels and corrupt police. And the FBI acting outside their territory.

Thank you NetGAlley for the early copy! I really enjoyed this book and all of the twists and turns it took us on! Three sorority sisters enjoy an exclusive resort vacation in Mexico…until one of them doesn’t come home.

As a frantic search for missing college student Avery Jennings begins, it appears everyone is hiding something—Avery’s family and friends, the resort’s staff, and its wealthy guests. It’s up to FBI Special Agent Victoria Heslin to dig deeper and figure out which of those secrets matter. Motivated by her own mother’s abduction years ago, she’s determined not to let Avery become another missing person statistic.

When Victoria grows frustrated with the investigation and her limited jurisdiction in Mexico, she defies orders and takes matters into her own hands. Facing powerful and connected criminals, she plummets into a hellish ordeal that will test her strength and courage like never before.

“How much will you risk to find this girl?” the Federale Officer asked.

“Whatever it takes,” Victoria answered without hesitation.

VANISHED ON VACATION is the sixth book in a series of standalone mystery thrillers featuring FBI Agent Victoria Heslin by USA Today bestselling author Jenifer Ruff. Fans of James Patterson, Lisa Gardner, and Lucy Foley will be hooked.

This is the first book I have read by this author, and I didn’t realise when I requested this that it was one of a series with FB Special Agent Victoria Heslin.

Being one of 6, and the references to her previous investigations did not detract me from the novel. In fact if I ever see other novels in the series I would defiantly pick them up and read them. Which is a good compliment as sometimes when you join a series you really feel that you are missing something.

This is a self-contained disappearance novel, centred in Mexico. A rich student goes missing, and Special Agent Heslin flies to Mexico with her partner, to help the search.
Does what it says on the cover. Draws you in with twists and turns and leaves you wondering what is going to happen next for Victoria.

On Avery’s last day of her Mexican vacation with her sorority sisters it’s suddenly “OMG! Positive test! 😭😭😭😭😭😭” The positive COVID test requires her to stay behind and quarantine…and promptly disappear.

FBI agent Victoria Heslin, in her 6th book (but which functions as a standalone), gets involved early since Avery is the niece of the FBI’s Financial Crimes Department. She and another agent, Dante Rivera, go to Mexico with Avery’s parents to meet with the Mexican police and the resort manager. It seems like everyone, including the sorority sisters, are holding back on details. The Mexican police admit that thousands of women go missing every year (although not usually Americans at luxury resorts) and one body with tied hands was just found offshore. Is that going to be Avery’s fate?

I just love these types of crime procedurals. There’s a steady revelation of clues, you are certain that the lead character (Victoria) isn’t an unreliable narrator, and as the mystery reveals itself slowly, there’s a satisfaction when you can finally see the big picture. Victoria Heslin is a well-developed character, worthy of a continuing series. I haven’t read any of the previous novels (I will definitely read them now), so this works great as standalone, although there are references to previous cases. Her relationship with Ned the vet is obviously evolving and I’d love to see what’s next for the two of them. 4 stars!

Thank you to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

Literary Pet Peeve Checklist:
Green Eyes (only 2% of the real world, yet it seems like 90% of all fictional females): NO Blue, brown, hazel and even bloodshot and black, but no green eyes.
Horticultural Faux Pas (plants out of season or growing zones, like daffodils in autumn or bougainvillea in Alaska): MAYBE Upon arrival at the resort, Victoria breathes in a sweet fragrance she thought was tropical hibiscus — nope. Most hibiscus generally have no scent. (NOTE: I reviewed this an advanced review copy and the delightful author saw this criticism and changed the final copy to plumeria — a beautiful and very fragrant flower).

Avery, a student, disappears in Mexico when on vacation with her friends. She is told she tested positive for Covid and is being quarantined. She's not seen from again. Her wealthy and influential family calls in some favors and gets FBI agent Victoria assigned to the case.

Victoria feels the Mexican government is not cooperating with her and risks her own life to try to save and find Avery.

Really enjoyed this book and propelled me to start at the beginning in the series. Do not think you need to read in order to appreciate.

No 6 in the Agent Victoria Heslin series.. it follows 3 college students on holiday in Mexico, when one disappears in comes Victoria to solve the puzzle. Good characters! Like all her books just when you think you have figured the mystery out, there is always a surprise. Enjoyable read.

Vanished on Vacation follows the story of missing Avery Jennings.

Avery appears to be your average college aged girl; she's in Mexico celebrating one of her friend's birthdays. Their vacation is coming to an end, and prior to them leaving she is told she must quarantine due to a positive COVID test. After gathering her belongings, she just "vanishes."

What I liked:
-I like that this is a story we've all heard before. Young woman is on vacations and goes missing. Not all of these cases end well, but it hits a bit close to home. I liked that even though this was book 6 in a series, it's still a standalone book. There was great character development, and I don't feel like I missed anything by not reading the previous books. The chapters were nice and short. There were multiple POVs, but they were not overwhelming; they were so easy to follow along. Each chapter left me wanting more, thus making this book bingeworthy.

What I would have like to see more of:
-I would have liked a bit more of Payton's POV. There was one part that I feel like could have had a bit more insight (after she found the envelope on the porch). There was some missing information there that could have added to the storyline. I wanted to hear more from her and her thoughts.

Final thoughts:
-This was a solid thriller for me. There was great character development, the story was paced really well, and there were no loose ends. I did not find it to have many twists, but that is perfectly ok. I figured out the ending about 60% in, but it did not affect me wanting to go forward. I was invested and wanted to find out "why" ultimately.

I would recommend others to read this book. I am looking forward to reading more from this author. It was a breath of fresh air.

When you read a lot of thrillers, it's easy to get caught up in wanting it to be super twisty and hard to figure out. Sometimes you just need a good, solid thriller with awesome characters and a solid plot.

I rate Vanished on Vacation 4/5 stars!

Thank you @netgalley and the author, Jenifer Ruff for my e-arc of VANISHED ON VACATION. It just published yesterday, October 7!

TW: kidnapping, use of a gun, bodily harm, drug overdose, attempted drowning, Covid 19 quarantine rules.

I had never heard of this author, or this series, so I wasn’t sure what to expect going in, but it turns out I enjoyed it!

Even tho this book is the 6th in the series, you can read them as standalone or out of order. I wasn’t confused at all, or felt like I was missing anything while reading.

This book had an interesting premise. It deals with Covid 19 quarantine rules gone wrong while on vacation. Yikes!

I really liked the female MC, Victoria. She has clearly been through alot in the previous books (it was mentioned in this book), yet she doesn’t back down from helping ti find a missing girl. Even when it puts her life in direct danger, leaving her (literally)stranded in the ocean!

There were some intense moments in this book, adding to the reading experience, but I wouldn’t say it’s anything spectacular. I wasn’t totally wowed, or shocked by the ending. Despite some of the trigger warnings I listed above. I do think they are mostly on the mild side! But again, feel free to DM if you have any questions about them!

Three sorority sisters enjoy an exclusive resort vacation in Mexico…until one of them doesn’t come home. Omg......... this book was amazing I flew threw the pages with Olympic speed I was hooked from the very first page. WOW!! Just wow!!… Mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, gripping… Once you pick up the book you just can’t put it down…

Vanished On Vacation by Jenifer Ruff.
Agent Victoria Heslin Series Book 6.
As a frantic search for missing college student Avery Jennings begins, it appears everyone is hiding something—Avery’s family and friends, the resort’s staff, and its wealthy guests. It’s up to FBI Special Agent Victoria Heslin to dig deeper and figure out which of those secrets matter. Motivated by her own mother’s abduction years ago, she’s determined not to let Avery become another missing person statistic. When Victoria grows frustrated with the investigation and her limited jurisdiction in Mexico, she defies orders and takes matters into her own hands. Facing powerful and connected criminals, she plummets into a hellish ordeal that will test her strength and courage like never before.
“How much will you risk to find this girl?” the Federale Officer asked. “Whatever it takes,” Victoria answered without hesitation.
A good read with good characters. Likeable story. 4*.

As a short book, this had everything! It was very entertaining and a quick read. Suspenseful and action packed, I would recommend! Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!