This is my first read by Jessica Irena Smith and it made for a good mysterious read.

I did find in parts to be quite slow paced and my mind was wondering but I did stick with this novel and I am glad that I did as the plot was great.

We meet main character Maggie who is back home in America for a family funeral, having decided to stay with her mother and step dad we get to learn about the dysfunctional family of Maggie and her mother.

I enjoyed reading about Maggie and found her an interesting character. She learns about a murder in the town many years ago and how it may connect to a disappearing young teenager - this happened many years ago and Maggie becomes intent on solving this mystery. Maggie works tirelessly to try and solve the age-old mystery and its quite a journey.

A great read if you like a mystery novel, thanks to Netgalley, Jessica Irena Smith and the publishers for allowing me a copy of this novel.

I found this to be a slow burn of a read and at times wanted to give up. However I stuck with it and was cavern glad I did as the ending was excellent.

So many secrets. The mother drove me insane.
Sadly it took me forever to get through this book i found myself constantly reading and then putting it down.
There was a lot to take in and i did feel as if the story went on for far to long.
The most memorable part for me was the shock ending.
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

A disappearance and a murder 👀

Maggie finds out a big secret about her family. She then spends her visit to the states trying to solve what happened decades earlier!

This one was a slow burn. It seemed like Maggie got a lot of info to help solve the crime but the book wasn’t even 30% in.

The ending was really shocking and made up for the slower parts in this one!