Couldn’t put this book down! Kept me guessing the whole way through! KL Slater never fails in her books to keep you engaged!

Oh what a book!! Perfectly written. So many twists and turns, relatable people with relatable responses so it's so easy to empathise and become totally invested in the outcome. I flew through it in a day and loved every second. This book does not go the way you think it's gonna go

Yet again an amazing thrilling read from this author. Kept me hooked so many twists and turns. Enjoyed it from the Frist chapter til the last page

Time to read less than 1 day

4 Stars

I absolutely love K.L Slater and was ridiculously excited to get her new book. Wow I loved this book. I was totally engrossed. What a read.

I found it a quick read and it kept my attention from the first to the last page

Thank you Netgalley and Michael Joseph for the opportunity to review.

K.L Slater always manages to keep me guessing and this book was no different, I felt like I was on tenterhooks throughout.

You really can't put down K.L. Slater's books and this one was absolutely no exception. Love it!
Thanks to NetGalley, the editor and the author for the opportunity to access this advanced copy.

Saffy's best friend Leona is like a sister to her; they've grown up together in tricky backgrounds, supported each other and always relied on one another. Saffy isn't a fan of Leona's husband - she thinks he's a violent overbearing bully who is ruining Leona's life. So when she gets three phone messages in a row saying, come quickly, I need you - she drops everything and runs. Leona doesn't know what Saffy is talking about, she hasn't sent the messages - but Saffy is still suspicious of the husband, vowing to keep an eye out for her friend. When Leona and her family go missing, the police come looking for Saffy....

I'm afraid I didn't love this as much as I wanted to - I didnt warm to any of the characters and found the final part of the story's resolution too far fetched even for me. However the story is entertaining and kept me guessing until the end.

Once again K.L Slater is on form. Saffy is struggling. She's divorced from her husband and has lost custody of her son Fox. Whilst waiting for an interview she receives a text from her friend Leona. The message tells her to come quick. She's needed.. Then as quick as it arrived the message is deleted. On rushing to Leona's house she finds the family well. Why did she get those messages. Leona says she never sent them.
Then Leona , her husband and daughter disappear. Saffy was the last person to see them alive. The police are pointing fingers. Saffy sensed something wasn't right but with all the blood at the scene someone has to be dead.
The author has developed characters that aren't particularly likeable until their stories begin to unfold. Once i started this book I didn't put it down till i reached its conclusion.

A fabulous read from this brilliant author.
Well written characters, some more dislikeable than others.
Great storyline which had some real heart racing moments especially the end.
I also liked the catch up with how everyone was in the final chapters.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

Saffy, while waiting to go in to an interview, receives 3 messages from her best friend Leona. "Dont text...don't call...please just come". The messages are swiftly replaced by "This message was deleted. Saffy rushes out of her interview convinced her best friend is in danger.

She arrives at her house to find Leona acting normally, saying she didn't send the messages, but something doesn't sit right with Saffy. Six hours later Saffy gets a knock at her door, Leona and her family have gone missing and Saffy was the last person to see them.

This was a twisty thriller that I really enjoyed reading. I liked that it had various points of view from different characters as they told the story. As a fan of K.L. Slater this book definitely didn't disappoint.

My only criticism would be that I guessed one of the twists fairly early in the book, but it didn't change my enjoyment at all.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a page turner! I devoured this book in a day. I loved the alternate narratives and the relationships between the characters were really well explored. The plot kept me guessing and there were plenty of twists along the way. A really good thriller! Would definitely recommend!

Lots of twists and turns. Great plotting and kept me reading later at night than I should
.sinister, thrilling. Never knew what was coming next.

A great premise, and I loved the hook and early chapters. After that it was a little slow and clunky, kept me intrigued, but feels like it hadn't quite figured itself out.

Saffy is waiting to go into a job interview when she receives a text message from her best friend, Leona:

Can’t speak… don’t text or call… please just come.

I really wanted to love this book but I struggled with it, it was slow burn of a book

When Saffy receives a WhatsApp message from her bestfriend Leona asking Saffy to come quickly, Saffy drops everything and races round to her best friends home, when she gets there she is greeted with a stilted scene of domestic happiness. Saffy knows all is not well in her friends marriage and with her husband there she feels Leona cannot say what she really wants to and denies sending the message to Saffy. Soon after this event, Leona goes missing.....

Having loved K.L Slater’s previous thrillers, I was super excited for her newest release and with good reason! This book delivers so much more than I anticipated! Highly recommended.

Thank you to Netgallery and the publisher for this ARC. The publication date is the 18th July. Wow, what an amazing read! I raced through this book within 24 hours. I was gripped to my kindle as I was dying to know what would happen next. The plot was addictive with many twists and turns along the way.

My favourite character was Leona as I felt sorry for her as the book progressed. K.L Slater has done it again she writes such intriguing and gripping books that keeps the reader on their toes till the very last line.

I’d highly recommend everyone to read this book when it comes it was amazing! I’m already counting down the days till the next book is released.

Saffy receives a message from best friend Leona while preparing to go in to an interview. Soon after Leona is missing and so are the messages she sent.

I wanted to love this one, but even though I was suckered in by the synopsis, there wasn’t enough in this to keep me gripped. While not everything is completely predictable, there is a lot of typical ground covered and I felt it a bit dull.

Waiting to go into a job interview really isn't the ideal time at which to receive an urgent but cryptic message from your best friend begging you not to call her, but to go straight over.

Which is exactly what Saffy does. But bizarrely enough, once she gets to Leona's home, her friend denies all looked of the message, insisting that all is well - before disappearing from her bloodstained home, along with her daughter, barely a few hours later!

What on earth has happened here? Saffy isn't the only one who wants to know. The police are conducting an investigation into her friend's disappearance, and have her firmly in their crosshairs as a person of interest since she was the last to see Leona alive and well...

This was a moderately entertaining read but not Slater's best. The story something of a slow burn, and uneven in terms of pacing - also, more than a little far-fetched. The twist was good though!

many thanks to NetGalley, Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House, and K L Slater for my ARC of 'Message Deleted' in return for an honest review.

Having read all of this author's novels I was delighted to receive my advanced copy.

Saffy receives two Wattsapp messages from her best friend Leona begging her to come immediately. Safe is waiting for a job interview at the time. The messages disappear but Saffy goes anyway.

This begins a series of events with so many twists and turns involving Leona's current husband and former boyfriends, Poppy who is Saffy's sister and a search for the truth.

Although I enjoyed most of this storyline I did struggle in parts.

Recommended.