Valerie Gillis - A 42 year old hiker, reported missing on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.
Beverley - the female game warden tasked with co-ordinating the search.
Lena - A wheelchair bound retiree who has a sneaking suspicion that the guy she's speaking to on social media knows more than he should about the missing hiker.

Three narratives all of them spellbinding, deftly wove this novel together as the days passed and still the searchers returned with nothing. Superb scene setting laid bare the stunning beauty of the wilderness and a compelling narrative that portrayed the immense planning that went on behind the scenes to co-ordinate the search, interview others who'd been in contact with Valerie on the trail, support the family and brief the media

This was a compelling read from start to finish, never letting up and impossible to put down as the narrative seamlessly moved between each of the women, keeping the suspense going right to its gripping conclusion.

My thanks to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the advance copy, all opinions expressed are my own.

I was first drawn to this book by the similarity to a real-life story I had heard about many years ago, that of Gerry Largay, who got lost on the Appalachian Trail back in 2013. This piqued my interest and although, as the author states, some details are borrowed from Gerry’s story, this is not Gerry’s story. This is Valerie’s, and Lena’s, and Bev’s. The three threads expertly wind through this book, giving you the life stories of these three women and how they are pulled together by Valerie’s disappearance. Beautifully written and evocative, this is not a thriller, but a literary novel of survival and, surprisingly enough, the relationship between mothers and daughters.

This is a well written mystery with a beautiful setting..

Set in Maine ..Valerie Gillis is treking and 200 miles from her final destination she disappears.. Valerie is an experienced trekker so the mystery of her whereabouts is something quite odd.

Beverley has been set with the task to find Valerie. Then there is Lena an avid birdwatcher amd amateur sleuth who enjoys chatting on the internet..she has a 'friend' who seems to know more than they should anout Valerie and so the mystery turns into somthing else.

I really enjoyed the plot and was happy that I could not guess how the ending would pan out. it is filled with suspense is a book I would recommend..