The Girl in the missing poster by Barbara Copperthwaite
Today is publication day for the wonderful new thriller by Barbara Copperthwaite entitled The Girl in The Missing Poster.
My Review
Blooming fantastic read.
This Author never fails to grip me and keep me entertained throughout her superb twisty psychological chillers. This is a kind of who-dunnit with a difference and some really great characters.
The main protagonist is Stella, a middle aged single women who is a dog behaviourist, and has some of the best doggy characters I’ve met in a book. She has spent most of her adult life trying to find out what happened to her twin sister Leila, who disappeared when they were both young women and she has spent the last 25 years, wondering and thinking about what could have happened.
She distributes missing posters on her annual pilgrimage to her missing sister, this year she is given a glimmer of hope as a podcast production company contacts her as attractive and enigmatic Euan proposes a documentary to revive flagging interest in this cold case.
What follows is a cat and mouse chase where you never know who to trust and I kept changing my mind about who are the main suspects, theres a budding romance, dogs everywhere and lots of unexpected twists before it gains momentum to reveal the fate of the missing girl and finishes in a crescendo of horror and fear.
Original, compelling and riveting, The Girl in the Missing Poster is one hell of a roller coaster ride.
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The Blurb
24 June, 1994 – Nineteen-year-old Leila Hawkins runs from her father’s birthday party into the stormy night wearing her sister Stella’s long red coat. Some say she was crying, others swear they saw her get into a passing car. Nobody ever saw her again
Present – This time every year, on the anniversary of that fateful night, Stella decorates the small seaside town she grew up in with pictures of her beautiful missing sister. But after twenty-five years, is it even worth hoping someone will come forward? Perhaps the upcoming documentary will spark people’s memories by reuniting all the guests who were there the night Leila went missing.
As old friends gather and long-buried secrets begin to surface, the last thing Stella ever expects is a direct response from someone claiming they took Leila. They want private details of Stella’s life in return for answers. But as the true events of the night of the party play out once again, who is lying? And who is next?
From the bestselling author of The Perfect Friend, this absolutely gripping psychological thriller will keep you up all night and leave you sleeping with the light on. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you!
