The Girls Who Disappeared: ‘I loved this twisty novel’ Richard Osman

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This. There wasn’t one amongst them with whom I even began to empathise or connect with, let alone invest in, although I so wanted to believe in Jenna and Dale. Incredible 👏🏻 Claire Douglas is a brilliant writer, I was absolutely hooked from the start and found myself to be so engrossed throughout the whole book. Olivia blacks out momentarily, but on regaining consciousness realises that she is trapped in the vehicle with her legs pinned to the steering wheel, and all three of her companions are missing.

Stephanie Edmeads

If only Jenna and Dale knew the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth! However, her journalists sixth sense did warn Jenna that no one was who they seemed to be, almost everyone had something to hide and there were important pieces of information being withheld from her, which meant that joining up all the dots to arrive at a satisfactory outcome was almost impossible.

Ellie Beagley

The start of this book had me hooked and I could not put it down, a very creepy feel to this story which I found made my anxiety rise whilst reading! The plot is intelligent and the cast of characters is easy to follow and identify with, the story builds and builds to a crescendo of an ending! However, much to my dismay and shame, my memories must have been those of reading the premises, as I found at least two downloads of earlier books still lined up waiting to get to the top of my list.

Rhiannon929

Dale is only too happy to help Jenna gather information and interviews for the podcast and rather places himself in position as her protector and advisor during her stay, especially when it becomes clear that the threats against her are not idle and there are forces at work which relate to many more crimes than just that of the disappearance of three young women. I was shocked by the ending and it really wasn’t what I thought would happen, you couldn’t really trust the characters and had to keep them at arms length - I thought that was great about the book.

Jude Wright

didn't want to put it down, brilliantly written. I really liked Jenna and I enjoyed following her trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the girls 20 years ago. I knew of course that this would be relevant to the eventual outcome of Jenna’s investigations, and I had my suspicions about how it might fit into the picture, but I was left to drive myself silly wondering what the common denominator was, right until the very end, when the final pieces of the jigsaw were slotted into place. Would 100% recommend to anyone who’s interested in these types of books, can’t wait to read more of Claire Douglas’ books!

Serena Smith

Intense and suspenseful from beginning to end. Once a reticent Olivia breaks through the barrier of non-cooperation she has erected between herself and Jenna and begins to open up to her, unseen forces decree that both women are deemed to be a threat to certain freedoms and nefarious activities, and therefore need to be stopped at any price, even down to Olivia being drugged and left in a field of ancient standing stones, as a reminder to her not to befriend Jenna or participate in the podcast.