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Before She Disappeared

Written by: Lisa Gardner
Narrated by: Regina Reagan
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From the Sunday Times best-selling author Lisa Gardner, a gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people the rest of the world has forgotten.

Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for.

When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking.

A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighbourhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier.

Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.

But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her....

©2021 Lisa Gardner (P)2021 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

"To read Lisa Gardner is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. In Before She Disappeared, she gives us a crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine." (Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of Home Before Dark)
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Without giving away spoilers, the story begins with a strong and intriguing premise but ultimately feels like an amateurish thriller. The discovery of the lost girl is overly coincidental, relying too heavily on chance rather than clever plotting. Frankie, the recovering addict and protagonist, is portrayed as having exceptional emotional intelligence, but her actions rarely showcase these supposed skills, leaving her characterization feeling unconvincing.

The main villain, though menacing in their intentions, lacks depth and complexity, which diminishes the impact of their role in the story. Their motivations feel generic and underdeveloped, making it hard to see them as anything more than a one-dimensional antagonist. On the other hand, the inspector’s character shows potential, but their role is underutilized, serving more as a background figure than a pivotal force driving the investigation. This imbalance between key characters weakens the overall narrative.

While the book had the potential for a gripping and nuanced thriller, the execution falls short, leaving the characters and the plot feeling unsatisfying.

Believable plot made a child play

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The performance of the artist was good. Didn't like the novel or heroine much. Also did not like the way the author repeated some phrases, over and over. Eg: I thought, I hoped. 4 times? 5 times?

Ok, one time read

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