Found by Erin Kinsley - #BookReview

"There are so many ifs, and so many if onlys. If only rugby practice hadn't over-run. If only Evan hadn't gone and lost a boot. If only he'd decided to bypass the newsagent's and had caught the earlier bus, the one he missed by just twenty seconds."

When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare.

Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again.

DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible...

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This is such a gripping read. In fact, I started it one day and finished it the next as I really could not put it down.

This book is largely about relationships and how they sometimes have to change. We speak alot at the moment about the 'new normal' and this book demonstrates how a 'new normal' had to be adapted to for this particular family to move forward because nothing was exactly the same as it had been prior to Evan's abduction. There were times when I could have cried for them all and there are some very moving moments in the novel.

The author has taken a difficult topic and treated it sensitively. There are no graphic scenes of what happened to Evan during his abduction and I appreciated that she treated her characters with respect. The way in which she developed her characters shows real skill and they were each easy to engage with. I also enjoyed the generational relationships in this book as Evan's grandparents feature every bit as much as his parents.

An outstanding debut novel and if Ms Kinsley continues to write as well as this she is definitely one to watch. Her next book, Innocent, is due for release in the UK in August 2020. I can not wait to read it.

ISBN: 978 1472260772

Publisher: Headline

About the Author:

Erin Kinsley is a full-time writer. She grew up in Yorkshire and currently lives in East Anglia.