Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press | Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Audio for gifting me a physical, audio and digital ARC of this debut adult mystery by Gillian French, with the audio perfectly narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
Shaw Connelly is a fingerprint analyst, a mother, a devoted sister and daughter, semi-estranged from her husband. But she's desperate to get answers to her sister's disappearance 16 years ago. The not knowing has affected everyone in their family in different ways. Shaw is also being taunted by Anders Jansen, who claims he has info about Thea's disappearance, but his stalking is becoming threatening.
I really liked this family drama/mystery and its characters, especially Shaw and Gauthier, a young analyst Shaw is charged with mentoring. These characters are not perfect nor do they make perfect decisions, but they felt real. It's atmospheric and tense, as Anders seems to get closer and closer. I thought the fingerprinting storyline was interesting as well. But at heart, it's a story of grief and how differently people handle it, but especially the unfathomable grief that comes with a disappearance and no answers. Looking forward to more from this author - this would be a great series!
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