Police procedurals aren’t my jam — at least they haven’t been up ’til now. But I needed a change of pace, and this book fit the bill quite nicely.
I’m unsure how to review a mystery, as anything I say about the plot could be considered a spoiler.
Vanishing Girls is the first — by publication date and chronologically — in a lengthy series centred on Detective Josie Quinn.
Josie is stationed in a small town in Pennsylvania. When we meet her, she is suspended from the police force due to a complaint lodged against her, and she is frustrated at being unable to participate in the search for a missing teenage girl.
Josie Quinn is a likable protagonist, and I enjoyed being in her head as things fell apart and then into place.
This story contains descriptions of violence perpetrated against women and children — some sexual in nature, and some not. It is the beginning of an ongoing series, but everything presented is tied up by the end of the book, and it could easily be read as a stand-alone.
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