A review by jkjoy_books
The Lost Girl by Mark Gillespie

3.5

 “The Lost Girl” is a riveting suspense that had me gripped from start to finish as it followed a young girl called Darcy who returns to her family after disappearing as a child 13 years ago. What hurts her joyful homecoming is unsolved questions about her strange absence – where has she been all these years and how did she get away from there at last?

The writing is very artful in creating tension through the changing character perspectives and also colorful descriptions.

Yet, some plot developments towards the end of the book cause the reader to doubt. Without revealing anything, some specifics about Darcy’s vanishing look like they should have been found with a bit of scrutiny. Sometimes, the absence of basic police procedures is glaring.

However, this is a highly absorbing and gripping thriller if you can overlook some of the more unlikely turns.

Thank you to Zoé from ZooLoo’s Book Tours and the author for allowing me to read and review this book.