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Lou (nonfiction fiend)
Found Her is NJ Mackay'due south third novel and her get-go standalone psychological thriller. X years ago Belle Moriarty was cruelly snatched from under the olfactory organ of her older sister Eve. Walking the usual route abode from school Eve turned her dorsum for mere seconds and Belle had completely vanished; Eve has been wracked with guilt and has spent years blaming herself for being distracted every bit she had been flirting with her classmate Bobby. Now she's been constitute alive a decade after just is in a blackout having Found Her is NJ Mackay's third novel and her first standalone psychological thriller. Ten years ago Belle Moriarty was cruelly snatched from under the olfactory organ of her older sister Eve. Walking the usual route home from schoolhouse Eve turned her dorsum for mere seconds and Belle had completely vanished; Eve has been wracked with guilt and has spent years blaming herself for being distracted every bit she had been flirting with her classmate Bobby. At present she'south been found alive a decade later just is in a coma having been discipline to a devastating hit and run, and Eve rushes to her beloved sister's side. But who took her and why did they keep her alive? What hellish things has she been through during her time in captivity and how did she manage to escape from the kidnapper's clutches? And the most important question: is she still in danger from this person even now? Eve is adamant to do annihilation it takes to proceed Belle safety. She feels she owes her at least that much.

This is a thoroughly addictive, clever and absorbing thriller that'll accept you on a riveting journeying with more than twists and turns than you can shake a stick at. Information technology's well written and thought out and it surprised me by becoming a real page-turner. I guessed quite early who the culprit was but oddly this didn't cause me to lose involvement, which is unusual for me, and luckily there were still some reveals in store that I didn't predict and then it was worth continuing to read until the finish. It'south night and easy to follow and I loved that Eve was a flawed protagonist as information technology makes the whole story more realistic and conceivable. The narrative is a pacey one and is packed with suspense and exciting developments and Ms Mackay depicted how grief can eat a person beautifully. It becomes quite creepy and sinister in places and the rest of the cast of characters are interesting with each one adding something a lilliputian different to the shenanigans. Many thanks to Orion for an ARC.

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Tracy Fenton
Jan 25, 2020 rated information technology it was astonishing
I absolutely LOVED Niki Mackay's Madison Attallee serial (I, Witness and The Lies Nosotros Tell) and then when I saw she has written a new standalone psychological thriller nether NJ Mackay I knew I was in for a treat.

Our main protagonist in Found Her is Eve Moriarty, now aged 26 she is stumbling through life, living with her boyfriend and on form to self-destruct. She is racked with guilt because 10 years ago, her adoring little sister, Belle, disappeared" walking home from school and Eve has blamed herse

I absolutely LOVED Niki Mackay's Madison Attallee series (I, Witness and The Lies Nosotros Tell) and so when I saw she has written a new standalone psychological thriller under NJ Mackay I knew I was in for a treat.

Our main protagonist in Institute Her is Eve Moriarty, at present aged 26 she is stumbling through life, living with her fellow and on course to self-destruct. She is racked with guilt because ten years ago, her adoring lilliputian sister, Belle, disappeared" walking home from school and Eve has blamed herself ever since.

When Belle is found x years afterwards, she is now in a coma having been hit by a motorcar whilst escaping her captors. Eve now needs to find out what happened and why Belle was taken with the assist of Detective Locke who is in charge of the case.

This book had more red herrings than Billingsgate Fish Market. Honestly, I call up I got whiplash reading this volume as I was then sure I knew who had taken Belle about sixteen times. The writer keeps dropping subtle clues along the way, simply either I am totally clueless or she'due south very talented equally I couldn't piece of work out how/why/how until the actual reveal!!

Found Her is a stunning and clever psychological thriller which is guaranteed to go along the reader on the edge of their seats, frantically turning the pages (or borer your kindle) eager to find out what, why, when and how. 5 stars from me.

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LJ (On The Shelf Reviews)
This is my offset novel by NJ Mackay and after reading Establish Her information technology won't be my last!

Goodness me where do I start? Found Her had me utterly gripped from the very commencement chapter. I take to say it's one of the all-time psychological thrillers I've read for a while, perfectly paced and tension packed.

Eve is a complicated character, not all that likeable simply very compelling to read. She's been punishing herself for ten years after the disappearance of her footling sister Belle, unable to sustain relationshi

This is my start novel by NJ Mackay and later on reading Constitute Her it won't exist my concluding!

Goodness me where do I outset? Plant Her had me utterly gripped from the very first affiliate. I have to say it's one of the best psychological thrillers I've read for a while, perfectly paced and tension packed.

Eve is a complicated graphic symbol, not all that likeable but very compelling to read. She's been punishing herself for ten years after the disappearance of her little sister Belle, unable to sustain relationships apart from those stubborn enough to ignore her prickly outside. She'due south been on an even keel but that all goes out the window when her piffling sister is found alive but in critical status. That's when the story really comes into its own, every bit Eve's paranoia gets worse until she'south almost at breaking point and all of her old unhealthy behaviours surface again.

I would take liked the ending to have been a fiddling stronger merely of grade that's just a modest matter.
Found Her is a genuine page turner and a must for anyone who loves a adept thriller.

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Sarah
Jan 26, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Wow! Wow! Wow! I'thousand stunned! It has been a while since I've been so gripped past a psychological thriller. I consumed the pages drastic to read more!
The story starts with Belle, the missing sister for ten years,being found. The plot develops as y'all acquire what has happened during those 10 years, who Eve has become because of the kidnapping.
I don't exercise plot spoilers, yet I will say that the characters are really well-developed, as are the settings (gruesome though they sometimes are). The plot
Wow! Wow! Wow! I'grand stunned! It has been a while since I've been so gripped by a psychological thriller. I consumed the pages desperate to read more!
The story starts with Belle, the missing sister for 10 years,being institute. The plot develops as you learn what has happened during those ten years, who Eve has become because of the kidnapping.
I don't do plot spoilers, nevertheless I will say that the characters are actually well-adult, as are the settings (gruesome though they sometimes are). The plot backfills gradually whilst also edifice unbelievable suspense. Alternative narrators are introduced later in the story and I ended up doubting nearly anybody in the story! To say I was gripped is a huge understatement! Definitely high on my recommendation list! My first volume past this author but won't be my last!
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Fay Flude
Aug 09, 2020 rated it really liked it
Ten years agone Belle disappears on a walk home from school and her sister Eve is plagued by constant guilt. She lives a half life, punishing herself and one friend in particular who also happened to be nowadays on the day everything went wrong. Bobby is now married to Eve'south best friend Mandy but the existing human relationship between him and Eve is certainly less than healthy.
And then of a sudden Belle is found in the road in a dire physical state and taken to hospital. Locke is the detective assigned
10 years ago Belle disappears on a walk home from school and her sister Eve is plagued by constant guilt. She lives a half life, punishing herself and one friend in item who also happened to be nowadays on the twenty-four hour period everything went wrong. Bobby is at present married to Eve'south best friend Mandy but the existing relationship betwixt him and Eve is certainly less than salubrious.
Then of a sudden Belle is plant in the road in a dire physical land and taken to hospital. Locke is the detective assigned to the case, talking to Eve about what happened a decade ago as Belle cannot. She requires lots of operations and remains in a medically induced coma.
The girls' Mum died some fourth dimension agone so the reader can really sense the loneliness and despair of Eve whose ability to get through each day tin simply exist described as dysfunctional. Eve doesn't even know what to say each time she visits Belle at her bedside and tin can't bring herself to write in the advice volume either. And yet she is drastic for her sister to wake and have the torment that has been her constant companion lessen in its brutality.
Belle has a police guard at the infirmary and Eve has like protection exterior her firm every bit Locke, a rather likeable just quite unconventional law officer, is focused on finding out who took Belle and kept her captive for so long. He needs to understand the puzzle to solve information technology before the kidnapper does something worse.
The pace is fast, tense and gripping. I didn't have a inkling who was guilty so it is true to say the volume is shocking, full of suspicion, danger and twists.
Some of the story is difficult to digest considering of the cruelty described and this but spurs the reader on in an indirect mission to run across justice metered out.
What makes this type of book fascinating is the psychology behind the psychopath's behaviour and how nurture tin create a person with bad intentions and a troubled mind. It is disturbing but compelling.
I didn't come across the twist coming at the stop, merely subsequently so much tension, the cease seemed a bit also rushed and tidied up. It is because of this, and some unprofessional behaviour on the part of Locke that has led me to give this book four rather than 5 stars. Picky perhaps, but my personal stance.
Having said that I would definitely recommend this book to others and I will besides be interested to see what NJ Mackay writes next.
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Bridget
I read Found Her by Niki Mackay in staves with other Pigeonholers as part of a group.

Eve Moriarty is walking habitation from schoolhouse with her little sister Belle in tow. One minute, Belle is plodding forth backside her, the next, she has vanished into thin air. Consumed by guilt, Eve has blamed herself for years as she had been flirting with her classmate, Bobby, at the time that her sister disappeared. A decade later, Belle'south been plant alive but is in a blackout having been in a devastating hit and run

I read Found Her by Niki Mackay in staves with other Pigeonholers as part of a grouping.

Eve Moriarty is walking home from school with her little sister Belle in tow. One minute, Belle is plodding along behind her, the next, she has vanished into thin air. Consumed by guilt, Eve has blamed herself for years as she had been flirting with her classmate, Bobby, at the fourth dimension that her sis disappeared. A decade later, Belle's been constitute alive but is in a coma having been in a devastating hit and run. As the police investigate who took her, Eve is determined to do anything information technology takes to continue Belle condom.

Found Her was the perfect mystery, and it made a fascinating story as I puzzled over what happened to Belle, and who was responsible for her kidnapping, alongside the toxic, self-destructive Eve. Hooked from the opening chapter, it was a provocative and conflicting thriller with good pacing and its fair share of twists and changes in direction, making it extremely hard to play armchair detective as I swayed from ane possible theory or event to another. All of the characters were brilliantly portrayed by Niki Mackay and although many had obnoxious or insufferable personality traits, all were perfectly bandage within the story. My personal favourite was the detective in charge of Belle's case, DI Locke, for his compassionate, forgiving nature. This sinister mystery was topped off with an exciting, blindsiding denouement. Very highly recommended.

Thank yous to Niki Mackay and Pigeonhole for the opportunity to read this volume. This review is my unbiased stance.

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Zenda
Feb ten, 2022 rated it it was amazing
For most books, it is imperative that I like the character for me to really savor a book. For this 1, even so, I found it really didn't matter. The heroine in this novel is so broken and carrying then much guilt, she is self sabotaging and self destructive to the point that it is hard keeping friends around her. She's not likable, simply you sympathise with her and and then many other characters in this novel that for me, their likability was no longer a factor. I recollect in the end, what won me over is thursday For most books, it is imperative that I like the graphic symbol for me to really enjoy a book. For this 1, however, I found it actually didn't thing. The heroine in this novel is so broken and carrying so much guilt, she is self sabotaging and cocky subversive to the point that it is hard keeping friends around her. She'due south not likable, but you sympathise with her and so many other characters in this novel that for me, their likability was no longer a factor. I recall in the finish, what won me over is that she wants to get better, to be better ...more
Sue Jenkins
Aug 10, 2020 rated it it was astonishing
I read this with Pigeonhole, a stave at a time over 10 days, and I was left wanting to read on at the cease of each stave. There were lots of twists throughout and the final denouement was really unexpected. I enjoyed the backstory of "the boy" and "mummy", equally I felt this added to the storyline and gave an insight into what happened later. I disliked the way Eve acted at the offset and promise that she managed to get her life dorsum on track! Thanks PH and Niki!
Caroline Kerdouci
WARNING: Some content is lamentable and harrowing to read, relating to childhood abuse.

This is a thriller that begins at the end with Belle, a immature girl abducted x years ago whilst walking home from school, being constitute hurt and disoriented. Her unexpected, shocking merely welcome reappearance seems like unbelievable news to her sister Eve, who has been resigned to a life full of guilt and regret. Family life was destroyed instantly and although Belle is now in a medically induced coma, there is

WARNING: Some content is sorry and harrowing to read, relating to childhood corruption.

This is a thriller that begins at the finish with Belle, a young daughter abducted x years ago whilst walking habitation from school, being establish hurt and disoriented. Her unexpected, shocking but welcome reappearance seems like unbelievable news to her sister Eve, who has been resigned to a life full of guilt and regret. Family life was destroyed instantly and although Belle is now in a medically induced blackout, there is yet hope she volition survive to tell her tale. Who took her all those years agone, why was she taken and what has happened to her in the interim were all questions running through my heed as I became immersed and engaged with the events unfolding.

Detective Locke is the human being assigned to help answer these questions, taking Eve dorsum in time to that fateful afternoon when she was more preoccupied with her friend Bobby than she was with the whereabouts of a sis trailing a few feet behind. I think he rapidly lost some degree of professionalism in his dealings with this case, personal feelings perhaps clouding his judgement at times but I'll leave you to make you own mind upward regarding this point.

In Locke's determination to uncover the person responsible for Belle'south abduction I desperately wanted to know what kind of person he was pitting his wits against and how much danger both Belle and Eve remained in. Given that Belle has a police guard at the hospital and there is a police presence exterior Eve's home gives a off-white indication that everyone needs to be on high warning. My fretfulness were all jangled with fear, anxious for Belle to wake up from her coma and maybe fill in the missing pieces that were eluding me as a reader.

Punctuating the narrative is an unknown vocalization detailing an calumniating babyhood containing unimaginable horrors that is up to the reader to ascertain how this may connect with the main storyline. It's cleverly written, impossible to predict and with pure evil at its core you will end up meeting a vile character capable of the most heinous crimes.

I found Eve as a character hard to warm to, a bit of an enigma. Her behaviour, favouring casual hook ups and abusing her shut friend Mandy's trust doesn't endear her to the reader. Fifty-fifty the fact she's unable to communicate with the sister she presumed was dead highlights her troubled and dysfunctional nature. I appreciated the fact the ways Eve acted, including her interactions with Locke, were probably a upshot of years spent racked with guilt over the disappearance of her sister Belle so she does merit some sympathy. Information technology's like her life without Belle has set up her on a path of self destruction which of course is terribly sad. I'm not sure she always deserved such loyalty from Mandy and I felt anxious at times for Locke entangled in Eve'southward life, a bit like a fly trapped in a spiders web.

When we finally hear Belle's vocalization information technology's welcomed almost with a sigh of relief that maybe the pieces of this storyline will slot together and make sense. However this feeling pales into insignificance once the details of Belle's life since her abduction become apparent. Like I said at the showtime some of the narrative is extremely unpalatable, harrowing and distressing to read merely such content is vital in terms of the type of villain the author has decided to create. Whilst it fills you with dread there is a sense of urgency to keep you reading, hoping and praying that in that location is low-cal at the end of the tunnel.

The pace and tension ratchet up a few levels one time the author has revealed that all important inkling for the reader to put some of the final pieces of this complex puzzle together. Up until that point I was none the wiser in terms of who was guilty of the most depraved behaviour having spent most of the fourth dimension willing Belle to wake upwardly and enlighten me. It couldn't come up soon plenty! With a brilliant twist that seemed to come out of nowhere the conclusion to this disturbing read was highly satisfactory and then I tin recommend Institute Her as a neat psychological thriller that hopefully will keep you guessing (like me!) until the very last page. If y'all liked Retentiveness Wood by Sam Lloyd or Dear Child past Romy Hausmann so you'll love this. Cheers to the publisher and Pigeonhole for the opportunity to read.

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Vanessa Wild
Aug fourteen, 2020 rated it really liked it
Belle Moriarty was abducted on her fashion home from school. Ten years later her sister, Eve, who blames herself for Belle's disappearance, receives a telephone call to say Belle has been found but she'due south in a bad manner. Who took Belle, is she still in danger and who is threatening Eve?

This is quite a gripping thriller with a few gray areas. Some of the actions of certain characters are questionable. Yet, I didn't let this bear upon my enjoyment. I found it a bit of a deadening burner, only there is a fair

Belle Moriarty was abducted on her way home from school. X years later her sister, Eve, who blames herself for Belle's disappearance, receives a phone call to say Belle has been found just she's in a bad fashion. Who took Belle, is she notwithstanding in danger and who is threatening Eve?

This is quite a gripping thriller with a few grey areas. Some of the actions of certain characters are questionable. However, I didn't let this affect my enjoyment. I found information technology a bit of a deadening burner, but there is a fair amount of suspense and information technology did have me on the edge of my seat at times. The tension builds up nicely and there are plenty of twists and turns . It concluded up rather the page turner! The characters are not ever likeable and the villain of the piece is particularly evil. 😱. They are the stuff of nightmares.

Thanks to Pigeonhole and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this volume.

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Shelagh Wadman
I was given the opportunity to read this volume in ten staves on Pigeonhole with NJ Mackay the author reading along with me and my young man pigeons. I was hooked into the story from the first stave and I was so invested in the storyline I found it very difficult each day to have to wait 24 hours to read the adjacent stave. The story is set over ten years 'before' when a young daughter, Belle Moriarty, is kidnapped whilst walking habitation from school and 'after' when she is found ten years later! Eve her older sister I was given the opportunity to read this book in ten staves on Pigeonhole with NJ Mackay the author reading along with me and my boyfriend pigeons. I was hooked into the story from the showtime stave and I was and then invested in the storyline I found it very hard each day to have to wait 24 hours to read the next stave. The story is set over ten years 'before' when a immature girl, Belle Moriarty, is kidnapped whilst walking home from school and 'after' when she is found ten years later! Eve her older sister has spent the last ten years blaming herself for non checking that Belle was following behind her because she was flirting with a boy, Robert. The story encompasses of import mental health issues and the ramifications for a family when a child goes missing and is eventually presumed expressionless by the police! So many questions to be answered in this story - Who kidnapped Belle? Why did they accept her? Where is she? Could Eve have stopped the kidnapping if she hadn't been concentrating on Robert instead of where her sister was? This storyline has so many twists and turns highlighting the terrible cost the kidnapping played on Eve's behaviour and the affect this has on other people. A corking thriller which kept me in suspense until the end. Thank yous NJ Mackay, Pigeonhole and my fellow pigeons I really enjoyed reading along with anybody. 5 stars from me! ...more
Laura Hamilton
Ten years ago Eve'southward thirteen twelvemonth old sis, Belle, goes missing whilst on the walk home from school afterward Eve, beingness impatient to become home with her school shell, Robert, allows Belle to lag behind.
Eve blames herself for her sis's disappearance and she punishes herself, enabling her life to accept a dark turn, specially sexually.
Eve is contacted past police force (Locke) to say that someone matching Belle'southward description been found after a serious hitting and run.
Whilst Eve awaits Belle waking from her co
Ten years ago Eve'due south 13 yr one-time sis, Belle, goes missing whilst on the walk home from schoolhouse after Eve, being impatient to go home with her school crush, Robert, allows Belle to lag behind.
Eve blames herself for her sister'due south disappearance and she punishes herself, enabling her life to take a dark plough, peculiarly sexually.
Eve is contacted past police (Locke) to say that someone matching Belle's description been found subsequently a serious hit and run.
Whilst Eve awaits Belle waking from her blackout her life deteriorates as she is taunted by Belle'due south kidnapper.
Who can Eve trust? Who is responsible?
This is my first volume by NJ MacKay (read & enjoyed a brusque story in the "afraid of the light" anthology), and I was non disappointed. I was actually a good bit backside on pigeonhole merely apace caught upwards as was and so gripped by the story which was very well written, very nighttime. Although I had guessed one suspect, I was guessing betwixt two for the other half of the duo responsible. A niggling bit of poetic licence used in the ending but that was forgiven.
Cheers Niki & pigeonhole for the opportunity to read.
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Veronika Jordan
I really enjoyed this book. I know there were issues (mentioned past my young man Pigeonhole readers) with the way the therapist behaved and specially DI Locke who seemed a bit besides involved with Eve but it is fiction after all. The depictions of the broken characters were excellent and engaging and I could really empathise with Eve (just most) even though her behaviour was shocking at times. She blames herself for her sis Belle having been taken and is intent on punishing herself for the residuum I really enjoyed this book. I know at that place were issues (mentioned by my fellow Pigeonhole readers) with the way the therapist behaved and particularly DI Locke who seemed a bit also involved with Eve but information technology is fiction after all. The depictions of the cleaved characters were excellent and engaging and I could really empathise with Eve (simply about) even though her behaviour was shocking at times. She blames herself for her sis Belle having been taken and is intent on punishing herself for the balance of her life. If the smoking and drinking don't kill her first that is.

The most evil grapheme in the book is just awful - sadistic and horrible in every way but you'll take to read information technology to find out more. And then well written. Sometimes you forget they are not real!

It'due south a highly entertaining psychological thriller which I read in ten staves (i per day for x days) and I have to say that when I reached the cease of Stave 9 I couldn't expect to read the last office. Gutted I had to wait till lunchtime!

An excellent read and many thanks to the author, The Pigeonhole and my young man Pigeons for making this such an enjoyable read.

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Ali Kennedy
Aug 20, 2020 rated information technology actually liked it
This is a throughly engrossing psychological thriller/mystery novel.

The story of a immature girl who goes missing and turns upwards years afterwards has been written about many times. However, this book approaches information technology from the perspective of her sister Eve, who has a lot of guilt over her sister going missing.

Every bit we follow Eve coming to terms with the reappearance of her sister, and all of the memories and feelings that resurface every bit a effect, nosotros find out more nigh the events surrounding her disappearance. Ev

This is a throughly engrossing psychological thriller/mystery novel.

The story of a young girl who goes missing and turns up years later has been written nearly many times. However, this book approaches it from the perspective of her sister Eve, who has a lot of guilt over her sister going missing.

Every bit we follow Eve coming to terms with the reappearance of her sis, and all of the memories and feelings that resurface equally a result, we find out more than about the events surrounding her disappearance. Eve is a seriously damaged character and not particularly likeable at times. However, despite her stupidity, selfishness and poor sentence, I wanted her to be well and 'healed'. Her relationships are messy and complex, none less so than the one she develops with DI Locke. I'd also dear to read more about him in future novels.

I love a twist and often judge them before they are revealed so it is ever great when I come up across a book with a twist that I did not see coming - this book was one of those.

I read this on the Pigeonhole platform and the 10 daily instalments definitely helped build tension in an already intriguing plot.

Look forward to reading more by this author.

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Pheadra
Aug ten, 2020 rated it really liked it
This review has been hidden considering it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was an enjoyable story about broken people and how injure people oft hurt others. In fact, the characterisation of a damaged person was for me the highlight of this read and in that location were many damaged people in the story as case studies. Unfortunately, the book depicted therapists and police poorly and the ending was too contrived. iv stars!
Di Paterson
Aug 10, 2020 rated information technology really liked information technology
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Yes, at that place are some aspects which are a piffling annoying (then non v stars), such as the total lack of realistic police process, but they help the story along without beingness too contrived. And the plot does unfold very hands, and not predictably. Despite Eve's flaws, I similar her; I retrieve because she is so flawed, but the author managed to move the focus away from her before information technology dragged on likewise long. The story is predominantly told by Eve, simply we as well get the perspec I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Yes, there are some aspects which are a lilliputian annoying (then not five stars), such equally the full lack of realistic police process, only they assist the story forth without being likewise contrived. And the plot does unfold very hands, and not predictably. Despite Eve's flaws, I like her; I call back because she is and so flawed, but the author managed to movement the focus away from her earlier information technology dragged on too long. The story is predominantly told by Eve, but we also get the perspective of other characters, which reveals their psychology and motivation, and aspect which I think was washed extremely well, without being obvious. My thanks to the Pigeonhole and Niki Mackay for the opportunity to read the book. ...more
Gail Wylde
Aug 17, 2020 rated it it was amazing
I really enjoyed this tense gripping 9 out of 10 page turner. The volume has and so many red herrings all the way through information technology which makes for a suspenseful read. This was my start book by this writer only information technology won't be my last.
Thank you to both Pigeonhole and NJ Mackay for the opportunity to read this.
Miss R
Jan 28, 2020 rated it information technology was astonishing
Thanks to Orion Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Constitute Her is one of the most compelling psychological thrillers I accept read in recent memory. One word will suffice to sum up this novel: wow. N J Mackay'southward tautly-plotted thriller is like a siren-vocal to purists of the psychological thriller. Though not a long book, you volition devour this in one sitting, as I did. A literal page-turner this book is about two sisters - Belle and Eve. Belle was abducted every bit a child b

Cheers to Orion Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Found Her is i of the nigh compelling psychological thrillers I accept read in recent retentivity. 1 discussion will suffice to sum upwards this novel: wow. North J Mackay's tautly-plotted thriller is like a siren-song to purists of the psychological thriller. Though not a long volume, you will devour this in one sitting, as I did. A literal page-turner this volume is about two sisters - Belle and Eve. Belle was abducted as a child but reappears ten years afterwards, much inverse. The 'why's' but keep coming: why did Belle disappear, who took her, where has she been, and why has she reappeared? Whilst there are no spoilers here, I will say that Mackay has written one of the most compelling psychodramas about the relativity of 'truth' and human subjectivity that I have ever read. Yous will wonder what is real and what is fiction in this twisty tale about the complexities of the man condition with its tangled coaction of human relations. All is astutely observed past the eminently talented, N J Mackay.

Without a incertitude this is a five star read of compelling brilliance.

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Flamesparrow
A twisty thriller, simply the pb character is extremely unlikable.
Sue Purbrick
January 24, 2020 rated it it was amazing
I raced through Found Her, reading late into the night desperate to see how this compelling story would play out. Belle, Eve's younger sister, disappeared ten years ago while walking habitation from school and Eve has blamed herself ever since. Just now Belle has reappeared, badly hurt, and remains hospitalised in an induced coma.
The whole premise totally hooked me. Why did Belle disappear? Will she survive to explain what happened? Why does Eve live in fright? And why is she so cocky-destructive? I simpl
I raced through Found Her, reading late into the night desperate to meet how this compelling story would play out. Belle, Eve's younger sister, disappeared 10 years agone while walking home from school and Eve has blamed herself ever since. But now Belle has reappeared, desperately hurt, and remains hospitalised in an induced blackout.
The whole premise totally hooked me. Why did Belle disappear? Will she survive to explain what happened? Why does Eve alive in fear? And why is she so self-destructive? I simply had to know the answers to these and a million other questions.
I actually related to the assortment of wonderful characters in the book, including the delightful Mandy, Eve's warm, empathetic friend, and Graham, with his camp, over-the-summit behavior and humour. And then there's Locke, the attractive policeman investigating Belle's reappearance, who's quietly stiff, dogged – and amazingly forgiving of Eve's errant behaviour. I even warmed to Eve herself, who could exist totally obnoxious and often fabricated horrendous choices. I wanted to milkshake some sense into her on numerous occasions. She's complex, treating friends and acquaintances quite despicably at times.
The author teased me by dripping clear hints nigh the culprit, simply likewise threw in a few reddish herrings, and, cleverly, ensured I didn't judge the whole truth…
This is a great read. Well-written, highly engaging, creepy, terrifying in parts and suspenseful.
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Mags Schofield
Aug 10, 2020 rated it really liked it
This book was tense, well plotted and well written with a good twist at the end. A good report of childhood and parenting (or lack of information technology) Sadism and brainwashing leading to broken lives and reckless behaviours.
However the lack of professionalism by the police let it down for me. Some of the actions taken by Locke were just implausible. Eve's behaviour is explained by her experiences, simply at times I plant myself shouting at the screen.
Great twist towards the stop, but the Epilogue seemed a fleck limp
This book was tense, well plotted and well written with a proficient twist at the terminate. A good study of babyhood and parenting (or lack of it) Sadism and brainwashing leading to broken lives and reckless behaviours.
However the lack of professionalism by the police let information technology down for me. Some of the actions taken by Locke were just implausible. Eve'south behaviour is explained by her experiences, merely at times I found myself shouting at the screen.
Slap-up twist towards the cease, merely the Epilogue seemed a flake limp and contrived to me.
Thanks to Niki and Pigeonhole for a mostly very enjoyable read.
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Amanda Holyoak
Aug 11, 2020 rated it actually liked information technology
I read this volume via pigeonhole. Pacy, gripping and tightly plotted, this was a really keen read. The behaviour of the primary graphic symbol meant she wasn't always very likeable but that didn't detract from what was a very good book, and indeed she definitely grew on me as the volume progressed. The characterisation, and the coaction between all the characters was first-class and this is a book I would definitely recommend. I read this volume via pigeonhole. Pacy, gripping and tightly plotted, this was a really great read. The behaviour of the main graphic symbol meant she wasn't e'er very likeable only that didn't backbite from what was a very good book, and indeed she definitely grew on me equally the book progressed. The characterisation, and the interplay between all the characters was excellent and this is a book I would definitely recommend. ...more
Mo
February 05, 2020 rated it really liked information technology
A new author to me but certainly she will not stay that way .. a fast paced page turner with red herrings everywhere . I managed to work our almost the terminate who was the cause of all the pain and misery . 4.5 stars from me
Jodi
January 23, 2020 rated information technology it was amazing
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC copy of this fab volume.

Eve Moriarty walks her sis Belle home from school everyday. One afternoon while Eve is distracted Belle is snatched never to be seen again. The stress and guilt of it all changes Eve and eventually takes the life of her mother. 10 years subsequently and all alone with a boyfriend she doesn't dearest and a scattering of friends Eve thinks this is it until Belle returns.

Where has she been? What has happened to her? And who snatched her that fateful da

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC copy of this fab book.

Eve Moriarty walks her sis Belle home from school everyday. One afternoon while Eve is distracted Belle is snatched never to be seen again. The stress and guilt of it all changes Eve and eventually takes the life of her mother. 10 years later on and all alone with a boyfriend she doesn't love and a handful of friends Eve thinks this is information technology until Belle returns.

Where has she been? What has happened to her? And who snatched her that fateful day? With Belle in a coma Eve sets out with Detective Locke to detect the answers simply will she like what she finds. And is she adjacent ?

Fantastic book with lots of twists. I found you can piece of work out where the story is going but the drip feeding of clues and reddish herrings kept me irresolute my mind over who was to blame. I must say that Eve is non a very likeable character only the more I read the more I warmed to her and why she was how she was.

Highly recommended 5 star read. Thank you Netgalley.

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Madeleine Black
This is the commencement fourth dimension I've read anything by NJ Mackay but it won't be the final! Had me totally gripped from the offset page and kept me guessing correct up until the end. This is the first time I've read anything past NJ Mackay but it won't be the last! Had me totally gripped from the commencement page and kept me guessing right upwards until the end. ...more
Susana Rio
January fifteen, 2020 rated it it was astonishing
Eve was walking home with her sister Belle and subsequently a moment of distraction, Belle disappears. The guilt consumes Eve until one day, x years later, she gets a telephone call that changes everything! Belle has been found and she is alive just in a coma. This raises a lot of questions. Where was she and who took her? How did she escape? But most of import, is she still in danger? Eve must now try to notice out what happened earlier the kidnapper finds Belle and silences her forever.

I oasis't heard nearly NJ

Eve was walking home with her sis Belle and after a moment of distraction, Belle disappears. The guilt consumes Eve until one 24-hour interval, 10 years afterwards, she gets a telephone call that changes everything! Belle has been found and she is live merely in a coma. This raises a lot of questions. Where was she and who took her? How did she escape? Only well-nigh important, is she still in danger? Eve must now endeavour to observe out what happened before the kidnapper finds Belle and silences her forever.

I oasis't heard near NJ Mackay before but she is definitely on my "reading radar" now! An amazing folio turner thriller, well written and like shooting fish in a barrel to follow, completely addictive that volition accept yous on a gripping journey!
What I like the most is that the principal character was troubled and flawed and then I felt a beloved/hate relationship that but kept me hooked to notice out what happened until the end! All characters were actually well developed and I remember that fabricated it really interesting.
I as well loved it considering you could really felt how grief can bear on people differently and all the range of emotions were so well portrayed by the writer.
I thought I've figured out the plot and then was incorrect and merely a few chapters earlier it was about revealed I effigy it out but in that location are so many surprising twists that it makes it a bit irrelevant if you figured it out because you only want to go on reading.
I look forward to reading more than book from NJ Mackay - PI Attallee's books are at present on my listing - and I practice hope DI Sebastian Locke makes some future appearances as I loved his character!

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Stevie
Jan 17, 2020 rated it it was amazing
With thanks to NetGalley and Orion for the ARC

Eve Moriarty is walking domicile from school with her younger sis Belle, she isn't really paying attention to her as she is flirting with a boy from school. when she turns around Belle is gone.

A nightmare starts and lasts for the side by side ten years till Belle is discovered seriously injured later on a hitting and run.

It obvious she has been held against her will and as she is unconscious she cannot answer any questions. The race is on to find her abductors befor

With cheers to NetGalley and Orion for the ARC

Eve Moriarty is walking home from school with her younger sister Belle, she isn't really paying attending to her as she is flirting with a male child from school. when she turns around Belle is gone.

A nightmare starts and lasts for the next ten years till Belle is discovered seriously injured after a hit and run.

It obvious she has been held against her volition and every bit she is unconscious she cannot answer any questions. The race is on to discover her abductors before that endeavour and finish off the job.

This book is very nighttime and creepy in places. Excellently paced with a bandage of all also conceivable characters, several nice deft red herrings dropped in along the way. A couple of times I thought I had the story worked out simply....

Brilliantly well written, information technology had me hooked from the start and I struggled to put it downwards.

An first-class read.

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Maddy
Jan 12, 2020 rated it it was amazing
I will beginning by maxim that a few years back I read an extremely similar book, still that did not detract from this book at all and I really enjoyed it. It was an extremely compelling read, if quite nighttime in places.

Eve used to walk home from school with her younger sister Belle. Unfortunately younger sisters get in the way when you desire to spend time with the love of your life, and Eve was happy to walk on ahead whilst Belle dawdled behind.

Eve never got over the fact that Belle was taken whils

I will start by saying that a few years dorsum I read an extremely similar book, yet that did not detract from this book at all and I actually enjoyed it. It was an extremely compelling read, if quite night in places.

Eve used to walk domicile from school with her younger sis Belle. Unfortunately younger sisters make it the style when you want to spend time with the beloved of your life, and Eve was happy to walk on alee whilst Belle dawdled behind.

Eve never got over the fact that Belle was taken whilst she was supposed to be watching her, neither did their mother. You see, information technology was just the three of them - Eve and Belle never knew their father every bit he was already married and had a family.

The mean solar day that Belle got taken the world shifted for Eve and her mother. Only 1 day Eve gets a call that a girl has been institute who meets her sister'due south clarification. Notwithstanding she is in a coma having been hit past 2 speeding cars and is in a terrible land. Will Belle be able to wake up and tell them where she has been all these years?

An incredible page turner, you will ever desire to read just ane more page, only i more than chapter.

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Joanne Robertson
I've been a huge fan of this authors Madison Attallee serial written as Niki Mackay and so this standalone psychological thriller was high on my "must reads of 2020" list. And I accept to say that I loved information technology even more than her previous books! Found Her is an addictive folio turner that I just physically couldn't put down and instead of enjoying my half term lie in, I was awake at 5am this forenoon desperate to finish it before my household awoke. And what a brilliant catastrophe! Whatsoever book that makes me want I've been a huge fan of this authors Madison Attallee series written as Niki Mackay so this standalone psychological thriller was high on my "must reads of 2020" list. And I have to say that I loved it even more her previous books! Plant Her is an addictive page turner that I merely physically couldn't put down and instead of enjoying my half term prevarication in, I was awake at 5am this morning desperate to finish information technology before my household awoke. And what a brilliant ending! Any book that makes me want to immediately know what the characters are up to when the "last credits" have been and gone is a sure fire winner in my eyes. I'm desperate to know how Eve and Belle are coping afterwards their traumatic experiences and loved besides that not every fiddling thread was tied into a perfect bow every bit often happens-this felt like real life which as well explains why I'thousand still curious every bit to what these characters are doing now and how much they have changed or adjusted following on from Plant Her. Don't you but dearest/hate it when that happens?!

So ofcourse I take to say that it was the characters who kept me engaged throughout Establish Her. I call back many people will dislike Eve but I totally got her from the start and understood exactly why she reacted the way she did towards everything in her life. Her relationships were circuitous and dysfunctional (and she obviously needed some serious therapy to cope with what had happened to her) but I really liked her! The sexual tension betwixt her and the police officer in charge of her case was off the scale and wildly inappropriate but was also completely and understandably viable. The bandage of supporting characters played their parts perfectly, throwing in the expected red herrings and then standing back to let the reader make upwards their ain minds about which clues were the ones to follow.

So did I estimate what was going on? Well, some of it! But other twists were certainly unexpected, challenging me to rethink the ending I was convinced of. And anyway, since when does me guessing a culprit make any difference to my enjoyment or rating of a book?! Found Her was my perfect psychological thriller and I loved reading every single folio. It was gripping from that very first folio, keeping me thoroughly entertained and on the edge of my seat throughout.

A highly recommended 5 ⭐️ read!

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