Review: Now You See Her

Now You See Her by Heidi Perks
 
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Page Length: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 26 July 2018 (Hardcover)
Publisher: Century
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  4 out of 5
 
LINKS: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT NOW YOU SEE HER:
 
Charlotte is looking after her best friend’s daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second.

Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching.

Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again. Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface.

Someone is hiding the truth about what really happened to Alice.

My Review:

What is worse?
 
Losing a child?
Or losing someone else’s child?
 
The beginning of this book is a slow burn; akin to the suburban life it is set. Scattered with red herrings and unreliable alibis, it seems no one could have done it yet a little girl has gone missing. It turns satisfyingly from a who-dunnit to a why-did-they-did-it.
 
The characters are real and believable which makes the situation all the more damning and distressing.  The climax was fulfilling with all the clues dropped like breadcrumbs coming to fruition.
 
A thoroughly good read.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 

Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review.