Book Synopsis:
A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.
When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister’s body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He travels to the wealthy winter resort where Vicky worked as a tour-guide and meets Agatha Koskinen, the detective in charge. Agatha is a no-nonsense single mother of three who already thinks there’s more to Vicky’s case than meets the eye.
As the two form an unlikely alliance, Alex also begins to suspect the small town where his sister lived and died is harbouring secrets. It’s not long before he learns that three other women have gone missing from the area in the past and that his sister may have left him a message.
On the surface, Koppe, Lapland is a winter wonderland. But in this remote, frozen place, death seems only ever a heartbeat away.
The Last To Disappear is available in ebook and hardback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.
My Review:
Wow another gripping, atmospheric read that is chillingly addictive. It’s going to be a difficult book to review as I don’t want to give anything away!
The story is told in two time lines. In the present day we follow Agatha and Alex as they try to find out what happened to Vicky and some other local ladies who have gone missing and in the past where we meet an interesting lady called Kaya who is registering a missing person. The author does a great job of setting the scene, using the situation to create tension and atmosphere in both which I though was very clever. In the present day its the snow which causes a chilling, claustrophobic atmosphere and in the past its the small town setting where I was never sure who to trust. The story moves between the two timelines seamlessly and I found that I enjoyed both equally which is unusual for me.
The two detectives where great characters who I really enjoyed following throughout the book and solving the case with. They both seemed very real characters, who have flaws and a lot of stuff going on in their personal lives which is always interesting to unpick. I warmed to them instantly and wanted to keep reading to learn more about them.
Overall I loved this book and can’t wait to read more from this talented author. I was quickly drawn into the story and found the book very hard to put down as there always seemed to be something happening. There are lots of twists and turns which kept me guessing and the end reveal took me completely by surprise which I always love as I normally can guess.
Huge thanks to Millie Reed for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book which I’m putting on my keep forever shelf. Highly recommended!
About The Author:
Jo Spain is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was one of seven books shortlisted in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and her first psychological thriller, The Confession, was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Jo co-wrote the ground-breaking television series Taken Down, which first broadcast in Ireland in 2018. She’s now working on multiple European television projects. Jo lives in Dublin with her husband and their four young children.
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