4 Stars from me
This book contains a series of short stories – each focused on Detective Meri Amber’s investigation into a missing girl/girls.
She has an admirably dogged determination, which, coupled with her innate gentle kindness, makes her the perfect person to be searching for the girls. Meri is thorough and driven as she goes about her work. She never takes the path of least resistance, and instills deep faith in her abilities.
Each short story is about a different scenario although there are themes and threads that run throughout. If I were to pick, I’d say my favourite was Luce.
Huge thanks for my place on this Zooloos Blog Tour, I have really enjoyed my time with Meri.
Blurb: Nine missing girls. Nine cases the world wants to forget. One detective who never will.
Each file is someone’s daughter. Someone’s sister. And if Meri Amber can’t bring them home, she’ll make sure their stories end with justice.
As the FBI’s leading child abduction specialist, Meri has spent her career chasing the vanished – from Minnesota to Montana, from abandoned barns to dark cellars that still echo with screams. But every case cuts deeper than the last.
“I’m Detective Meri Amber. I’ve been searching for my sister for twenty years. Every missing girl is a mirror. Every scream behind a wall could be hers.
I’ll never stop looking. These are the stories of the girls I’ve found, the truths I’ve uncovered, and the cracks in my own past I can’t seem to seal.”
From the horrifying secrets of the House of Dolls, to a macabre twelfth birthday party, to the sinister truths buried in the Widow’s Barn: delve into nine intriguing mysteries which will chill you to the bone.
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