The Night She Went Missing
Kristen Bird
352 pages
MIRA
published February 8, 2022
About the book
Emily, a popular but bookish prep school senior, goes missing after a night out with friends. She was last seen leaving a party with Alex, a football player with a dubious reputation. But no one is talking.
Now three mothers, Catherine, Leslie and Morgan, friends turned frenemies, have their lives turned upside down as they are forced to look to their own children—and each other’s—for answers to questions they don’t want to ask.
Each mother is sure she knows who is responsible, but they all have their own secrets to keep and reputations to protect. And the lies they tell themselves and each other may just have the potential to be lethal in this riveting debut.
My review
A missing person in a thriller is nothing new, but I liked this one due to the chapters told from Emily’s, the missing girl, point of view. They aren’t dated so you are left to wonder when her chapters are unfolding. There were a lot of characters at the beginning and I had a little trouble keeping track of which parents belonged to which kids, but I’m glad I kept going, because until the story led me to the culprit, I had no real lock on one suspect.
There is small town drama and how the rich folk live thrown into this one. I was sucked in from the start and definitely connected with some of the characters, but the pace slows a little as you reach the end.
It’s a great debut and I’d definitely pick up her next book.
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