Blog Tour Review: Missing by Monty Marsden

Missing by Monty Marsden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a entertaining thriller packed with multiple red herrings and plenty of twists that keep the reader guessing right to the very end.

On a cold November morning in Tuscany 14 year old Ami leaves her home to go to school and vanishes without a trace.Her frantic father Elaji contacts the police who immediately begin a search to find the missing girl.Three months later after turning up no clues to where Ami has gone police commissioner Sensi contacts his old friend and retired criminologist Dr Claps who immediately realises that Ami is not the first young girl who has completely disappeared.

The story is told from the POV of a number of characters including Sensi,Claps,Elaji and also the killer who really is very sick and twisted.The author has chosen to split some of the chapters into paragraphs that involve differant characters in differant locations and move the story back and forth between segments.This method of writing ramps up the suspense and excitement especially in the latter part of the story when a number of events are happening in the same time frame,I didn't think that it slowed the story down but other readers might find it frustrating.The characters are all well thought out and believable from Elaji`s very understandable feelings of anger and grief over his missing daughter to Clap`s struggles with his speech problems which were the result of a injury that he sustained during a confrontation with someone during an earlier investigation that he assisted Sensi with.I loved the relashionship between Sensi and Claps,they were very good friends who had a lot of respect for each other and even though they disagreed about certain things during the investigation they didn't let it get in the way of their friendship.

I'm not sure because of events that are mentioned during the story if this is actually the first book in the series or wether it is just the first one that has been translated into English, it doesn't really matter because the story works fine as a stand alone.I really enjoyed reading this book and hope that i will have the opportunity to read more Claps and Sensi thrillers in the future.

Many thanks to publishers Aria for a arc of this book via netgalley in exchange for a honest review

           AUTHOR BIO

Monty Marsden,A Tuscan by birth,grew up in Milan,where he studied medicine and still works.He lives in the province of Bergamo with his wife and four children.

                                 
                                            BOOK DESCRIPTION


The search for a missing child reveals she is not the only one...A gripping serial killer thriller for fans of Angela Marson and Jeffrey Deaver.

In a little village in Kimbersy,it's a cold November morning when Ami,steps out of her house to go to school...and never comes back.As soon as her father raises the alcrm,a frantic search begins.

The investigation is led by Police Commissioner Sensi.His men immediately find a trail to follow,but it soon proves to lead nowhere.Three months later,Police Commissioner Sensi decides to visit Dr Claps,an old friend and a renowned criminologist,who guesses from his first few words the real reason for the visit.

It's not just about Ami,she's not the only little girl to have disappeared
                                                 
                                                 

                                                      Q&A


What or who inspired you to become a author and why did you decide that your genre would be crime?.


This is a very good question...and I wish I had a precise answer for you.

To be honest there hasn't been a specific event,or a person in particular,that led me to write.I believe that my passion towards literature since I was a child and the admiration that I had for many authors,some of other cultures,have little by little,almost without me even noticing it,encouraged me to write.In short,after having read so many stories I've felt the need to write one myself...so,one night I started.

You asked me why did I pick the crime genre,well,this is a easier question to answer.In short,we could say that a novel is nothing more than the entanglement between every characters story-their life experiences,and,most of all their development.A crime story allows,more than any other genre,to better expose the characters,forcing them to change,forcing them to confront themselves in light of terrible events and,last but not least,allows the author to play around,in a sense to interact with the reader,challenging them to find the solution in spite of all the traps and tricks set just to deceive him.And I think this is very entertaining...don't you think?

Thank you Nicki for your attention and your wonderful and generous review.

Monty