BLOG TOUR, BOOK REVIEW - First Girl Gone by LT Vargus and Tim McBain

                                                                BOOK DESCRIPTION

Down the beach, she can just make out the rusting hulk of the Ferris wheel through the dawn mist. The hairs prickle on her neck as she drags her focus back to the chestnut hair fanned out in the shallow water at her feet, to the grains of sand decorating the beautiful girl’s white cheeks like freckles.

Detective Charlie Winters never thought she’d find herself back on Salem Island, but she’s forced home re-open the wound that never healed: her sister was abducted from the small town when they were teenagers. But now a family friend needs her help to find her missing daughter, Kara.

Searching Kara’s messy, poster-covered bedroom, Charlie finds more questions than answers. Did Kara run away, or was she snatched? She’s clearly been keeping secrets from her family—but don’t all teenagers?

A little black matchbook hidden in a jewellery box is Charlie’s only lead, but the seedy nightclub it comes from proves to be nothing but a dangerous dead end. Until Charlie is approached by a second distraught mother whose daughter has also vanished.

Forced at every turn to relive the trauma she ran away from, Charlie’s blood runs cold when a girl’s body is discovered in the exact spot on the water’s edge where the last trace of her sister was found. It’s clear someone is taunting Charlie, but with other innocent girls’ lives at risk, she has no choice but to take the bait…

Way back in the late 60s, early 70s when my brain worked properly and I didn't have so many aches and pains, there was a television programme called Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) It was about a private Investigator who was assisted during his investigations by his dead friend who could only be seen by the private Investigator. They were both men whereas Charlie,the main character in this book was a female who couldn't see her missing sister Allie but had conversations with her inside her head. The sister's had completely different attitudes and personalities, Charlie was a kind, caring character whilst Allie was brash and outspoken. I did enjoy their conversations and interactions, sometimes their banter was quite funny but there was also times when Allie came across as a bit irritating. I thought Charlie was a very likeable character and thought the way that she too care of her Uncle Frank was really sweet. I liked how Charlie was established as a private investigator from the very beginning of the story so the reader didn't have to read pages of  back story before the investigation into Misty's disappearance was introduced into the plot. The story wasn't packed full of action but there was some intense moments and there was a number of suspects who could possibly have been involved in the girl's disappearances including one of Charlie's childhood friends. 

This brilliant book is the first in what looks like is going to be a fantastic mystery/thriller series. The twists and turns of the plot kept the reader guessing and happy to invest your time in the story. The characters were a realistic group of diverse individuals and I look forward to witnessing how their character's evolve as the series progresses.

                                                                           Author Bio:

L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain are the authors of the Violet Darger series and The Scattered and the Dead series among others, which have collectively tallied over a million downloads. Their book, Dead End Girl, peaked at #3 in the US Kindle charts and has remained in the top 10 in multiple sub-categories since it was published in 2017.  

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