To be honest I was expecting more from this book from its initial description. I did not find the story credible nor the conclusion - sorry but I felt underwhelmed and would not be recommending the book.

This was an incredible psychological thriller with an amazing mystery twist. I loved the characters, the storyline and the ending. Fantastic read and I'd highly recommend!

I Know Where She Is is fast paced and shocking. It reads like a short story, but with a lot more unexpected turns. Like a lot of current books in this genre, the story follows a drunken woman bent on discovering an agonizing truth, but her character stands in opposition to that of her ex-husband, whose motives seem much different than her own.
I think a little more inner dialogue would bring the characters' emotions to the forefront, but I like their purpose driven nature.
The satisfyingly fast pace of I Know Where She Is is perfect for someone with a busy schedule, because it has a momentum that carries forward well, even in short reading bursts. This is definitely one to get you out of those dreaded reading slumps!

I didn't enjoy this book, but I did read it from cover to cover. I found the subject matter intensely disturbing and distressing. I can cope with distasteful scenes if the overall lasting impression is uplifting. This wasn't. I was relieved to have finished, but found the ending unsatisfactory. I want justice in one form or another and there wasn't any. Not for me, I am afraid.

I Know Where She Is opens with Francine, a functioning alcoholic who manages to exist against a backdrop of unimaginable tragedy. She has seen almost ten years go by since the disappearance of her daughter Autumn on a shopping trip. Her ex-husband has dealt with the loss very differently and their relationship has broken down. As the book progresses it becomes clear that Francine is right. Autumn is not dead. A handwritten message stating 'I know where she is' is pushed into her mailbox and this sets in motion a shocking, and gripping sequence of events where Francine is forced to draw on strengths that she had no idea were inside her. Can she save her daughter and, ultimately, herself?
I must admit that I was quite surprised by this book. It wasn't what I was expecting at all. I thought it would be more of a police procedural, crime story but instead it's an exhilarating, breathtaking adventure. It's a real rollercoaster ride and the action takes place over quite a short period of time.
I found the transformation of Francine as she does everything she can to rescue Autumn to be the most interesting part of the novel. She goes from barely coping to someone who is prepared to do whatever it takes. She's actually not the most likeable of characters. There is a brittle, unpleasant side to her which serves to make her easier to identify with, oddly. I guess it would be strange if a woman dealing with the loss of her child was able to blithely move on but Caves seems to be able to make you root for her even though you probably wouldn't want to know her.
This should have been a 'one sitting' read. It's quite short and I was forced to put it down about two thirds of the way through. It nagged at me until the next day when I could resume reading and I could read until the end. The pace of the action means that the digital pages vanish very fast.
It won't be a book for everyone as the subject matter is quite dark but it's a dynamic, exciting read and I will definitely be looking out for more books by SB Caves. I suspect there may be a sequel to this novel and I will definitely seek that out.

I really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly. It's not a unique theme in he concept of the story but it is well written and not as cliched as some other stories. Francine and Autumn come through as strong, gritty women and it's great to see two female protagonists take the lead in a crime book. Highly recommended for easy reading crime fiction

What a great story!
It's ten years after their daughter has been abducted and her mum receives an anonymous note saying 'I know where she is.' The story moves at a quick pace from there, and I was totally immersed in the story.
I really felt for the Mum, Francine, especially as her ex-husband didn't want to help her track down their daughter as he believed she was dead.
In places it's a bit unrealistic but I just went with it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, Canelo for sending me an advance copy.

I really wanted to love this book. I didn't, but I DID like it.

It was tense at the start and immediately reels you in. In fact it's a page turner through out. I read it in less than a day!

It's well written and suspenseful but very dark and disturbing. Leaves you reeling and totally freaked out, but is a frightful account of, sadly, events that DO occur in real life.

I would recommend reading it, as I think the message is important. Not for the faint hearted though.

Exciting, fast-paced thriller. I loved the premise and the characters. It was action-packed and didn't have a dull moment. Can't wait for the next SB Caves book to come out!

This book has a good plot - a child disappears some years previous and the mother has never given up home of finding her. Unfortunately the story line lacks substance and does not have the elements of suspense that you expect from a novel of this genre. The flow of the story was very predictable and a little naive at times.

I read this in under a day and read to the end but it's honestly not something I would recommend you put at the top of your list. The basis of the story sounded good but the unfolding of the story and the characters were slightly implausible and unrealistic. I wanted to find out what happened but was pleased to get to the end and move on to my next read.

All it takes is a split second with your eye off of the ball. That moment is all it takes for your whole life to be ripped apart at the seams. This is the kind of hell Francine is all too familiar with – knowing that had she been more vigilant in that moment, her young daughter Autumn would still be with her.

It’s been ten years since Autumn vanished without a trace, and Francine is a wreck. She’s clinging on to semblances of normality, managing to hold down a job alongside an alcohol addiction, but has been driven to the point of madness over the past decade, engaging in increasingly desperate attempts to locate her missing daughter.

So when an anonymous letter turns up through her door, containing nothing but the words ‘I know where she is’, it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that this is a cruel joke played on a desperate woman, or that in her fragile state of mind, the whole thing is an illusion. She pleads with her ex – Autumn’s father – to believe her, but his derision is palpable. So she goes at it alone.

Then a girl shows up out the blue – covered in cuts, severely malnourished and caked in dirt. She claims that she helped take Autumn all those years ago – and knows where she is…

It is at this stage that Francine falls down a rabbit-hole of horrors. This novel needs to come with a very big trigger warning for graphic depiction of torture, rape, sexual violence. The kinds of unimaginable trauma that Francine hears about is the very real peril that a thriller like this needs to keep the plot moving swiftly on – and there’s no denying that this is a gripping, intense read.

It is also an uncomfortable read, and there were times I thought about stopping. But the pace ramps up a notch every time, making it difficult to put down. It’s wildly implausible on several counts – but the frenzied, half-mad schemes of Francine illustrate well her total desperation, and the lengths she will go to to save her daughter.

“The hard work was already done, the difficult choices made. There was no going back now, she realised. It was all or nothing. Find Autumn or die trying.”

The introduction to this haunting novel left me enthralled for what lay ahead in what can only be described as a dark and troubling thriller based on a child kidnapping. It is every parents worst nightmare… the question is though, are Francine and Autumn reunited?!

Francine lives alone and drinks neat vodka as a form of coping mechanism which leads you to believe that she is a functioning alcoholic. She is obviously trying to suffocate the pain she feels inside from losing a child. Francine though is an admirable character. The extent she goes to, to try and find her daughter is painstakingly beautiful. She has been through a lot over the last ten years but she has always had hope in her heart which has kept her head above water during troubling times.

Francine receives a note through the door which she can only assume is regarding her missing daughter. Straight away her mind is drunkenly racing with possible scenarios of what this note could mean. She contacts her ex-husband – Will, who is reluctant to have anything to do with Francine anymore, but he agrees to meet with her when she mentions it is about Autumn… is Will going to be of any help to her though, or will he think she is crazy?!

I would love to write more about Autumn, the missing child, but I fear that I would give too much away by doing so. What I will say though is that she is a very strong character who has endured a lot since going missing. S. B. Caves imagination for her central characters is perfect, these could be real people she has created as they are all flawed just like every human.

What has been produced here is an exquisite novel which is easy to keep up with, exhilarating and takes you into a dark world which we all hope doesn’t truly exist. There are some tense moments which left my fingernails in a right state, and there were moments that left my heart breaking. The storyline would make a perfect film adaptation, and I think there is room for a possible sequel too (well I hope so anyway!).

Canelo Publishers and Netgalley amazingly provided me with an advanced e-copy of I Know Where She Is in return for my opinions. It is out to buy on the 14 August and I think it is definitely one you should give a read.

My final word: Chilling.

I loved this book , I raced through it in less than a day ! I loved the strong women who really showed up the weak men . Francines daughter was kidnapped more than 10 years and she has never given up hope of finding her unlike her ex husband Will who has moved on with a new wife and baby on the way . Francine gets an annonymous note saying I know where she is this sets Francine on an exciting thrill of a ride as she delves deeper into what happened to her daughter . What an exciting read and I thoroughly enjoyed it , dare I hope it's been set up for a sequel
Thank you for the opportunity to read this

Split into three parts, we hear from Autumn's Mum how she is desperate to find her after ten years when she was kidnapped as a child. Autumn's tale isn't as lucky as we learn about her story, however we also read about her strength and bravery as Mum and daughter are brought within distance of each other again.
I really enjoyed I know where she is, despite the lacking of gumption at the end of the book. I felt part one was a slow burn, but part two was really interesting and then the final part brought it all together.

Highly recommend this book, gripping debut thriller

Francine’s daughter, Autumn, disappeared ten years ago. One morning, Francine finds a note which reads “I know where she is.” At first, she is sceptical, but as she delves deeper into the origin of the note, she discovers some dark secrets about what has happened to her daughter in the last decade. Can Francine finally be reunited with Autumn?
I Know Where She Is has no preamble. The reader is thrust straight into the story from the very first page. As such, the tension in the novel is immediately obvious, and as it progresses, there is no respite from it. It can be violent and gory in places, but this made it all the more exciting for me, as I wanted to discover what had happened to Autumn and whether she would be found. I Know Where She Is stands out from novels with similar themes, as the reader is given insight into where Autumn is, and her regime whilst she is living there. I enjoyed this aspect of the novel, as it helped me to understand Autumn’s experience, and increased the importance of being reunited with Francine, and made the tension more palpable.
The characters in I Know Where She Is are, for the most part, unreliable. Francine is often under the influence of alcohol, the girls who were abducted have spent years under the perpetrator’s regime, and the perpetrators have to cover up what they have done to protect their reputations. Although this means that it is sometimes difficult to connect with the characters, I enjoyed the effect this had upon my reading experience, as I had to question everything I read, and this kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the novel.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.* This novels starts with a bang and doesn't let up from there. It is a hard-hitting, fast-paced novel, that will have you guessing what is going to happen next. I will warn potentially squeamish readers that there are some relatively graphic scene in the book... but I just dealt with that by skim reading a few sentences here and there. It is not gratuitous and fits with the plot, as well as being important for establishing the characters and the setting, but I can be a bit soft. The book begins with Francine receiving an anonymous note that claims 'I KNOW WHERE SHE IS.' Francine's young daughter, Autumn, was kidnapped from a shopping centre a decade ago and hasn't been seen since. A failed marriage behind her and now a functioning alcoholic, Francine has never given up hope of finding her daughter alive. So begins her hunt for the truth of what really happened to Autumn.

It has been ten years since Autumn was taken from the supermarket and she hasn't been seen since. Her mother, Francine, lives alone and drinks to hide her pain. Her father, Will, has a new wife and a baby on the way and has made a career out of his daughter's disappearance. One day, Francine receives a note from a strange girl; it says, simply, 'I know where she is'. Autumm has been renamed Mel. She lives in a house in the woods with other girls. They are used at parties. The girl is scared: the authorities know about it and she fears for her life. Will Francine ever get her daughter back? We're about to find out.

This is a dark thriller with themes of kidnap, violence and sexual abuse. The characterisation is brilliant. All the  characters are realistic and complicated and my feelings towards them xhanged throughout the book. At times, it made for uncomfortable reading because of the themes and because it is so well-written that it feels real. The suspense is held until the very end: there were times when I was holding my breath hoping for a particular outcome. At the end, it is left as though there could be a sequel and I hope there is, because I'd like to know what happens next. Definitely one to read if you like thrillers!

Gripping and twisty throughout, kept me gripped from the word go. An absolute must read!
Definitely one of the best books of it's genre that I have read this year.