This is a great book, a thriller with a strong, solid storyline and the main characters are good. I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Lisa Regan for a copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

Detective Josie Quinn is a complex, passionate individual with a complicated past. She believes in finding the truth and trying to do what is right, event when it seems almost impossible. Vanishing Girls is book one of the Josie Quinn series and will undoubtedly become a fan favorite. When Isabelle Coleman goes missing in the small town of Denton, the race is on to find the teenage girl and also to uncover the hidden secrets plaguing the police department and preventing the truth from coming out. The book is compelling and suspenseful with pacing that engages readers and keeps them connected to the story and the characters until the very end. Already waiting for Book 2!

When 17 year old Isabelle Coleman goes missing from the small town of Denton, and unusual seemingly unrelated crimes start happening left and right, Josie Quinn makes it her personal mission to find the missing girl by connecting the blurry dots. She may be currently suspended from her role as detective for a recent excessive force incident, but she’s not letting that stop her. Against the wishes of her ex-husband, and her boss, she investigates the vanishing as a civilian. Figuring out things the police seem to be missing. When a girl that no one realized was missing pops up, a whole set of new questions arise and Josie is set on answering them as well. Will she find Isabelle Coleman? Was she taken by the same man who held the found girl captive? Or is there another monster on the loose in Denton?

I absolutely LOVED this book. If you like suspenseful mysterious thrillers, with just enough emotional angst and small town drama to keep it a bit lighter then this is absolutely the read for you. Regan does a fantastic job of weaving a suspenseful story, and dropping clues without making the answers too obvious. She does a great job making just enough people seem suspicious and or guilty without it being overkill. I honestly didn’t even have a best guess at the 50% mark and usually I feel like I figure the end out by then in most books in this genre. Josie gets some help from a few characters in this story and I’d hope to see more of them as the series continues! Regan also does a great job giving Josie a background and a real life to mix in with her job. Her love life. Her past. Her job or possible lack of. I didn’t know who to trust. What to focus on or brush off. Who to hate. What to believe was true evidence and what wasn’t. It was a rollercoaster read for sure, but it was executed well!

All in all I really enjoyed this one. If you want a suspenseful thriller that is the perfect blend of heavy and light, then I’d highly recommend Vanishing Girls!

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of Vanishing Girls, the first novel in a projected series to feature Detective Josie Quinn of the Denton, Pennsylvania Police Department.

Josie has been suspended for assault when teenager Isabelle Coleman goes missing so, despite her best efforts to change the Chief's mind, has no role to play in the investigation. This, however, does not deter her from conducting her own investigation and uncovering other disappearances.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Vanishing Girls which seems to unfold at a breakneck pace, never letting up as Josie relentlessly pursues her own leads. It is well plotted with something new in every chapter and while some of these things are a little coincidental, serendipitous or implausible they don't overly detract from the thrill of the read because you just get caught up in it all.

The novel is all about Josie from her troubled childhood through her her fractured relationship with her separated husband, Ray to her spiky, obstinate personality. Initially I really didn't like her as she is a complete pain, feeling sorry for herself when her own actions got her suspended and trying to run the investigation from the sidelines but as the novel unfolds and I got to know her I warmed to her and her mindset. Now I'm already looking forward to meeting her again.

Vanishing Girls is a good read which goes places I hadn't envisaged at the start of the novel so I have no hesitation in recommending it.

Thank you Netgalley & Bookoutre for this ARC.

Again I find myself in the "minority" on this one. A 2 to 2.5 star rating rounded down. A good story and a fast read. But the characters were so immature & sophomoric! Josie was really the second-in-command here??? Behaving like she did would have gotten her fired from a real police/sheriff department (and likely lynched as well). And she continued believing her behavior was "justified" til the bitter end.....upon which she's appointed acting Sheriff???? and the coincidences?? Josie kills a nasty suspect while trying to escape his clutches while Grandma puts down his daddy in the nursing home? And don't let me get started on the men in this book..... an "unofficial" ex-husband who's a wimp, a handsome fiancé who indulges in Josie's sexual games (whose former fiancé is his stalker), and some love-sick newbie Deputy who thinks Josie hung the moon and the stars???

A good story ruined with Junior High melodrama.

This book was a mixture of good and not so good. When I started this book I was really gripped by the beginning and was looking forward to reading it, but the more I got into the book the storyline did not seem to make sense.

I was hoping it would have been a nice detective book but it was very hard to work out why detective Josie Quinn she seems to be in charge, even though she was is on paid leave.

It would have been nice if if the book focused on the story at the beginning and just stick to one story and give us more detail. I just felt the book was confusing maybe you have to read more but it just did not grip me.

4.25 gritty stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.25

This is the first book in this new series from Lisa Regan and it was definitely a fabulous start to the series....



Josie is a detective (currently on suspension) in a small rural town in Pennsylvania....Josie is a likable character with some demons of her own.... you can definitely see the potential for some major growth in this character throughout the series, as well as her relationship with Luke.... Luke I don’t really have a handle on quite yet, although he seems quite handy around the house and that is a true bonus in my book!

This is a police procedural with some grit... some of the subject matter was quite dark, but well handled.... there was some violence, but nothing very explicit.... if this were a movie it would probably be rated PG-13....

Girls are vanishing and even though Josie is currently suspended from duty, she cannot stop herself from trying to find these girls..... The more she digs deeper into the girls disappearances, the more secrets get revealed, and the more danger Josie and those around her are in....

The mystery was really good and as more and more twists were revealed it got more and more twisted.... not going to give any of this away, you definitely need to read this for yourself! But I do want to say Go Grandma!!!

Definitely would recommend this to fans of mysteries with a little grit, a little bit of a darker tone, and some wonderful characters!

*** thank you so much to the publisher and Net Galley
for a copy of this book ***

In Josie Quinn, Lisa Regan has created a excellent female protagonist. Smart, dogged and determined to get to the bottom of the of the disappearance of Isabelle Coleman, a beautiful and well-liked young woman. Knowing that time is of the essence in abduction cases, Quinn chases every lead and finds another young woman - mute, fierce and clearly traumatized. Quinn realizes that the two girls are connected when she sees that the frightened girl is wearing Isabelle's pierced tongue stud. Josie's former husband provides her with a hint that something evil is happening right under her nose but Josie doesn't want to believe that the boy who once saved her has become a man who has lost his integrity. This is a gripping story with a truly twisted plot.

5 BIG Stars!!!!

Lisa Regan is quickly becoming a Master at writing gritty mystery/thriller/police procedural books. I also like that she writes strong female characters who aren't afraid to kick some butt! This book is gritty, but it needs to be as the plot is dealing with murder, rape, etc. Having worked in forensics for years, I tend to be very critical of portrayals criminals/serial killers/rapists, etc. ...and Regan nails it.

Josie Quinn is a police officer on suspension and is currently having trouble having her husband sign their divorce papers. She is engaged to Luke, and trying to move on with her life while dealing with her own anxieties, the issues which caused the end of her marriage, and her concern for her Grandmother who is in a nursing home. She has a lot of on her plate, but it does not stop her from conducting her own investigation after a teenage girl, Isabelle, goes missing. Then another teenage girl has been found traumatized and mute - a girl they did not even know was missing. The name "Ramona" comes up and Josie is on the hunt against the advice of almost everyone in her life.

The more information Josie uncovers concerning the missing girls, the found mute girl and a woman who had a similar story about being taken, the more Josie keeps digging. What is concerning is that the woman who was taken, and set free, was not believed and her case was considered a hoax. This causes Josie to work even harder as she begins to wonder who can be trusted? Who is keeping secrets? What lengths would someone go to keep their secret?

There are some sections of this book that tells the story of the kidnapped girl(s). We don't know who they are until they end, but I found that they enhanced the story and made things come together. Some may find these confusing initially, but i found them to be a nice touch and once you finish the book as I said, they make perfect sense.

This book is brilliantly paced. She had me from the very first page and I could not put this book down. Vanishing Girls has a well-thought out plot with enjoyable characters. This book has suspense, feelings of dread, a little romance, mystery, and grit. This is the first book in a new series and I believe we will see some more character development in the next book. I really liked that Josie was a strong female character even though she had her insecurities, she was courageous yet flawed. She was a very believable character.

If you have not read a Lisa Regan book before, get out there and do so. Fans of Karin Slaughter and Meg Gardiner will love Regan's work. Heck, so will just about anybody who enjoys a good suspense/mystery/police procedural.

Thank you to Bookoutre and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first Lisa Regan book and I have to say I was quite impressed. Its very tense and suspenseful in places but a very good storyline. I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened but also didn’t want it to end, now that’s the sign of a good book. I would definitely look to read some by this author

I was looking forward to reading Vanishing Girls as this is one of my favourite genres.

The overall premise is good and the book is well written, but I found the first two thirds of the book to be quite slow and couldn’t take to the lead character. The final third did pick up the pace and I did want to finish it but sadly it wasn’t one of my favourite books of the year.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and for author for the chance to review.

The book started with the right note , right amount of tension and hook in the plot. Jo is a suspended police officer and with multiple crimes happening in the city, it is just too weird for her to be sitting out. She gets involved first by chance and then her instincts refuse to shake off the feeling that something is off. Mixed with her personal problems , the case of the vanished girl makes an engaging read. But the pseudo end to the book was a little abrupt. And after that, it became a little hard to wait for it to end. Overall a good fast read.

Great read! Looking forward to reading more by this author! Highly recommend!

This is the first book in a new series featuring Detective Josie Quinn. Though I enjoyed the book I couldn't take to Josie. The book picks up pace quickly and makes you want to keep reading more, then more!

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy.

This Mystery/Thriller is one of the best books I've read. I've read all of Lisa Regan's mysteries and enjoyed them all.. It's an excellent mystery that slowly starts to unravel into evil and heartbreak. I look forward to more of the Josie Quinn novels and strongly recommend all of Ms Regans other Books to anyone who hasn't tried them.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Brilliant just absolutely brilliant!! From the minute you turn the first page you're hooked!! Such twists and turns that keep on coming right to the last page!!! Definitely a must read!!

This was a great first book in the Detective Josie Quinn Novels and I absolutely loved it. A girl has gone missing and this follows suspended officer Josie Quinn as she unravels just what’s happened to this girl.
One of the things I loved about this was that we found out pretty quickly exactly why Josie had been suspended and I’ve found before in crime/mystery novels, suspensions or previous issues with main characters are normally mentioned as a back story for the main character but the reasoning and stories behind these suspensions are never mentioned. This usually leaves me hanging as to why they were suspended and why it’s constantly brought when you have no bloody idea why they’ve been suspended or what happened in their past. You get told about why Josie was suspended and there was also a great explanation as to Josie dislike confined, dark spaces which was a massive win in my book and didn’t leave any loose ends regarding Josie’s characters past.
Lisa Regan’s writing in this book was brilliant; I was hooked throughout the book and the pacing was spot-on. I didn’t find myself struggling through any part of the book and the action kept coming. I really enjoyed the way that Regan also managed to weave Josie’s relationship into the story; she’s currently in the middle of divorcing her ex-husband and childhood sweetheart Ray whilst being engaged to her current partner, Luke and I really enjoyed the dynamic between these relationships. Again, we know something has happened between Ray and Josie for them to not be together however again we find out exactly why this is which I loved.
I really enjoyed Josie as a character to an extent. She was a strong female lead which is always nice to see, and she was written like a human. Now I know that sounds really stupid but sometimes, characters are written like they have no problems and are just perfect and can take everything in their stride. Josie struggles with her feelings for Ray and coping with Luke and I really enjoyed her relationship with her grandmother. However, there were sometimes where she just grated on my nerves in terms of the investigation – she acted like she was the only who could solve it and was very big headed. I mean, I can understand with the plot of the book why this may have been true, but it was very annoying and off putting and made her seem really arrogant.

Do you like a good mystery? Do you like a book with a strong female character? Well then this book is for you.. Why are girl's vanishing in Denton ? Is there something a lot more sinister then just a serial killer ? This book started with a bang! and kept me reading into the night. Absolutely loved Josie !!! I was captivated from the first chapter and could NOT put it down. I look forward to the next in the series. Can't wait to see what Josie is up to next!!!

Detective Josie Quinn, currently under suspension from her small-town police department, gets obsessed with finding a missing teenage girl and identifying another girl who was found severely traumatized. Josie has plenty of baggage of her own – an abusive mother, an almost-ex husband that is still a huge part of her life, and what looks like a too good to be true fiancé.

The story opens with the abduction of a small girl. There were a few chapters that were from a captured person, but it was difficult to know if they were the same girl or if there were others. That was a bit confusing, but it was explained at the end.

I really liked this book and loaded it on my phone so I could sneak in a chapter or two whenever possible. I will definitely recommend it to several friends.

I quite enjoyed this. It did fall prey to some of the stereotypes of the genre but in other ways, it really surprised me. Definitely not for the faint of heart.