The Disappeared by Ali Harper was a great read. I really enjoyed it, a real page turner.

Lee and Jo have opened their own private detective agency - No Stone Unturned. Their first client walks in, Susan Wilkins, looking for her college student son. Thinking that it would be an easy case they take it on but soon discover that they are heading into dangerous territory.

So many twists and turns that make you want to read "just one more chapter". Thanks to Harper Impulse and Killer Reads on NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book to read in exchange for my honest opinions

Thanks netgalley for a chance to read this book. I really liked it. The more i got into the story the more i warmed to the main characters. I love twists and turns in mystery books and this definately had its share of those. Couldnt put it down until i knew what happened and thats howthe kind of book i like. The kind i lose sleep to read. Great writing!i

Thanks Netgalley for a copy to read and review. The cover was kind of bland but the blurb caught my eye. I decided to give this book a try since I hadn't read anything by her. I'm guessing debut author.


I was really unprepared for such a fun book. With the title in mind, I was thinking this was going to be a dark read but I found it more entertaining than anything. Lee and Jo are a couple of friends who have decided to open a detective agency of sorts to help look for missing people. They get more than they bargain for. There first client comes in nervous as a tweaker and wanting them to find her missing son. With more questions than answers, Lee and Jo set out to find this young man.

I gave this book five stars because it was entertaining as hell. It made me laugh out loud, shake my head, and keep on reading until the mystery finished. These two start a business with very little experience and have no idea what they are doing. Lee seems to have a pretty good problem solving skills, and Jo is the distraction. In a book where no one is who they seem, and there are more lies than truth eventually the truth will prevail. I loved it. I would definitely read from this author again. Loved the difference in the cultures, I'm an American so the differences in wordings was a puzzle in itself. Hope Lee and Jo have another book. Five stars of entertainment.

A book full of twists and turns even for the characters as I can see from other reviewers that I was not the only one who for quite a long time in the book mistook one of the main characters Lee for a man but turns out that it’s one of those names that are increasingly being used as both male and female names. I guess that’s part of these times with gender neutrality. I personally find it irritating but then again I am older and probably not with it. Anyway that was only a tiny part of the book which I found hilarious at times. I can see why this is not a book for everyone but I think you have to read it in the spirit of how it was written. Either that or I totally missed the boat on this one. Anyway I thought it very entertaining and loved the characters especially aunt Edie and Lee. I wasn’t too impressed with Jo but loved Brownie and Pants. The story moves at a fast pace and you can easily read in one or two sittings. I would like to hear more from this author and also maybe a series. There seems to be no limits to what kind of cases these two investigators can take on as they get more experience. I happily recommend this book and give it four stars. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to review this book to #NetGalley, Harper Impulse and Killer Reads who provided me with a copy in exchange for my unbiased review. Great book!

I only read about a quarter of this and just couldn't get into it. I didn't like the main characters, who seemed not to know what they were doing. I wasn't even sure for a while if the narrator was a man or woman because of the neutral name (Lee) and lack of detail. I don't know if I missed some identifying information early on or if it really was that vague, but even regardless of that, I just wasn't into this one. I will not give a rating on other sites as I didn't finish it.

One of the best open lines I’ve recently read. The main character is a bit hard to get a fix on at the beginning, but the brisk pacing and eventual explanation makes up for the unmoored feeling. A solid entry in the British crime genre with memorable side characters.

Sadly I found this book disappointing. I just could not warm to the characters and the plot seemed a bit far fetched.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Harper Impulse and Killer Reads for an advance copy of The Disappeared, a thriller featuring the Leeds based No Stone Unturned Private Detective Agency.

Lee and Jo have recently set up The No Stone Unturned detective agency with a speciality in finding missing people and are delighted when their first customer, Susan Wilkins, asks them to find her son, Jack, who has disappeared from a squat he was living in. Easy pickings they assume until they realise Susan isn't Susan and there's much more to Jack's disappearance than a student taking off.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Disappeared which is a fast moving thriller with plenty of action, cross upon double cross and more twists than you would think possible. In the cold light of day the plot is slightly preposterous and pushes the bounds of credibility, but most thrillers do and it's not obvious during the read which is exhilarating, exciting and very moreish. I am impressed by Ms Harper's plotting and pacing as with so much going on it could have got muddled but she has it all under control masterfully.

The novel is narrated in the first person by Lee Winters, not her birth name but her new real name, and she obviously has secrets. Ms Harper is probably trying to generate intrigue and curiosity by initially not revealing anything about Lee's past but I found it annoying, why not just put it out there and concentrate on the hunt for Jack? Lee is troubled with a dysfunctional upbringing and a problem with alcohol she is trying to beat with avoidance. Nevertheless, she is resourceful and dedicated and with her best friend and business partner Jo, political lesbian and feminist, they make a good team. I really like the vignettes of the minor characters which add a little fun to the proceedings, like Pants vacuuming in a squat.

The Disappeared is a good read which I have no hesitation in recommending.

I get so excited every time CJ Box comes out with another book! Box is one of my favorite authors of suspense because his characters are so darn human. THE DISAPPEARED lived up to my lofty expectations. Joe Pickett gets roped into doing some dirty work for the new (and definitely slimy) governor of Wyoming. Pickett must locate and English celebrity who went missing after leaving a dude ranch in Wyoming, the very one where Pickett's daughter Sheridan works. But as Joe digs into the matter, it becomes evident that there are many more stakeholders than he could possibly imagine. And of course, Nate Romanowski is trying to help - but not in ways that Joe appreciates. Great characters, great plot - can't wait for the next one.

This was a good and entertaining read at some moments but most of all it did not live up to the expectations that I had for it.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Lee and her friend Jo have just set up a missing persons' bureau and their first client asks them to find her estranged son Jack. Lee and Jo are likeable but pretty incompetent and seem to have unlimited amounts of petrol money without needing actually to earn anything. (At one point Lee refers to herself as a trust fund kid, which seems a bit of an exaggeration for some one who inherited £100,000).

I found this to be an easy, fast-paced read, firmly grounded in its Leeds setting, although it did require a certain amount of suspension of disbelief:

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an undercover police officer would seek help from novice private detectives??

I also struggled a bit with the fact that Jo and Lee were happy to work on a case which was basically about helping a drug dealer pay back his supplier money he owed. I did enjoy Brownie and Aunt Edie though.