Kirsty and her best friend, Lisa, want to grow up and live next door to each other, name their kids after each other and be friends forever until Lisa disappears. Years later, Kirsty, is struggling with her life and the knowledge they never found Lisa’s body but does someone she know hold the clue to solve the crime?

This was a good read and the ending was not what I expected. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This book is fantastic. I had no idea what to expect or where we were going to end up with this story. Just fantastic. Dark, twisty, unpredictable - everything you want in a thriller.

Thanks to Bookouture for the ARC!

Wow, this book was such a great surprise for me! I honestly wasn't expecting to enjoy it this much, since crime stories aren't exactly my favorites. But damnnn, this author is good!

When Lisa Cook disappears without any explanation, her best friend, Kirsty, is interrogated by the police to help them unravel the mystery. The problem is, she doesn't have all the answers.

Lisa was a good liar. She was always making up stories to make her life seem more interesting. For that reason, she didn't have many friends. She said she was dating one of her lodgers, a prince named Tokki. His friend, Mohammed, was still available to date Kirsty. She said they could all live together in Oman, doing anything they wanted to. They'd be rich and powerful.

Kirsty never believed these stories, but she found Lisa's friendship with the guys very strange.

One day, Lisa finally admitted that they never dated, it was all only in her head. The girls had a fight. And then Lisa went missing.

Kirsty was shocked and traumatized, but she had to answer many questions to help the police. She wanted her friend back. She was only a child, with lots of fears. Without any kind of protection during their sessions, she was coerced to say that the lodgers were guilty, because she had seen them in the park that day.

That was not true. And she knew. But Tokki confessed the crime, and he was arrested.

30 years later, those lies still haunt her a lot. The fact that they had never found the girl's body only increased her suspicions that things still weren't over.

The truth isn't just shocking for Kirsty, but for the reader as well.

It's the first book I read from this author and I really enjoyed her work. I thought she was able to blend the children's innocence with the disturbed minds of the adults around them in a balanced way. It's also a great criticism of the investigation system, which often puts a person who's not emotionally prepared to testify about a fact, without being able to really analyze the situation.

Wow this book was amazing.
I really enjoyed the plot and the characters. I would recommend this to other people who have heard of this author
5*****

I'd like to thank netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. What can I say but wow. I started this book today and finished it in one sitting. It has interesting characters and so many plot twists and turns that you'll be shaking your head over and over again in disbelief. The book starts off with a bang and doesn't quit until the very end, I'd now like to go back and read more of the author's work.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Pleasantly surprised at how much I admired the writing in this book. It's a complex story but written in a way that isn't too over the top.
Two little girls Kirsty and Lisa are close friends. Then one of them goes missing. The other is left alone with the police who potentially coerce her into putting a innocent boy in jail. Now nearly 30 years later, she is wondering what really happened.
truly a great story telling piece!

A well constructed plot and plenty of twists and turns. This read was a quick, absorbing read, nicely paced and brimming with a cast of very intriguing characters. Enjoyed the journey.

This was my first book by Frances Vick and I found it very enjoyable and compelling especially the first half of the book which dealt with Lisa and Kirsty as children I thought this part was exceptionally well written and described just how easy it is for little lies to become something else completely and just how easy children can be manipulated. The plot was full of twists some of which I sort of guessed but others came as a total surprise and I think a a lot of thought went into the writing of this book. The characters were well crafted and felt real and the book moved on at a fair pace making it for me a quick and satisfying read that I can well recommend and I look forward to reading more from the excellent Francis Vick so a big thank you to her.
My thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Drew me right in a gripping well written thriller multi layered so many twists and turns a race through the pages psychological thriller,#netgalley #bookouture.

An incredibly well written, gripping and complex story. The book was very fast paced and the girls friendship was beautifully told. The characters very likeable. A good amount of twists thrown in. Very good

I have been a fan of this author since her debut book "Bad Little Girl."

Two Little Girls. Kirsty and Lisa.... Lisa goes missing. Kirsty helps the police by telling them what they want to hear and possibly putting an innocent boy in prison. Goes to show how police can coerce people into making false statements! Kirsty being a child and not represented by her mother was easily confused and influenced!

Thirty years later, certain developments make Kirsty wonder what really happened to her best friend all those years ago and decides she needs to find out the truth. But certain people would rather the truth stay buried...

This was a quick and easy read that had me turning the pages. 4 stars. I can't wait to see what this author comes up with next!

A big thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book!

I found this book really easy to get into, and easy enough to keep me captivated, however I feel like there were a few too many twists and odd loose ends. Like, why was Sylvia so evil? What was her motive? What was the deal with Mervyn?
Just overall, the characters felt quite flat and empty.

I found this book a bit slow to start with but when it picked up it was a good paced psychological thriller with interesting characters and a well developed story.

It didn't have me on the edge of my seat but nevertheless an excellent read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I liked this book and felt that it was a good thriller
The ending wasn’t what I expected at all.

Lisa Cook and Kirsty, are 12 yr old best friends. Lisa is a child with a vivid imagination, and known for stretching the truth. When Lisa turns up missing in 1985, Kirsty is questioned by the police, and becomes confused, and caves in to the pressure about who could be behind Lisa's disappearance, she gives a name, a boarder of the Cook family (Toqueer) to the police. Toqueer is convicted, even though he does not understand English very well, and really is confused himself as to what is happening, confesses, and charged with the crime.
Fast forward 30 yrs, Kirsta, still haunted by the ordeal, she wonders if she helped in sending the wrong man to prison? She returns to her hometown, and with the help of a psychic, tries to unravel the truth.
She is even more confused, and begins to wonder who can she trust? Even her own husband's character comes into question. as he seems to be hiding secrets too . She soon finds herself in danger and more secrets are revealed.
I find the book to be well written, fast paced, and thrilling. A very engaging book.
Thanks so much @Netgalley, Francis Vick and @Bookouture for the chance to read this ebook!!

Ohhhhh my goodness!! Frances Vick is truly a master storyteller! I was hook, line, and sinker from the first page of Two Little Girls! This novel made the hair on the back of head stand up and gave the chills more times than I can count and that is the exact reason why I love Frances Vick’s novels! The characters were well developed and the twists and turns were perfectly timed! I highly recommend all thriller fan 1-click this 5 star read! If you haven’t read yet, I also recommend all of Frances Vick’s previous novels as well!

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this compelling psychological thriller which contains many unpredictable twists. At its core is a clever description of how childhood memories can be manipulated by unscrupulous people.

Krista and Lisa, aged 10, are inseparable childhood friends. Lisa has a wild imagination and a penchant for telling farfetched stories; especially that she was engaged to marry Toqueer, her mother’s lodger, and plans to move to his home country with him and become a princess. Krista has learned to believe very little of Lisa’s lies, but attempts to confront her has led to crying or temper tantrums. I found the early part of the book dealing with the young girl’s conversations and actions to be believable and compelling.

Lisa has gone missing, and Krista is subjected to lengthy question sessions by the police, who in turn coerce, threaten and reward her into giving the answers they want. Krista, after repeated badgering, becomes confused about what she really remembers. She agrees that she saw Toqueer in the park where Lisa was last seen by her. He is arrested and understands little English. He is not given an interpreter and confesses. He believes he is confessing to overextending his student visa, and not murder.

Thirty years later, Krista, is trying to figure out what really happened. Her memories are still hazy. She gathers facts and speculation from the internet, wondering if she was instrumental in sending an innocent man to prison.. She moves back to her hometown and accepts work there. Her loving and protective husband is concerned with her obsession with the past. At this point, she treats her husband unfairly. He cannot move with her because of work commitments.

Instead of carrying out a straightforward investigation into Lisa’s disappearance, she becomes entangled with two psychics. One is an elderly woman, Sylvia,
with infirmities common to her age. She does Tarot card readings for free and lives in impoverished and ramshackle conditions. The other is her daughter, a wealthy TV psychic, now living in the USA. Mother and daughter do not get along. Sylvia becomes like a mother figure to Krista. Are either woman possessed with true supernatural gifts, or are they fakes? Who can she believe in her quest for answers about the past and what happened to Lisa? Can she trust her husband who has been hiding a secret?

Krista soon finds herself in mortal danger. The truth and outcome are far from predictable.

Two Little Girls was fast paced, gripping and I really enjoyed the authors writing style. What I didn't like was the obvious antagonist and the lack of thrills.
The groundwork is there for this to be a great story but I think it's best suited to the casual thriller reader.

Two Little Girls by Frances Vick is a fast-paced psychological thriller that will have you guessing up until the final pages. A thirty year old mystery will be revisited, and the answers that result are anything but predictable.

In 1985, Lisa Cook and Kirsty Cooper are 10 years old and inseparable friends, despite Lisa's penchant for telling lies. When Lisa goes missing, Kirsty, confused by Lisa's endless fabrications about her relationship with Toqueer, the family's Omani lodger, is easily convinced by police that she has seen him with Lisa in the park on the day she disappeared. Tokki is arrested and, not having a strong grasp of English, inadvertently confesses to the crime.

Thirty years later, Kirsty is still questioning her accusation against the Omani man, unsure whether the right person has been convicted. Through her sister, Kirsty meets medium Angela Bright and her mother Sylvia, who come from the same unnamed town where Kirsty grew up, and the case is again brought to light by the medium's psychic musings. Kirsty forms a strong bond with Sylvia, who becomes almost a surrogate mother to her. But not everyone is being truthful and even Kirsty's husband, Lee, seems to be hiding something from her. Is there a master manipulator at work in Kirsty's small circle of confidantes?

This is a thrilling journey with enough twists thrown in to keep you turning the pages. With the manipulation of childhood memories at the core, the author crafts a diabolical tale that will fully engage the reader.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC.

Thanks #Netgalley, #Bookouture, and the author for providing an ARC to read.

This is a well written gripping and pacey crime thriller with well laid and engaging characters.

Two girls one goes missing and the other driven by fear she may have testified against an innocent man decides to uncover the truth unaware that certain truths better remain unknown.