This was a perfect summer read. When a little girl goes missing just five weeks after her parents have separated, everyone in the family’s circle immediately becomes a suspect. This is a page-turner, a barn burner, a real hoot.
I loved the way the story is told from multiple points of view as it kept things moving along rather quickly.
My only knock is that I figured this one out pretty quickly, however it did not dampen my enjoyment at all.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book seems to want to be a fast-paced police procedural, but... it's not. Not especially fast-paced, and very little police procedural beyond snippets. Much of the book is spent on the interaction between the main characters, almost all of whom are very two-dimensional, with lots of dialogue, much of which is flat and a bit tedious. The agony of parents with a child missing is unimaginable, and the author does get the extremely tense situation spot-on. However, there were several very improbable, and foreseeable, twists to the story. All in all, it was a good premise, a read that - for me - was "okay", but not anywhere near great.

Little Girl Missing is a fast paced, absorbing story about Cassie, a little girl who disappears from home during the night. It's not clear how or why. Did mom Naomi snap in anger and hurt her child? Did Cassie simply leave on her own volition, or did someone come in the house and take her? Was it her daddy, Charlie, who hasn't seen his daughter in several weeks because Naomi threw him out of the house for betraying her? Or could it have been Hazel, the grandmother who misses the little girl so much? Thank goodness Naomi has her lifelong friend Kate to help her through this terrible time!
For DCI Rachel Hart finding Cassie is personal, reminding her of something that happened to her as a child.
The entire story takes place over a period of only 4 days, but it's a tense and suspenseful few days as each of the well developed main characters has possible motives for Cassie's disappearance. There are twists and red herrings along the way. Hints helped make the story even more interesting, but I admit I never saw the twist at the end coming! A very good book; many thanks to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read Little Girl Missing in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this book although I found it a little predictable. Maybe it's because I have read so many books in this genre that I picked up on some of the plot twists early on. I liked the characterisation although I could have slapped Naomi on occasion. What earned this book an extra star and left me likely to read any future books by this author is Rachel's back story. We were given little hints of the trauma she endured as a child and I assume the author intends to give us a little more in future books. I have to admit that there was a twist regarding Rachel that left me stunned, I really wasn't expecting it at all.

This book was a pretty standard Whodunit. It was fast paced and had a great story line. I found it slightly predictable, even with the plot twist. The characters were well developed, over all it was a good fast paced, suspenseful read.

Definitely a fast paced thriller. I kept switching who I though was the kidnapper. I did figure it out about 2/3 of the way through but I was totally caught by surprise with the ending. Great twist! Kept my attention- Didnt fall in love with any specific character, but a good book in total.

Naomi and Charlie are having marriage troubles and she has kicked him out. Struggling to cope with their daughter and being a single mum to Cassie, one night Naomi takes a sleeping tablet. In the morning she finds Cassie gone. Enter the detective Rachel, with her own back story and struggles can she solve the case to get Cassie home.

I’m a huge police procedure fan but this lacked something for me. I wasn’t keen on the phone call dialogue as it felt forced but all in all a good book. 3.5 stars from me! Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

I am very grateful to have been given a chance to read this novel before its release date and give an unbiased review.

Wow, this was a really good read had me from page one and I just couldn’t put it down. Lots of different twists and turns although I did pick up who I thought was involved. Naomi and Charlie have been happily married for a while but after a huge row one night Charlie finds himself in the pub drowning his sorrows and telling his sob story to the one person his wife hates Jessica after being bullied at school by her and after the fact that Charlie had dated her twice before they got together. He ends up totally drunk and Jessica offers to give him a lift home but when he wakes he is in her bed naked. Jessica has sent a picture to Naomi saying they had had sex the night before. Because of this Naomi throws Charlie out of the marital home and stops both him and his mother from seeing their daughter Cassie. 5 weeks on and Cassie disappears from the house. we are then introduced to DCI Rachel Hart who has some baggage of her own from something that happened when her and her sister were younger. She has to get to the bottom of what has happened to Cassie. Has she been abducted, has she been murdered are any of the family involved who is telling the truth and who is lying you will be left guessing.

This is a great read and I highly recommend it

Five weeks after Naomi and Charlie separate their 5 year old daughter Cassie goes missing .

DCI Rachel Hart and her team head the investigation and as the suspect list grows they are in a race against time to find the missing child and to bring her safely back home.

Plenty of twists and red herrings keep you engrossed - flows well and overall an enjoyable read.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC for an honest review.

This is my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. Plenty of twists and turns and red herrings to keep me engrossed. I read it in 2 sittings as it kept me on the edge of my seat and I just wanted to find out what happened. I will look to read more by this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars rounded up. Some twists and turns that I didn’t see coming, but the mother’s anger surrounding the disappearance of her daughter and the marital issues were a bit farfetched for me. I was intrigued by the description of the book, but I was not prepared for the tedium of the first 50% of the book. Overall, I’m just not impressed.

Another excellent DCI Hart mystery. A 5 year old girl has disappeared without a trace and her parents are frantic. The parents have recently separated so the father is suspect and well as his mother and an ex girlfriend. This story moves slowly and has a lot of emotion but it does keep your interest. Lots of twists and red herrings.

Great read. I will also be reading more from this author. It keeps you on the edge on your seat. I thought I had it figured out, but I didn’t see that coming! 4 stars

Naomi is distraught over her husband’s betrayal, cheating on her with the person she hates the most so she kicks him out and refuses to allow him to see his daughter Cassie. She can’t sleep and has lost a lot of weight. Her best friend Kate has always been there for her and knows that she needs to get some sleep so she can take care of Cassie properly. Kate convinces Naomi to take some herbal sleeping pills so she can get some sleep. When Naomi sleeps through the night and wakes up to get Cassie ready for school she is missing.
The detective on the case, Rachel wants to know who could have taken her? Rachel is battling her own demons and has her wondering if she should have taken this case at all as it seems the kidnapping is bringing up memories from her past.
There are many suspects in the case such as her husband who hasn’t seen Cassie in the last five weeks or could it be his mother who has made an unscheduled trip at the last minute to see her sister hours away. Or could it be Naomi herself who just snapped from lack of sleep. Is the kidnapping for revenge or love or something else?
I did not see the twist at the end. It definitely surprised me. I kept thinking that I knew who it was and changing my mind. Thank you netgalley for the ARC!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book kept me on edge for sure.

Suspenseful. Thrilling. Will definitely read others by the author.

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

Domestic thriller that kept me on edge.

DCI Rachel Hart is determined to find missing five year old Cassie after her mother Naomi put her to bed one night and woke to find her missing.

This case hit close to home for Rachel because in the past when she was young her sister was taken as she races to find Cassie she knows that it someone she knew.

As Naomi and Charlie try to keep their problems aside they wonder if they see their daughter again and even though I figure out who the kidnapper were it still was good introduction for first book in the series.

What a brilliant book from Julia Roberts, I just love domestic thrillers and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. A brilliant page turner with plenty of twists and turns and I just enjoyed the way this author writes.

Although I did guess who the main suspect was after something the author said I didn't guess the twist at the end. All the characters were brilliant and I will definitely recommend this book on all my Facebook Book Groups.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read this fantastic book and I hope to read more from Julia and DCI Rachel Hart in the future.

Great book will be reading other books by this author.
Will also recommend this book to others.
Great read! 5*****

Cassie Bailey was put to bed by her mother. When her mother, Naomi, wakes up the next morning, she’s gone. But who took her? Was it her cheating husband hoping to see his daughter again? Her mother in law, desperate to see her only grandchild? Jessica, the woman who Charlie recently cheated with? Or someone else? Or what if she’s just wandered off by herself?

This was an interesting read with a great plot. I did figure it out early on but I had no idea why. The why was a great twist but it was fairly easy to guess the who and how.

Overall I enjoyed this book. Domestic thrillers are almost always a bit of fun and guesswork for me and this ticked the boxes.

I received an ARC of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.

This was a very suspenseful novel that was based around every mother’s nightmare. What happens when your child disappears during the night? Did she walk away or is there something more malicious going on? Will keep you on the edge of your seat!