I really enjoyed reading this psychological thriller, it’s a page turner that keeps you on the edge of your seat. There’s plenty of twists and turns all the way through with a great ending. The characters were intriguing, the story was very suspenseful and the style of writing was perfect. This is the first book I have read by this author.. I’ll be keeping my eye out for more in the future.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read this genre.
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a honest review.

Tell me you're mine is such a gripping story, I was hooked! I couldn't stop reading, I will definitely be reading more by this author.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

Spannendes Buch über ein Gedankenspiel und die psychischen Hintergründe - mitreissend geschrieben in gefälligem Stil. Gute, kurzweilige Unterhaltung, tolles Debüt.

20 Years ago Stella lost her daughter. She went missing from her pram and they never determined what happened to her. There was never a body recovered and Stella has never had closer. She always felt Alice was still alive and vowed she would finder one day.

She now is happily married with a son, Milo and a successful career as a therapist when she meets a new patient, Isabelle, whom Stella becomes convinced is her missing daughter.

Is she going mad or is it possible that after all these years she may have finally found her? Her husband and friends are all concerned she is having a breakdown and she feels everyone is against her. Stella is convinced that Isabelle is Alice and and will stop at nothing to prove it.

#tellmeyourmine #elisabethNoreback #netgalley

*thank you to Netgalley, Elisabeth Norebäck and Allison & Busby for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


2 stars.

The synopsis of this story sounded so amazingly good that I was really looking forward to it. A missing child, who years later turns up? Or does she...? But unfortunately this book just didn't agree with me. I couldn't get into it and it wasn't what I was expecting. It felt flat and I was uninterested in it.

This book tells the story of a missing child, whos mum has to hold a funeral with no body to bury

The book is captivating, gripping and I loved the way the book was told, giving us an insight to the interviews that too place and examining the case again

I really enjoyed the book, despite there being some problems with the translation at times

Thank you for this copy

Set in Sweden, this book is about 3 ladies whose lives collide for all different reasons. Although its another book about a missing child I still enjoyed it.

Loved it! Parts of it had me wanting to slap Stella into making more sensible decisions but ultimately I felt such compassion for the poor woman who had lost her child and no one but her believed she was still alive. The story is told through 3 narratives and each has its own unique voice. It ended abruptly though and I would have liked a little more closure and some loose ends tied up. All in all I found it to be a compelling read.

This was a great book with a lot of heartbreaking moments for sure but very intriguing at the same time.
Being a mother, I can only imagine what other woman feels when She loses her child, and the hardest part is that nobody can help her to bring at least an hypothesis about what exactly happened or how or why her daughter was abducted. Her faith that she’s still alive and maybe one day she’s come back to her, never dyed even if she made another family o er the years.
Great writing ,although I must admit that the chapters are pretty short, and maybe I wanted more if each character as the world building was going at a very fast speed but I enjoyed the fact that we get to know more of Stella or Isabella through each chapter and their point of view.
Will we get to know if Isabella is indeed her lost daughter? Read it to find out!!!

Elisabeth Norebäck is a new, worthy addition to the top Swedish crime fiction writers and "Tell Me You're Mine" is her debut novel that was recently translated into English. I enjoyed the book though I believe that it would be better if it was about 100 pages shorter. That doesn't mean that it is a tedious read as Norebäck's prose is flowing naturally and the characters are three-dimensional and convincing. The dialogue is also unforced and the descriptions of the protagonists' though process is intriguing and plausible, even though a bit melodramatic in some parts. The plot is coherent with some nice twists, especially near the end, and keeps the reader on the edge the whole time.

The story is narrated mainly through three different points of view (Stella, Isabelle, and Kerstin) and revolves around a middle aged psychoanalyst, Stella, who is deeply traumatized by her one-year old daughter's, Alice, disappearance 20 years ago. The body of the little girl, was never found and Stella never lost the hope that she may be alive. When a young woman, named Isabelle visits Stella in the clinic where she works, everything will come upside down to the lives of both women as Stella is certain that Isabelle is her long missing daughter. This is a psychological thriller with a touch of good old mystery as far the genre categorization is concerned.

The storyline is not original or innovative, but "Tell Me You're Mine" is a novel that is based on the quality of the author's writing style and the strong characterization. This book reminded me somehow of the Norewegian Alex Dahl's work, and more specifically of her recently published novel titled "The Heart Keeper" both in terms of plot and characters. To be fair and precise, my actual rating is 3,5/5 and I am eagerly awaiting for more books by Elisabeth Norebäck, a name that I am certain that we will hear more and more for years to come.

Finally, I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing a free ARC of this title.

A missing child arc is one of my favorite. This book by Elisabeth Noreback was a predictive formulaic story about a mother Stella losing her child 20 years ago where everyone, including her partner Daniel, were convinced that her one-year-old daughter had upturned her pram and drowned. BUT NOT STELLA.

A successful psychotherapist with her own practice, Stella lived a peaceful life with husband and son. And in walked a girl Isabelle, resembling her dead daughter. And her mental trauma started.

My first book by this Swedish author, some nuances of emotions might have been lost in the translation. I liked the mother Stella's conviction about her daughter at the very first glance. A mother always knows.

The story started slow, with domestic drama and panic attacks. Then the mother's mental health went into a downward spiral with disbelief from the people in her life, her practice came to a stand still, her friends and family moved away. Her weird behavior affected everyone.

Told in 3 POV, Stella, Isabelle, and Isabelle's mother Kirsten, the story came to a conclusive end when their worlds collided and crashed. My niggles started from the very beginning. The prose was written in a slow convoluted manner to produce intrigue, with over reaction from all the 3 women without anything really happening. A detailed backstory of the past might have helped me to like the main character.

Overall, I still liked the book for the missing child plot. A fun 2 hour read at breakfast.

i so enjoyed this book once started had to finish stella has a loving husband and a son but somthing is missing she had a child when she was young with daniel but one day she lost her pram was toppled over they said she drowned but did she stella has always belived alice is alive one day a young woman walks in to her office saying no more its brilliant a must read so recomend very twisty

Originally released in her native language, TELL ME YOU'RE MINE is Elisabeth Norebäck's domestic suspense debut set in Sweden. A slow simmering suspenseful tale, the story surrounds three women whose lives ultimately collide with unrelenting force. Stella, who believes she has found her long lost daughter, Kerstin who is terrified she's about to lose her child, and Isabelle who is determined to understand who she truly is.

Stella Wildstrand, now approaching 40, is a successful psychologist and psychotherapist, married to Henrik and together they have a 13 year old son Milo. But Stella's life has not always been so rosy. Twenty years ago, she had a daughter, Alice, who disappeared from her pram whilst on holiday. Everyone thought Alice had drowned - that she had somehow gotten out of her pram and fell into the swirling waters and drowned. But Stella has always believed that someone took her daughter. And despite there being a gravestone marking her name, Alice is not buried there. Her body was never found.

Stella went through years of harrowing torment, aching and longing for her child. She suffers immense guilt at leaving Alice alone for just a moment as she slept. And a moment was all it took for her baby girl to disappear. Her grief is palpable as she mourns her every day. Ten years ago she believed she saw her in the street...but maybe she just imagined it. Although Stella moved on with her life, somewhere deep inside she continued to believe that Alice was still alive.

When 22 year old Isabelle walks into her office for therapy, Stella is speechless. Isabelle is the image of Daniel's sister with her raven black hair, elfish ear and even the same dimples. Stella begins to wonder if she sought her out on the pretense of needing therapy. But Isabelle is seeking answers to the mystery that is her confusing life on a journey to discover who she really is. She has grown up in complete isolation with her mother and the man she thought was her father. When he died suddenly, her mother cruelly informed her that he wasn't her biological father. Isabelle was devastated. She adored her father and was shattered when he died and now her mother has taken away that one lasting link between them with those words.

Moving from her isolated existence in Borlänge to study in Stockholm, Isabelle gained a new independence. One she had never known before. She moved into a flat with one her friends from college, Johanna, and even began to explore the idea of a relationship with the handsome Fredde. It was all new to her, having been sheltered from anything resembling romance or independence. In a bid to learn who she truly is and to break free from her mother's demands, Isabelle begins therapy with Stella.

And then there is Kerstin Larsson, Isabelle's mother, who is desperately trying to hold on to her daughter as her life crumbles to pieces around her. Kerstin appears to go to great lengths to keep her daughter and sets about trying to encourage her to return home.

Little did any of them know just what wheels were set in motion and the train wreck it would all become.

The lives of Stella, Isabelle and Kerstin all collide with a deadly force and spirals out of control in a way that is both shocking and heartbreaking.

But for Stella, strange things start happening. She sees a hooded figure standing outside their home but when she tells Henrik, the figure has gone. She receives her own "death notice" in the letter box. She gets phone calls about Milo which send her into a panic - calls for which no one claims responsibility. She is reported for inappropriateness and stalking and the police question her. Then Milo is involved in a hit and run where the driver refused to stop...but as he had Stella's bright red umbrella with him, it becomes clear the target was Stella. But no one believes her.

Everyone believes Stella is unbalanced. That she is delusional. Sometimes she wonders if she is too. But she firmly believes with each passing day that Isabelle is really Alice and that Kerstin took her when she was just a year old. Why? She has no idea. How? Even less so. Henrik grows increasingly worried about his wife as she begins behaving strangely, becoming secretive and taking mysterious trips to support her unfounded belief. He ponders whether to have her committed again.

But where is the line between hope and madness?

But one thing is for sure...even when you think you know what happened, you will continued to be shocked.

The plot for TELL ME YOU'RE MINE is excellent. I cannot fault it at all. Some may find it a little convoluted with the structure a little abrupt here and there and short sentences, but I put that down to translation. Don't forget, this book was originally written in Swedish so when it was adapted to English there was obviously some lost in translation. But I didn't let that worry me. Swedish grammar is different to English grammar, I'm sure, so it was always going to evolve differently.

Told from alternating points of view between Stella, Isabelle and Kerstin...and even some excerpts from Stella's diary when she was first pregnant and in the wake of Alice's disappearance. Each voice tells a story of love, loss, grief...and even obsession. I enjoyed each of their perspectives although I admit to inwardly groaning when Kerstin's chapters came up as I just knew things weren't going to end well there.

As much as I liked Stella, I couldn't relate to her pain and her grief (never having been a mother myself)...though I could well imagine how heartbreaking it would be. I felt for her because from the beginning I invested so much in her and I believed in her. Like her, I believed Alice was still alive. I felt for her when she kept stumbling over obvious mistakes and making terrible judgments. I wanted her to be right. I didn't want her to have to go through all this...only to end up with nothing. To be wrong. After everything she has been through. But inside, I kept screaming at her to trust Henrik, to talk to him.

I really liked Isabelle and I could relate to her gaining independence and trying to find her place in the world. I could sense her apprehension at seeking answers to questions about who she was. And I could feel her irritability at her mother. But oh, I could have slapped her when she continued to give in to her just to appease her. Her mother was more like a spoiled child than a mother.

Having said that, I really didn't like Kerstin. I wasn't fond of her to begin with but I grew to really dislike her. Her claim to love Isabelle was wrong on so many levels. I cannot say much more than that without giving too much away. But she really was despicable character.

The other supporting characters - Henrik, Stella's husband; Daniel, Alice's father; Pernilla, Stella's best friend; Johanna, Isabelle's flatmate; Fredde, Isabelle's love interest - were all quite likable and added more depth to the story. Although we only saw Daniel for just a small part of the book, he was in fact a big part of the story in being Stella's past and Alice's father.

I loved the fact (which no one else seemed to point out) that mental illness was cleverly woven into the story. You find yourself wondering throughout as the narrative changes and you get another perspective to the story. Are these women delusional? Are they paranoid? Who is telling the truth? What is true and what is fiction? But when the truth is revealed, it is almost heartbreaking.

TELL ME YOU'RE MINE is an intriguing domestic suspense thriller that had me hooked from the beginning. Despite it being a slow build with so much more monologuing than dialogue, I found the suspense increased with each chapter leading to a nail-biting end which will leave you breathless.

Despite some of the suspense being lost in translation, I highly recommend TELL ME YOU'RE MINE.

I would like to thank #ElisabethNoreback, #NetGalley and #AllisonandBusby and #GPPutnamandSons for an ARC of #TellMeYoureMine in exchange for an honest review.

This book sounded good but I just couldn't get into it. I didn't like the style of writing and gave up on it

Parts of this are well written but it stumbles at times meaning the narrative doesn’t flow well.. I did finish it but it didn’t live up to the blurb sadly.

I wasn’t able to finish Tell Me You’re Mine, the writing style is too clinical and has no emotion. I felt like I was reading a shopping list.

I really wanted to like this book since the blurb sounds so good but it’s just not a story I can enjoy.