Abduction is a terrific psychological thriller. Great plot that will keep the reader on the edge of their seat. You will not be able to put it down. Thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

A happy, sunny afternoon; a loving family, friends and neighbours, children and adults all there to celebrate Grace’s third birthday. Fun, laughter and games, hide and seek – but Grace is not hiding she has been abducted – although we have to wait to discover this. And so, for the family begins a nightmare that will last for years. At what stage do you abandon all hope: sooner or later? What about the guilt, and the fear? What if? A living nightmare for the family with their lives torn apart, forever questioning, forever in the spotlight.

When I embarked on this I did not expect to enjoy it so much. A psychological mystery structured so that the narrative is disclosed through the sister, the parents, the aunt and uncle, the police and particularly from the family liaison officer (FLO). He was my favourite character; sympathetic, empathetic – clearly an all-round good guy. It was interesting to see how his relationship with the family developed although I did query whether his interest in the case so many years later would have been as described; would his superior officers have allowed him to pursue the matter.

Not that that matters because I thought the whole plot was brilliant. Not slap in your face but subtle, but gentle and thought provoking. Speaking of which I could not but think of Madelaine McCain.

I am smug enough to say that about half way through I had my suspicions as to the outcome, but then again I am very often wrong. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Thank you to the author, publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

What do you do when your 3 year old goes missing from your own yard? When Grace vanishes from her own birthday party it seems incomprehensible, how does a 3 year old vanish from a party and no one saw anything? Graces family is torn apart by her loss but her sister Elise never gives up hope of finding her alive. 14 years later she runs into a woman in a store and she is certain she has found her long lost sister. This story takes us through the families anguish and loss, following through Elise sighting and all the way till the end when we find out if this woman is in fact missing Grace... and if it is Who took her? This book was suspenseful and keep me turning pages, the characters were just wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed this book cover to cover, as a mom a missing child is our worst nightmare. This was well done and well worth the read.

This is the first book I’ve read from this author and it won’t be last.
I really enjoyed the story, it gripped me from the start and kept me guessing throughout.
Recommended to any psychological thriller fans.

Echoes of Maddy McCann in some ways with a 3 year old going missing (this time from her birthday party) and the family in limbo. Her older sister Elise bumps into a grown-older Grace 14 years later. Is it her? What really happened the day of the party? Who took Grace?
A well-written book which is told from several different viewpoints. The whole story wraps together nicely and not whelmingly sweetly at the end. I'd read more by this author. Recommended.

‘I always believed that I would recognise her when I saw her again.’

Grace Bryson was playing hide and seek with other children at her third birthday party when she disappeared. She was in the backyard of her family home in a quiet street in Leeds, UK. No one saw where Grace went, or with whom.

Fourteen years have passed, and Grace hasn’t been seen since. Her parents have moved to France, but her big sister Elise, who was nine when Grace disappeared, has never given up looking for her. Then, one day Elise who is now married and pregnant, sees a girl in a local department store. She is certain the girl is Grace. The girl, whose name is Jane Solomon, helps Elise and Elise is able to get a bit of information about her. Neither Elise’s husband Simon, nor other family members really believe her. It has been fourteen years, and there are plenty of blue-eyed blonde-haired girls with freckled noses.

Elise is adamant, and contacts Jack Priestly, who had been the police family liaison officer when Grace went missing. Jack visits Jane’s home and speaks to her parents, who show him documentation which appears to prove that Jane is their daughter. Elise is unconvinced, and a chance coincidence has Jack Priestley looking more closely.

Can Jane Solomon be Grace Bryson?

The story is told by several different characters, each with his or her own view of events. While some aspects of the story can be worked out quite early, the complete story isn’t revealed until the end.

I have mixed feelings about this novel. While I found many of the different perspectives added to the tension of the story, a couple seemed to exist as apologia for actions taken (or not). While other readers may like such completeness, I am happy to be left with a few loose ends to think about.

Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Sapere Books for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

This is a really compelling book which I loved.The story is about the disappearance of a 3 year old, the effect on her family and the mystery of what happened to her. I was somewhat surprised that just over half way through the book you find out where the child ended up and I did wonder what the remaining 40 percent of the book would be about.It did hold my interest and the ending was conclusive.I particularly liked the fact that the sister of the abducted child had a huge role in the book and was a genuine likeable character.I would recommend this book as a very good read.

This was a good, basic mystery. Not much suspense and fairly predictable but fun to read. This is a book which I would recommend to others.

Wow, fans of Jodi Piccoult are going to love this one! It seems clear cut at first but by the time you finish it, you're wondering if the "kidnappers" really were truly evil.

I can't imagine what life would be like, loosing a child. It would literally tear your world apart. And like Elise, I don't think you would ever stop searching if you didn't know whether or not your child was alive. But like Jane's mom, I also don't know how I could handle loosing my only child, either.

Neither scenario was a good one for either mother. They were both suffering mercilessly due to outside factors. But if Jane's mother truly believed what she was told, was she really to blame? Wouldn't anyone want to help, especially if it eased their own pain?

This is definitely a topic worth talking about and this book would be excellent for book clubs!

Another little girl missing book to add to my collection. This one starts with the child missing at a birthday party and picks up years later when the older sister sees who she swears is her missing sibling on the street. Told from multiple POV (family members, police liaison etc) the book starts well and is suspenseful. It falters in the middle when we are given so many clues, the author gives a ‘reveal’ and then we have another third to go before another twist and suddenly all this info appears in the last few pages. Overall okay but could have been so much better with some editing as the bones are great,

Awesome book! I cannot get enough of the kidnapping stories. At first I thought it was very similar to others plots,which there have been a few I have read in the past, but did not see the culprit or the kidnapping itself coming at all!

A toddler goes missing from a birthday party and years later her sister never gives up hope that she'll find her. She meets someone years later who she believes to be her sister grown up although nobody believes her. I found this a quick read and the plot was ludicrous. It's not particularly well written and I was very glad when it finished. The twist is unbelievable but so is the whole thing.

I would firstly like to thank Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

The whole story kept me intrigued but honestly, while I did enjoy it, it was rather predictable. There wasn't really any twists and turns as it was very clear what was gonna happen.
The story itself was still heartbreakingly unnerving to read, and I very much look forward to future reads from this author.

OMG! What a gripping story! I absolutely LOVED it. I couldn't stop reading. I found myself hooked. A little girl goes missing and years later she is spotted. The question on everyone's mind, what happened? Who took her? Suffice it to say, Jackson does an incredible job of slowly revealing what everyone's thinking and what truly happened that fateful day long ago.

Abduction by Gillian Jackson
There have been too many books on missing children but sometimes even if the plot seems clichéd, we tend to identify with the torment of the parents whose precious child has gone missing without a trace. The questions running in the minds of such parents are endless and sometimes they wait for some sort of closure. But somewhere deep down they have a sliver of hope that their child will be returned to them one day. Abduction is one such book.
Fourteen years after her younger sister, Grace, disappeared on her third birthday, Elise encounters a teenager who she is sure is Grace. Her parents have moved away to France in an attempt to shut out the pain of losing their child. But after fourteen long years they are hopeful that Elise is right. Elise contacts Jack Priestly who was in charge of the case then and was their liaison officer. Jack always took this case as a personal failure as he was witness to the torture both Stephen and Margaret underwent. He takes it upon himself to solve this puzzle whether the teenage girl Elise saw in the supermarket is Grace.
The entire story is told from the perspectives of all the main characters and the readers get a glimpse of their innermost thoughts and feelings. The plot is weak because the readers guess who the culprit is almost midway. The author is not able to keep up the suspense and the readers guessing. However the author should be given due credit for her writing skills and her language. The interpretation of the event from the POV of all the characters is a genius attempt. Thank you to NetGalley for the review copy.

I give this a solid 3.5.

Abuduction was an enjoyable read. I have children the same age as the ones in the book, so this sat on my shelf a little longer than it should have, but once I started reading it, it took just over a day to finish. This book had several narrators, which made it more interesting since we got to read explanations for everything from that character's point of view, although based on the writing style, I also wondered at time whether I was ready diary entries, court testimonies, a tell-all-true-story documentary.

I solved the "who" part of the crime in the first half of the book, and while the author tried to throw the reader off a bit, it didn't work so well. There were really only two people who could have done it, so on this one, I had a 50-50 chance anyway. But, I still found the book itself enjoyable (if not the premise of a 3-year-old child who disappears from her own birthday party.) It's a decent mystery book, and I recommend it for a quick read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free arc of this book in exchange for my review. It did not influence my opinion.

I enjoyed it. It felt a little predictable at times but once you've read so many thrillers, especially abduction thrillers, then it gets harder for a book to surprise you. I liked the twist however, even though I predicted it - well to a point.
Overall, it was a decently good thriller and I'll be reading this author again for sure!

This book grabs you right from the beginning. A little girl is abducted at her 3rd birthday party, and the search begins. It is told from multiple points of view, the mother, the sister, the aunt and the family liason of the police department. It draws you in with the initial abduction and then spits you out 14 years later. Another sighting by the older sister gets the case reopened. I felt the book got a little calm in the middle with the events happening about how you could guess them to. Then it drew me back in the end with a twist. Overall it was a nice read, and it definitely kept me coming back for more! #Abduction #NetGalley

Told through the perspectives of the main characters helps to give this story about a kidnapping a different view for the reader so that it doesn't become just like the other kidnapping stories out there. The characters themselves draw you into the story and have you rooting for them to get their "happy ending" even though you know in your heart that all too often that isn't what happens in life or in stories.

I give this book 5 stars. It was a solid story with a good beginning, middle, and end. The characters were all likeable, and while I thought I had it figured out at a point early on, I was wrong. Strong conclusion tidying everything up.