I totally enjoyed this book by DJ Palmer as I do all of his. Fast paced and I had to keep reading "just one more page" until I finished it.

This was an exciting book that I could not put down! Definitely did not see the ending coming!

Michael and Natalie and their two children take a vacation to New York City. Once they check in to the hotel, Natalie sends Michael for pizza. When he returns to the hotel, he sees his sons teddy bear in the hallway. When he enters his room, Natalie and the kids are gone.

When viewing the security cameras it becomes apparent that Natalie left of her own accord. A detective from NYC shows up at Michael's house and insists on helping him find his wife.

Working together they get closer and closer to finding Natalie and the kids, and the reason she left.

Very intense and great read!

Fabulous story. I couldn’t put this book down. DJ Palmer does not disappoint. All the twists and turns keep you on the edge of your seat. What are you waiting for, start reading!

Unbelievable! If you love books that have more twists and turns than the best roller coaster, then this one is for you. DJ Palmer is a phenomenal author but I would say this is his best novel to date.

Michael's wife has disappeared with his 2 children while on a getaway as a family in NYC. What follows is a book you can't put down!

Once again I am not disappointed and so happy to have received an ARC to read and review!! This book captivated me just as previous titles from D.J. Palmer have. Suspense starts from the beginning and keeps going until the end! Told from the POV of both husband and wife it gives it just the juicy twist to squeeze the lemon of mystery and suspense! When Michael Hart returns to the hotel room where are his wife and kids.... the cat and mouse game begins! Natalie Hart is a great character and you never know what to expect because she is always changing her thoughts and never stops until the end when all is revealed!! This is a read where you don't know who is good, who is bad, and who is really what they seem!! I didn't know what the ending was going to be and I usually create an idea and my mind had changed so many times I didn't know what ending I wanted!! Thank you Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and D.J. Palmer for another dark, twisted, phenomenal read!!

Michael goes out to pick up a pizza for the family's first night in New York City and when he returns his wife and kids are gone. So is all their luggage. Of course Michael panics and begins the search.

This was my third D.J. Palmer book and while it was good and I enjoyed it, it just didn't quite hit the level of The New Husband (5 stars) or The Perfect Daughter (4 stars). You really cannot go wrong with Palmer's works.

I think the biggest issue for me was that I think Natalie was supposed to be "the victim", but I didn't feel any sympathy towards her. Perhaps that says more about me than the book! Eek!

Either way My Wife is Missing was a good thriller with some decent twists. I am definitely looking forward to D.J. Palmer's next book.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

What a ride!!! This book keeps you guessing the entire time! You fall in love with the characters and start rooting for each of them. The suspense never ends! I highly recommend this book to one and all!!!

4.5⭐️ This was my 3rd book by DJ Palmer and once again I greatly enjoyed the trip! Michael and Natalie’s life is full of turbulence and discord. On a family trip, Natalie and the kids disappear and send Michael into a tailspin to find and protect them. There were so many possibilities of which way the story was going to go. I was suspicious of everyone and their motives. I wasn’t sure who was lying, delusional or telling the truth. I enjoyed the two points of view and how the story meshed past and present. There were definitely twists and turns as well as running and chasing throughout. I always enjoy reading DJ Palmer books and this one definitely didn’t disappoint.

I received an advance copy and this review reflects my honest opinion.

First of all, I read this book in one day and had to finish it before sleeping. The plot revolves around a couple taking a quick New York City getaway with their son and daughter. When Michael, the husband, returns to the hotel with pizza, his family is gone and video cameras show them leaving on their own in an Uber. The rest of the book is told from the point of view of Natalie,the wife and Michael, the husband. Secrets are revealed slowly and twists abound. You must read this book if you enjoy domestic thrillers!

Michael and Natalie have been having marital problems and so Michael decides to take his family to New York to reconnect with them. Once there, Michael goes out for pizza but when he returns, his wife and children, and their luggage are missing. This book is a series of twist and turns that take you on. a rollercoaster of a ride, and keeps you guessing until the very end. This is the story of a wife who has been planning to run for some time and a husband who has secrets and guilt that he wants to remain buried, this book is a page turner that keeps you engrossed until the very end. Fantastic story.

Once again, DJ Palmer has written a well crafted thriller filled with twists and turns. It read through this book in a couple days since I couldn't put it down. I had a ton of different theories while reading the book and they kept changing as the book went on. This is definitely a 5 star book for me. Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this advanced readers copy.

So, I honestly didn’t love this book. It started off strong telling the story of Michael’s missing wife and kids. It was suspenseful and fast-paced told in alternating perspectives - from Michael and his missing wife, Natalie. But towards the end, the story got really confusing and was kind of a hot mess. Too many minor characters who all of a sudden played a huge role in the story. Definitely not one of D.J. Palmer’s best books.

Twisty, turny, this book will keep you guessing right up to the end. An excellent, not-easily-put-downable read. that had me glued to my seat.

DJ Palmer did not disappoint in this page turning thriller. This grabbed me from the beginning and I was surprised at the ending which I love. I hate it when a book is predictable. This is not the case with this one. I don’t want to give anything away so not going into a ton of detail. Just know this is a great book!! Enjoy and I hope you are as surprised at the end as I was!

Wow, this was unexpectedly good. I should not be surprised as I loved the last one! This was the perfect balance of clever storytelling, primarily from Michael, the husband, and then a mix of Michael and Natalie the wife, I’m not going into too much of the story as you should just read it without too much info, but obviously by the title it revolves around the disappearance of Natalie. I went back and forth over who was the villain. I changed my mind as many times as I turned pages. It’s great, please read it.

D.J. Palmer does it once again! I was so engrossed in this book that it was difficult to put down. Natalie has found out some unsavory secrets about her husband and has decided to leave him in the middle of their vacation. With alternating views of each character, you get to see Michael's thoughts as well as Natalie's flight plan. What you think you know you really don't know. This book had me questioning every detail. Was Michael really a terrible person? Or maybe it was Natalie? The ending reveals all in a very twisted story ending I didn't see coming. As with his other books, you can tell the details of certain scenarios were researched. D.J. Palmer has such a knowledge of all things medical and it definitely comes into play and brings his characters to life. If you love the Thriller genre you won't want to miss this one.

This had a solid creative story line. It was well written and had a good amount of twists and turns. I did find the story moved a little slower than most of this authors books but it was still a good read. I also found I didn’t connect with the main character really well. But overall I enjoyed the book and the unique plot so I do still feel this book is worth a read.

Second book read by D.J Palmer and both have been 5 stars for me! I absolutely loved ‘The Perfect Daughter’ so I was beyond excited to receive an advanced copy of ‘My Wife Is Missing’ in exchange for an honest review. Thank you SO much St. Martin’s Press!

This was such a thrill of a ride! What a perfect ‘Cat and Mouse’ type read that is absolutely movie worthy! I found myself switching frequently on which character I was rooting for and which one I thought was suspicious. I always thought I had it figured out and then I would be completely thrown off again and again. Such a great plot and filled with so much action. Loved the ending how everything was tied off. DJ Palmer is definitely on my radar now for sure!

One of my criteria for giving a book five stars is that I wouldn’t change a thing about it. While this doesn’t have quite the same feel as some other books I would give five stars, I can’t think of one thing I would make different about this book. It was a really fun and entertaining read!

Michael and Natalie are going through a rough time in their marriage. Natalie has been suffering from insomnia…not the “oh it takes forever to get to sleep, maybe I’ll ask my doctor about melatonin” kind of insomnia. The kind that goes on for months, that medication doesn’t help, the kind that can eventually make you paranoid, anxious and even cause a person to have hallucinations.

Natalie is trying to keep it together at work, and also for their two children, Addie and Bryce, but she’s physically and mentally unstable from lack of sleep. She feels like Michael is cold, distant and unwilling to have empathy for her. She also knows, via an anonymous note, that her husband is having an affair. She suggests a trip to New York City to refresh, so off the family goes for their first vacation in ages.

After the long drive, Natalie says she is too tired to go out for dinner, so she asks Michael to grab some pizza. When he returns to the room, pizza in hand, they are gone. Not only are his wife and kids gone, their clothes and suitcases are gone. After a panicked meeting with the hotel manager, the police are called and eventually they find security footage of Natalie and the kids walking out of the hotel with their luggage, getting into a hired car, and leaving without a trace.

Since they aren’t separated or divorced, there is little the police can do. The kids didn’t look like they were under duress, their mother didn’t seem to be acting erratically, and it’s not a crime for her to leave with them. Michael is terrified - he knows his wife is not well. She’s not sleeping and it’s affecting her mental state. Where is she going? Will she be able to take care of the kids on her own? Did she leave because she knows about his indiscretions … and if so, which ones?

The book goes back and forth between Michael and Natalie’s points of view, both before and after the disappearance. As the book went on, it got deeper and deeper as more and more secrets are revealed. I thought I got to the ending (and it was great), but then there was another one (also great). THEN, there was another one I completely didn’t see coming, and that final ending was fantastic.

This was so entertaining, and there is so much more to the story than one would originally think (I won’t spoil that stuff, you’ll just have to read it!). I was impressed with how seamless the entire thing was, even though it jumped around all over the place. The insomnia part made this extra original, because it changes a person’s mind so much. I started to wonder all kinds of things when it was Natalie’s part of the book, because you never know what lack of sleep will do to a person. As I said before, there is not one thing that I would change about this novel, so it gets five happy stars.
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(Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, D.J. Palmer, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.)

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I would definitely be recommending this book to readers on my Instagram bookstagram account.