I was quite fascinated by this storyline and loved that it had folklore, rituals, paganism, mystery and witchcraft peppered throughout.

There is intrigue from the get go with a family moving from America to the small and remote island of Mull off the brutal Scottish coast. The locals do not exactly welcome them with open arms and so when their daughter goes missing they turn to a private investigator from Canada that they find online.

The investigator, Sadie, is equally not welcomed despite her endless and dogmatic approach to finding the missing teen. True to her word, she finds the missing girl, tortured, suffocated by sand, wearing a seaweed crown and hidden in a cave.

Tension builds as Sadie herself becomes under suspicion and it is evident that this wasn't a one off killing and no one on the island is safe.

Is it Sadie, is it something to do with the family's past, or is there something more ritualistic at play? I had many thoughts and theories as I read this book and enjoyed all of the traps, red herrings and reveals along the way.

Big fan of Helen Fields books. My thanks to Avon Books, Netgalley and the author for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This thriller was exactly what I expected in the sense that I was intrigued from page one and could not put it down!
Great book characters were intriguing ! Highly recommend

From the first page this book will grip you and not let go until the very last page. The characters are well thought out and the storyline was addictive. The ending was a total shock but I loved it! Highly recommended!

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. I’m late to the party but it was worth the wait. A really good atmospheric and suspenseful read. Highly recommended!

This took me ages to read which would suggest I didn’t enjoy it but I did. It was a bit of a weird one because there were parts of it I found jarring like the witch element. I did love the character of Sadie though and the plot did have me guessing. Thanks to the author, the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have loved all of Helen Fields' previous work and this book was incredible.

It was so hard to put down and kept me up all night as I just couldn't wait to see what happened next.

Another fantastic read by Helen Fields. Sadie is a private investigator sent to investigate the murder of a young girl in Scotland.. Recommend

I loved this book. Helen can do no wrong by me. It was really well done. Great writing and great story.

I couldn't put this down - brilliant characters, a gripping storyline full of suspense!
I will definitely be reading more books by this author

I thoroughly enjoyed this compulsive detective novel, particularly the eerie setting on the Isle of Mull. Full of twists and turns that will keep you thinking and wanting more. Will definitely want to read more from this author!

I struggle with rating this book. I really, really wanted to love it.

The Last Girl to Die, entails every parent’s worst night: a teenage girl goes missing from home to be found brutally murdered. An American family have moved to the Isle of Mull and now their 17-year-old daughter, Adriana, has disappeared. Frustrated by the efforts of local police, the family calls in a private investigator, Sadie Levesque. When Sadie finds Adriana’s body in Mackinnon’s cave's, wearing a seaweed crown with her mouth stuffed full of sand, her death starts to unravel the island's secrets.

On one hand, I really enjoyed the writing. I've read Helen Field's work before, and I can attest to the fact that she writes beautifully. It's thrilling, and vividly atmospheric. Despite the gory and slightly graphic themes of her books, the writing is untainted and, in my opinion, flawless. Hence why, despite, the low star rating, I will continue to read more of Helen Field's books. I particularly love how much emphasis she placed on the setting, describing every aspect from the sights and the smells– it's little additional details like this that really immerse readers into the book. This book is set in the Isle of Mull, and it's clear that the author has a particular fondness for the area, doing as much research as she can on the surroundings and the myths and legends that plague the area.

That being said, I wasn't too fond of the direction that the book was going and the conclusion. I'm not the biggest fan of myths and rituals being incorporated into crime fiction, so unfortunately, the ending wasn't my favourite. Although most of my questions were answered, it did not leave me feeling satisfied overall. I can appreciate books that require an element of suspension of disbelief, but for some reason it just did not click for me in this one. From now on, I'll be sticking to more realistic crime fiction. I can appreciate the amount of research and thought that the author put into incorporating the Scottish myths in this book (the only Scottish myth I know of is the Loch Ness Monster), and if I were more familiar with it, I probably would've loved to see it be weaved into modern day crime fiction.

I thought the pacing was really well done, which is an essential in mystery novels like this one. There were lot's of page-turning surprises, suspense and this sense of foreboding that was particularly prevalent in the first half of the book. However, I felt like there were too many things happening in the second half, too many to squeeze into the last 40% of the book.

I am still eager to read more of Helen Field's book, and continue on with her D.I. Callanach series. I'd recommend this book to anyone who

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest book review.

I found this one too slow for me.

It dragged on and on and I just wanted the ending to come. And when it did it was twisty, but wasn’t enough to make up for the rest. Just okay.

The Last Girl To Die is a mystery surrounding a missing girl. Her family recently moved to an island off the coast of Scotland. They hire a Canadian PI who specializes in missing children and she finds an even bigger mystery.
This one has lots of atmosphere, mystery and interesting characters. I did find it a little slow in the middle and wouldn’t say it was better than this author’s DI Callanach series but it was very good. Definitely a great pick if you are looking for a darker read.

I absolutely love Helen fields . She is an excellent writer and a master storyteller. The Last girl Rosie along side The Institution are my favourite of her titles so far.
The last girl to die was such a ride. Gritty, visceral and terrifying I literally couldn’t put it down. This book was brilliantly plotted and it kept me guessing until the big reveal,, I can’t recommend this enough to fellow thriller readers , it’s fast paced , thoroughly entertaining and I devoured it

Sadie Leveseque is a private investigator who specialises in locating missing teenagers. Even though she's Canadian, she's hired to find missing Adriana Clark on the island of Mull in Scotland. Adriana's family are American and feel that they're not being taken seriously by the local police. So begins a story of misogyny, heartbreak and intrigue. I'm a big fan of Helen Fields and I wasn't sure I'd like this new character and the insular storyline but it sucked me right in. Helen Fields is on a winner here! Thank you NetGalley for my advance copy.

An American family have moved to the Isle of Mull, their daughter Adriana goes missing. They feel the police aren't looking hard enough so they call in Candian PI Sadie to find her. When she finds her after a few days into her search the police start to suspect her. But with Sadie knowing she's completely innocent, the priblem she now faces is the family themselves. They aren't being straight forward the question is what are they hiding? And why?

I really enjoyed this book, as a fan of Helen Fields work I was so excited to read this and it didn't let me down. It starts from the ground running and it was constant from then on.

I was trying to work out what secret the family was hiding, they were shady and seemed to have no background. So not only were we working out who killed Adriana we were wondering if it had anything to do with the secret her family were hiding. This is why I love psychological thrillers/mysteries the guessing keeps me reading.

Sadie was a great leading lady, I found myself ingrossed and completely caught up in her storyline. She was smart, independent and an excellent PI. She knew that the police didn't want her investigating but that didn't stop her. She knows that the town is also hiding a secret and this is added to her list of things to find out. I loved it. All the characters have great depth and are so well written.

The history of the island is great the idea of witches and myths. This may appear random but it ties in quite nicely with the story itself. I found myself trying to piece it altogether, Fields manages to do this so well. I love her books and can't get enough!

All in all I really enjoyed this book, without giving too much away its worth picking up and reading. It's thriller, mystery, myths ad so much more. It is easy to read and if you're like me will have you up all night reading. With a great female lead it takes you on an investigative journey. 4 stars 🌟 highly recommend.

Thanks netgalley, Helen Fields and Avon books for the digital reviewers copy of the last girl to die.

Another great book by this author
Lots of twists and turns in this book
And a twist you will not see coming
Thanks NetGalley

I adore it when my two worlds collide, and this book was the perfect example of that, as an investigator from Banff, Canada travels to the Isle of Mull in Scotland to investigate the case of a missing girl. In class Fields style things take a dark turn!

I would read absolutely anything Helen Fields writes. Anything. Although this one is a slight change to her usual police procedural style books it still featured her characteristic gritty, well developed characters and dark, twisted, unputdownable story.

I was, as always, completely hooked and did most definitely not see that twist coming!

This is a standalone. A young girl has gone missing, the police don't seem overly convinced, the family are at their wits end so hire a private detective, Sadie. The police don't like her interfering and worse when she finds Adriana, dead and mutilated. There is a killer on the loose, Sadie and the police are at logger heads, the locals are shaken, some helpful, some not so much and as with all small towns, lots and lots of secrets.

Oh guys Sadie is feisty! She will not take any nonsense from the local police, nor will she be threatened nor bullied out of town. Her promise is to her clients, the poor girls family and she won't stop digging until they get the answers.

Some of the scenes are absolutely brutal and what is done to Adriana, graphic descriptions as Sadie is a PI and going through her findings and us with her as the reader so be warned. There is a lot of anger, hostility, threats and brutality, Fields doesn't shy away from creating scenarios and characters that are reflective of the uglier sides of humanity.

It has a good pace, horrific murder and then trying to pull through secrets, lies and sure is there not always folk hiding stuff for one reason or another. Sometimes Sadie annoyed me I was like don't do that, don't say that, ahhhh why are you touching that! But she was also fierce and despite being scared in X situations she never backed off from trying to get answers and keeping her word. 4/5 for me this time, I do like Fields books and whilst this one had a few graphic shocks (I have a shell we got on the beach I can now never look at the same way) along the way it is gripping and well for me anyway, kept me guessing.

Brooding, haunting and mesmerizing, The Last Girl to Die is the latest superb thriller by best-selling author Helen Fields.

When the Clark family had left everything that was familiar to them to start a new life on the Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland, they had hoped that this would be a new beginning for them. However, little did they realise that their entire world was going to be turned on its head when seventeen-year-old Adriana goes missing. Naturally the family are beside themselves with worry and anguish, however, the close-knit community are hostile and indifferent to their plight and the police are not much better as they can barely summon up the energy to do the bare minimum. Desperate and out of their mind with worry, the family engages the services of private investigator, Sadie Levesque.

Sadie’s reputation precedes her and she is well-known for being tenacious, determined and for always getting to the truth. This case, however, might just end up being her toughest one yet. When Sadie finds Adriana in a cliffside cave with a seaweed crown arranged upon her head, she immediately realises that she might be dealing with an evil killer who needs to be stopped. As Sadie begins to uncover the island’s secrets, she finds a dark and twisted undercurrent bubbling away in Mull, but the closer Sadie gets to the truth, the more she finds herself edging closer and closer to danger…

Will Sadie manage to solve this case? And what if Adriana isn’t the last girl to die in such shocking circumstances?

Helen Fields’ The Last Girl to Die is a beguiling thriller that is simply stunning. From its gripping beginning to its jaw-dropping ending, The Last Girl to Die is a dark, layered, complex and compulsively readable thriller full of twists and turns that will leave readers reeling and absolutely desperate to find out what is going to happen next.

A captivating read that skillfully explores community tensions, dangerous secrets and twisted lies, The Last Girl to Die is a nail-biting, brilliantly atmospheric and hugely enjoyable thriller from a leading light in the genre: Helen Fields.

Rating: 4.5 Stars