When a pupil goes missing from a school for gifted children, Jack Sangster, a retired naval officer, is assigned to help the local police force find her. No one knows what happened to her, and there are no signs of her either. Can she really have disappeared into thin air?
The story is told from Jack’s point of view and as a character; I liked him. If I am being honest though, I found all the supplemental bits in brackets distracting. I get what the author was doing and the extra information that we were being given, but I wasn’t a fan. I wasn’t a fan of his wife either, though I couldn’t tell you why. For me, she was just an annoying character, but that’s not a bad thing. All books need light and shade and there’s room for an annoying character in every book.
It took a while for me to get into the story, but once we were past the scene setting and got into Jack trying to work out what happened to Angel, it was much better.
Many thanks to the author, the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What did I like about this book? The plot-mixing a mystery with history is a great plot theme. The character-the protagonist is like able and I got invested with his story and processing of clues. The students-showing students that are not only gifted but could easy be on the autism spectrum being heroes and thought of in a positive light is trend that I really appreciate.

What didn’t like about this book? The pacing had issues at time and some of the plot lines were a little unbelievable and far fetched. But was it enough for me not to enjoy this book - No.

Who would like this book? Readers of historical mystery thrillers.