This was a good story well told but just didn't really jump out and drag me in like I thought it might

Jackie Kabler is always good for a psychological/domestic thriller and this one is good with a vastly different premise than previous novels. A mass kidnapping from a private school. What follows? Interesting characters we love to hate, ones to roll our eyes at and a few to feel sorry for under the circumstances. They all have secrets they don’t want revealed, but whose secret is the biggest which the kidnappers want to expose. Plenty of suspects to choose from!

This was…not my favorite. All of these characters were so messed up that I didn’t have anyone to root for. I really wasn’t anxious over what was happening with the kids, the suspense was not killing me. I found myself skimming large portions of the chapters involving the police who were investigating, they were pretty oblivious. The parents weren’t believable and the plot points didn’t make me want to continue. Overall this isn’t a story I’d recommend.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC.

Compelling plot. The first half was so fast paced I couldn’t put it down but it definitely slowed down a bit in the second half. Lots of surprising twists and turns. Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for the ARC.

It's a well written book indeed, but somehow I didnt feel totally invested in the story. I managed to predict quite a bit of the way things were going to unravel, which was disappointing.
But altogether a good read, and a story that could well be true, Thanks to NetGalley for a review copy.

A good read, which kept you hanging on. This book had a good pace throughout. I will look out for more books by this author.

Really enjoyed this novel by Jackie Kabler. My first read by her but definitely not my last. What a great cast of characters that kept me totally invested in the story. Lots of secrets, lies and revenge. So many twists, turns and great reveals.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

With the The Vanishing of Class 3B, Jackie Kabler has pulled off quite a story. At a time when the publishing world is full of good thrillers, the concept of the book is itself is quite unique - and it works brilliantly as a hook.

A group of parents in a quaint english town drop their children off at their school for a day-long excursion to a nearby wildlife park. Everyone is in high spirits and looking forward to the outing. But when the parents arrive to pick up the kids that evening, the children and their teachers are nowhere to be found.

As the hours pass without any sign of them, a massive effort is soon underway to locate the missing students and their caregivers. Not least because several of the children who live in this low-crime, high net value location have very wealthy parents, some of whom are also celebrities.

That, and the sensational nature of the events unfolding means that the case swiftly hits the global headlines, generating worldwide interest. Meanwhile on the ground in Littleford, police efforts to locate the children continue to prove fruitless, and tensions rise as the unexplained disappearance goes on, day after day.

To make matters worse, while no ransom demands are immediately forthcoming - adding to the general confusion about the motive behind the kidnapping (if that is what this is) - there are cryptic references in the communications received from those responsible which leave the authorities bewildered. Suspicion falls on one person after another, but in each instance the pieces don't quite seem to fit.

The gradual disintegration of individual relationships - from friendships to business partnerships to marriages - tears at the fabric of the previously tight-knit group of friends and neighbours based in Littleford. In the process, hints begin to emerge about the secrets lurking beneath the apparently smooth surface of life in the town. The picture-perfect community of Littleford, it would seem, is in fact far from perfect.

But as speculation grows fevered, there is still no clear motive behind what increasingly looks like a well-planned crime. Nor are there any answers to the most pressing questions: where are the children of Class 3B? Who snatched them away from their comfortable homes and their doting parents? And why were they taken in the first place?

To find out, you'll have to pick up a copy of this rewarding read. If you're looking for satisfyingly twisty thriller, look no further!

The premise of this drew me in. The sheer amount of emotions that appear in this book are well characterised. The different narratives are spectacular. This book was only let down by the very easy to guess ending.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. I read this book in one sitting, I was gripped from the beginning and had to finish it. I will be recommending this book to everyone I know.

In The Vanishing of Class 3B by Jackie Kabler, DSU Sadie Stewart and DCI Daniel Sharma are on the hunt for a missing bus of 10 children and 4 teachers. This small town full of worried parents has so many twists! The characters had a lot of secrets to hide, and it was fun to read the storyline and try to figure out what the secrets were and how things would turn out.

I enjoyed this author's writing style as it kept me engaged with the storyline, and the characters were interesting and well-developed with many layers. I did kind of guess one of the culprits early on but not the reason why.

I would recommend this book and this author. I will check out more books by this author.

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3.5 stars

This is my second book by Jackie Kabler and I love how she gives us different POV's. This is something that makes her books really interesting.
This one was okay. I thought there would be a major secret that one of the parents had. What could they possibly had done to have a bus full of kids kidnapped? The two affairs were really predictable, I have a feeling that there had to be at least one as a secret from the parents. The secret child of Reynold Cally? That wasn't that much of a surprise. Also, at the end when Reynold was asking Oscar what did he do to him it was predictable that he was also his kid. Of course, Oscar and Cally had to be twins.
The beginning of the book was promising and it's not a bad book, but I just wished that at the end we had also the chapters and POV's from some other parents. The plot twists were good, but most of them predictable. Since it was discovered that it was Reynold's secret it's like all the other characters were not important anymore and we got a few sentences from the author just to wrap up the story. But still, I enjoyed it and I would recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins UK,One More Chapter for the ARC!

A busload of children and their teachers disappear on a field trip. They soon discover that it was no accident and that someone has a secret and must pay for it.
This intriguing beginning is developed during the novel by alternating chapters with different points of view. On the one hand the parents, more than one with things to hide, on the other the police, the kidnappers and the children themselves. And perhaps so many pov is a part of what has not quite convinced me. There are several unexpected twists and turns that give it a touch of interest.
All in all the book is entertaining and satisfying.

Well written and easy to read. Compelling plot which will have you sleuthing away from the get-go, looking for clues and muddy motivations every which way.

Unfortunately, despite the intriguin premise, I found that the twists and turns were a little too simple to work out, which can then leave you stewing as you wait for the plot to catch up with your (likely correct) guesswork. Once I realised that I was on the right track, the wind came out of the sails somewhat.

A good read for a lazy Sunday afternoon and about the right length for a binge.

Its got to be every parents worst nightmare, when your child [in fact the entire class!] does not return from a school day trip and there is absolutely no word from them.
I found it an easy, engaging, gripping read and the suspense slowly builds as the parents' personalities and secrets are revealed, leading to a dramatic conclusion.

Where do I start with The Vanishing of Class 3B, I could not put it down. I absolutely loved it, it was fast paced and gripped me right to the end. I didn’t work out who the kidnappers were until the story started to reveal the answers which is a plus and I loved the twist right at the end. A definite 5 star rating for me.
Thank you to Harper Collins Uk, One More Chapter and Jackie Kabler for an early copy of this novel in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

Class of 3B goes off on a field trip. The brand new bus purchased for trips is in the shop so they have to borrow a less than stellar ride. It takes a while for the bus to arrive... the parents wait to see their students off and no one thinks anything is off when the bus is late to return.

Before you know it - the chaperones and students cannot be reached and the police cannot find the bus on the highway. What happened to 3 B?

This is a great thriller - not violent - if that is a worry. If you want to read an interesting heist-style novel The Vanishing of Class 3B is for you! #JackieKabler
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I have been a huge fan of this author's work since her first book. Jackie writes with confidence in her story, her characters and in her ability to give a reader what they want in a good book. I never have any doubts that I won't enjoy one of her books.
We meet an array of characters in this book and I don't think there were any that I didn't take to.
When Class 3B goes missing on a school trip, it is a race against time to find them. I must admit the hairs did stand on the back of my neck a few times and I kept asking the question, how could a bus and its occupants go missing and nobody see what happened.
The Vanishing of Class 3 B was a tense read, watching and waiting to hear news
Thoroughly enjoyed it.

(I am on the blog tour for it in May so I will come back and attach the link to my review on my bookpage)

A bus with ten children and four teachers goes missing on a school trip. There's no accident, nothing to say they've been held up by a breakdown or traffic so what has happened to them?

The premise of this book had me excited. It sounded like a great mystery and I started reading it with enthusiasm. It is a very easy read and enjoyable too but it falls short in several respects.

The first is the secrets that the parents hold. One of them apparently has a secret that they will do anything to hide. Of course, more than one parent has a secret and apart from one, none of them are that bad. Not worth risking your child's life for anyway.

The second is that it is very easy to guess what's going on. I won't say any more on this as it risks going into spoiler territory.

The third is the characterisation. The group of parents merge into one homogenous blob so that even at the end I was struggling to differentiate them.

Lastly, the final reveal was way too obvious. I had guessed who the person was long before we were told and it felt like a bit of a let down.

Having said all that though I did enjoy this book and I would read another by her. I'd been struggling with reading over the past fortnight, having started and not finished several books and this was what I needed to get me into the zone again. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

The Vanishing of Class 3B by Jackie Kabler is a twisty story that kept me on my toes.
Jackie Kabler had me hooked from start to finish and I devoured every single page.
It's one of those stories that you just keep on reading and guessing on what comes next. Full of suspense, and a great plot, this story mixes a dark psychological thriller and provides excellent entertainment for a few hours.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You NetGalley and One More Chapter for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!