This story is about Joy and Mattie.
Joy Maddison YouTuber disappeared five years ago. Some say she ran off. Others say she was murdered. What did happen to Joy?
Mattie lives by her wits on the streets. Every day is a struggle just to survive. The truth of how she got there is something else. Who can Mattie trust? Can she trust herself? What happened to her?
Wow the author wove a clever story. When I thought I had worked out all there was something else was thrown in the mix and then I doubted what I had worked out.

The first few chapters were interesting but then I figured out the plot and I found that the story lagged and it n longer captured my interest

Wow..what a page-turner, twists and turns right up to the end and the biggest shock of all. I'll certainly be looking for more reads by this excellent author.

This was my first book by D. E. White. The premise is interesting enough, but it was a very slow moving plot and a bit overly long in my opinion. It felt like it took forever to get to the action, but I was invested enough to see how things turned out The premise of the book is simple enough - a semi-famous influencer goes missing and the central character believes she was somehow involved in the disappearance of this influencer. There are a few twists and turns, but ultimately I was able to guess at the main twist prior to the big reveal.

The book was not badly written, but the slow pace made me somewhat reluctant to continue. I usually look for thrillers that keep me on the edge of my seat, wanting to devour the book quickly in order to find out what really happened. I did not get these urges with this book. I put it down for days at a time and did not find myself longing to get back to it. That said, I still thought it was a decent book and. despite the slow pace, it was not enough to put me off potentially trying another offering from this author in the future.

You Know Her is due out on January 4, 2024.
Thank you @NetGalley for the advanced copy.

I will start off by saying how much I love this authors previous books.

But this one…. I came very close to DNF, it was only my previous experience with her work that pushed me to plough through.

I found it very slow to start with and difficult to connect with the characters, or care what happened to them. Probably didn’t help that I am not a fan of influencers. The book was over long and quite repetitive especially the dialogue.

I am sure others will love it, but not for me. I give it a generous 3 stars, based on previous experience,

Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing and D.E. White for this ARC to read and review!

This was a mind-bender all the way to the end! I was all over the place trying to figure it out! There’s a lot packed into these pages and at times it moved a bit slow for me, but it balances itself out with some really good twists and turns! A solid psychological thriller that will keep you flippin’ pages until the truth is revealed!

Totally gripping and you won’t want to put it down once you start! With a twisting turning plot that keeps you guessing and trying to figure out who did what to who. Loved it and didn’t want the story to end.

I found the initial first few sentences of this book a little bit upsetting, and although there was nothing wrong with the writing in general, I just didn't really connect with or warm to it. I found that I didn't really connect with any of the characters or care about them, nothing about them interested me. I may still try another book by this author though.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a free copy to review.

Heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Definitely one of the best books this year.

“You Know Her”: It is post-math of “DISAPPEARANCE OF DARLING JOY: FAMOUS INFLUENCER AND YOUTUBER”
With love comes hate and jealously and with these emotions comes obsession and you never know who is eerily obsessed!
5 years later: It starts out with Mattie a recovering addict and delved into her world of being a police informant. What I liked the most about this book was the portraying of the mental struggles that Mattie was going through. It may seem repetitive but, in my opinion, it was important to understand the mental struggles that she was going through to connect with her.
The first twist is the one that most of the avid mystery readers can anticipate and it does happen that way.
Part II of the book was where I was on the edge. I made my theories and as the story goes on unfolding the book hints at a person whom we all must have expected and suddenly there are parts which bridge the gaps and it is a hell of a rollercoaster.
I really liked the character of DI Lucy Merry. She is a very smart and supportive character! She never disregards Mattie’s views and emotions even though they may seem unconventional to her.
The writing of the book is engaging and it is a good psychological thriller!
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of the book in exchange of a honest review!

In You Know Her we meet Mattie Woods, an alcoholic and drug addict who works for a rogue fishmonger. Mattie is just recovering from a serious illness that lasted at least 6 weeks. During this period she is assisted by Bobbie, a colleague and friend from the fish market. Bobbie helps Mattie because her friend has disappeared.
Mattie slowly begins to recover from her illness and tries to get her addiction and alcoholism under control now that her partner Jono, who always supplied her with drugs, has disappeared. Jono had enormous influence over Mattie because together they allegedly kidnapped and killed a well-known influencer, Joy Maddison. In her drug and alcohol-addled brain, Mattie has difficulty remembering things and distinguishing between fictions and truths. With the help of Bobbie, who also comes from an abusive relationship, Mattie slowly tries to gain control.
That is difficult because she regularly comes into contact with drugs at work because Ned, her criminal employer, is a drug smuggler. Moreover, Mattie is forced to take over his role as police informant after Jono disappears. The crippled Mattie is easy prey for Ned's aggressive accomplices, she regularly relapses into her old addictions, practices self-harm and lives in appalling conditions. Only Bobby, the stray cat Nuala, whom she rescues from the clutches of a few juvenile delinquents, and the kittens that Nuala gives birth to one day keep her going, as do the drawings she makes on the walls of the squat.

Joy Maddison is een moeder, huisvrouw en sprankelende influencer die vijf jaar geleden verdween toen zij ging joggen in het bos. Joy woonde in een prachtig huis, had drie leuke kinderen en een aantrekkelijke man die ook nog eens een beroemde chef en eigenaar van enkele restaurants was. Toen ze verdween had Joy net een aantal lucratieve contracten in de wacht gesleept als influencer. Bovendien was Joy het grote idool van van Mattie en Jono, althans dat is het verhaal dat Jono vertelt. Tot het moment dat zij Joy die fatale ochtend hebben ontvoerd en vermoord bezochten ze vrijwel elke presentatie en optreden van Joy. Mattie kan zich hier door alle drugs en drank nauwelijks iets van herinneren maar het moet wel waar zijn, want zij heeft allerlei foto's op haar telefoon staan en een filmpje van hoe zij Joy begraven.

Joy Maddison is a mother, housewife and sparkling influencer who disappeared five years ago while jogging in the woods. Joy lived in a beautiful house, had three nice children and an attractive husband who was also a famous chef and owner of several restaurants. When she disappeared, Joy had just gained a number of lucrative contracts as an influencer. Moreover, Joy was the great idol of Mattie and Jono, at least that is the story that Jono tells. Until they kidnapped and murdered Joy that fateful morning, they attended almost every presentation and performance of Joy. Mattie can hardly remember anything about this due to all the drugs and alcohol, but it must be true, because she has all kinds of photos on her phone and a video of how they buried Joy.

I found the enormous contrast between these two women fascinating because their worlds could hardly be further apart. I particularly loved the first half of the book because the two worlds are always so clearly opposed to each other: the difficult, raw life of Mattie, dominated by drugs and alcohol, and the princess life of Joy, quite superficial and with, as it turns out later, friends who aren't really friends at all. Halfway through the book there is an interesting twist that, in my opinion, should have come a little later because it takes away some of the tension. Nevertheless, the book remains exciting and oppressive until the end, but I didn't like the second part as much as the first. Therefore 1 star less. Even though I found the ending quite unexpected,

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC I received in exchange for my honest review.

I actually loved this book and the story behind the abducted woman whose life was controlled by her boyfriend through drugs and alcohol, making her forget who she really was and is.

Good writing style and the author really planted the story of how it was even though repeated a few times in the book
. To understand what the abducted woman had to go through was unbelievable but she got through it. Highly recommended and 5 stars

What a major twist at the end! I didn't see that coming at all - wow

Thank you to Netgalley and storm publishing

**SPOILERS**

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of You Know Her by D.E. White.
Joy Maddison, a social media influencer goes missing 5 years before, no one has seen her and no one knows what happened? Or do they? Mattie is a drug addict, working for a dodgy boss, and acting as a police informant on the dodgy business dealings she sees daily. How do these two opposite lives collide?

This book started off very slow and multiple times I had to push myself not to put it down, I could see the plot twist coming from miles away, however the ending was unexpected. I thought the reasoning for the ending and the culprits feelings were extremely poorly explained and honestly too far fetched. Misogynism just doesn't explain doing what they did, and I honestly rolled my eyes when I finished.

The dialogue was repetitive and honestly half the time I wanted to pull my hair out at how one-dimensional the main characters were.
Overall an okay thriller.

It was a very quick, easy fast paced thriller with multiple twists and turns. I did enjoy it but I felt the story dragged on for longer than needed and I found myself struggling to read the first half of the book.

However, the second definitely made up for it with all the twists, turns and surprises that I read throughout.

There is a huge amount of repetition throughout which was a little lackadaisical and took away from the thriller of the book and the story behind the characters.

Thank you to @instabooktours for having me on the readalong in December. Thank you to @d.e._white_author and @stormbooks_co and to Netgalley for allowing me a copy of this ARC!

A very modern day book with the themes well researched from the enthusiastic author. Keeps you guessing to the last page. Thanks to Storm and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

Thank you to Netgallery and the publisher for this ARC. The publication date is the 4th Jan 2024!

This is my first book I’ve read from this author which I throughly enjoyed! This book was full of page turning moments with lots of twists and suspense thrown in along the way! Wow, what a final twist ending I didn’t see that coming! My favourite character was Mattie as I felt like this character was well developed and relatable in some ways.

Overall, a fantastic mystery novel that I would highly recommend everyone reads!

he blurb
Five years ago, during a sweltering summer heatwave, perfect wife and mother Joy Maddison set off for her usual evening run – and vanished without a trace.
The final video of Joy, posted online by her devastated husband, has been viewed over a hundred million times. In the last frame she smiles for the camera, waves and says, ‘See you later, my darlings. Love you all!’, before turning to open the gate to the woods.
And then she was gone...

You Know Her is a modern day thriller told in two parts. The story has three key characters; Joy the missing influencer, Maddie a recovering alcoholic and drug addict living rough in an abandoned warehouse and Jono Maddie’s absent boyfriend. Maggie is working for a local gangster Ned who is drawing her deeper and deeper into a place of no escape. But Ned doesn’t realise Maddie has a secret. As Maddie withdraws from drugs she starts to have memories of life she doesn’t recognise. A chance encounter with Lucy Joy’s police officer sister, turns Maddie’s life upside down.

A slow burner to start, this story really ramps up in the second part as we learn more and about the women and their lives before and after Joy’s disappearance.

It twists and turns and I knew exactly who did it until I didn’t, with the final twist taking me completely by surprise.

Thanks to Netgalley Instabooktours and D. E. White and Storm books for this ARC.

An enjoyable read, but I did find it slow in parts and would benefit from an edit of some of the repetitive dialogue.

I really liked the characters of Mattie and Bobby; well developed and relatable. I felt that Ella was a bit pointless and Emile didn’t deserve what he had!

I didn’t guess the ending, but I didn’t find it believable and so it was a little but disappointing.

2.5 ⭐️ rounded up. Thanks to Netgalley, D. E. White and Storm, for an ARC in return for an honest review.

I do love books by D. E. White they are usually different, full of twists and the unexpected. This one certainly was. I was gripped from the very first page. About half way through I thought I had worked it out, but I was wrong, very, very wrong.

Joy disappeared while out on a run. She was an influencer with a big following. A lot of fans but also a lot of haters. Her family never stopped hoping. Lucy, her sister is a detective and even she couldn't find any clues.

5 years later a chance sighting of someone who looked very like Joy. Could she still be alive? Not only alive but living in the same area? If so how come there had been no sight of her for 5 years?

Lots of questions and intrigue as the story unfolds and we are given teasers into what happened. The actual truth though when revealed is truly shocking and unexpected.

The characters are well defined and their personalities fit very well to their part in the story. I like how the sisters are different but close and the family dynamics not perfect. They are all flawed in a way that makes them very human.

The story is written in a way that makes you suspect character after character with the turn of the page seeming to present a new scenario. Absolutely, adrenaline pumpingly brilliant.

I absolutely loved it and can't wait for more from this talented author.

5 stars from me.

Thank you to the author, Storm Publishing and Netgalley for the advance digital copy of this book. This is my unbiased review.

You know her but you don't know what she's capable of....
This book is full of gripping chapters, that the author captured into one heck of a psychological thriller.
The main characters Mattie Wood, Jono McQueen has gone awol and Joy Maddison has disappeared, Mattie working at the fish market and into all sorts of dodgy dealings with drugs is a police informer, and Ned Ramon has rumbled her well and truly as the story progresses we read a whole lot more and it's not pretty, this book is so gripping and unputdownable and is very different to no other that I have read from the author.
Superb excellent and outstanding right up to the end