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Love You Gone by Rona Halsall, an audiobook narrated by Tamsin Kennard is a gripping, page-turning, breathing-deep psychological thriller with incredible twists! Once I started I knew I would not be able to pause! I needed it all! Each part of this book comes in with new perspectives and new twists and sometimes twists will have twists and will make your blood boil, grit your teeth or take a deep breath not scream! The wild journey and twists were coming so unexpectedly that I was constantly guessing - what was going on?

And the combination of Rona Halsall and Tamsin Kennard can't go wrong! They both are masters of what they are doing! Tamsin Kennard's voice is perfect for narration. It is hard to believe that there is just one narrator! She definitely is one of my favorite narrators! So all together I loved this book from the first page to the last!


When Mell arrives at the holiday cottage her family is not there. She finds the note saying they are out for a walk but before midnight Mel has a bad feeling that something has gone terribly wrong!
All she wants is her family back at all costs. She can't lose them, not now!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Rona Halsall, Tamsin Kennard, Bookouture Audio, and NetGalley for this incredibly twisty thriller!

It’s been a while since I’ve read a truly GRIPPING thriller, and Love You Gone checked off ALL the boxes!!

• A mom/stepmom that arrives to vacation with her family to find them missing ✔️
• A Part 2 that completely flips the script ✔️
• Multiple eye opening POVs ✔️
• Lies, lies, lies ✔️
• Role reversal ✔️
• Police investigation ✔️
• A dead body ✔️
• Scheming ✔️
• Tangled family webs ✔️
• An ending that will shock your socks off ✔️
and much, much more!!

This book was excellent and revived my faith in thrillers again because it was different than all the others.

Narration for this was amazing as well and made the story fly by.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for this early release in return for my honest review.

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Pub Date: 19 Dec 2023

Aw, a book review where I absolutely cannot share why I loved this book, because it will spoil it for you. Lovely.

I've read Rona Halsall before and she knows her craft, psychological thrillers. This one, to me, was less psychological and more domestic, but well done nevertheless.

The premise is a wife/stepmom, who joins her already vacationing family in the woods only to arrive to discover an empty house. Through past and present, and multiple characters, the story unfolds. I literally cannot say anything about the plot without spoiling it, so I'll just say, I didn't see it coming. Well done Ms. Halsall.