Curveball after curveball, you think hey I got this and slam theres another curveball. A twin sister convinced that her sibling isn't dead but missing, kidnapped just like their mom was missing years back, starts tracing clues left behind by her sister. What she finds out are more suspects and more questions than answers.
This was a thriller and very interesting book. Definitely recommended read.

My thanks to Netgalley for providing me an advance copy of the book for my unbiased review.

Original Twin by P. Gleeson, published by Thomas & Mercer is a thriller of its finest.
Twins May and June are very different from each other. At age 19. May is the quiet one while June is loud and outgoing - and missing.
May is waiting for her, only after one year she learns the secret that their mother vanished too at age 19 at the same date and June was investigating. Now May is following her footsteps and takes the reader along the ride.
A book that had me right from the start, twisty with unexpected turns that had me guessing til the last page, just like I love my thrillers. I recommend the book, 5 stars.

May is a twin. Her twin, June, has vanished. On the same date their mother disappeared. Except their Mother, Diana, only disappeared for three weeks.

June has left clues as to where she is, and May isn't quite sure she is on the right track.
She is afraid of finding out that her sister is really dead.

The beginning of this book seemed to drag out. Most of the revelations came in the last bit of the book. Told from the POV of May and Diana, and June's letters to her mother.

The final twist is good, I have to say. But it was just a slow book in my opinion.

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

This is an incredibly smart thriller that was instantly gripping! After May's twin sister June—the perfect, pretty twin—has been missing for one year, her family hosts a funeral to finally put June to rest. Except May thinks her twin sister could still be alive. After going through June's belongings, May finds a clue that her sister left behind—the first of many clues. As May begins to dive head-first into the mystery, she discovers that June's disappearance may be related to something sinister that happened to their late mother years ago, before the twins were born. I trusted absolutely no one in this novel. I read this in one sitting and all of the plot lines came together so perfectly. This was such a creative mystery and it had so much humor and heart, too (along with plenty of heart-racing sequences!). Paula Gleeson is such a talented writer! I cannot wait to inhale her next thriller.

Let me start by saying that the end was a surprise - I was prepared for various outcomes, but not that one! I really enjoyed the setup of the daughter's disappearance mirroring the mother's disappearance from years past. The mother's life held so many sad circumstances. The daughters' lives held so many questions. Being twins, May and June had a connection and language just between them. Yet, they were so different; those differences become magnified in the time that June is missing. They unwittingly take after their mother with their deceptions and their secrets. The author does a great job of portraying the hurt and anger felt when finding out their mother kept information about their birth from them This is one sister's search for her sister that becomes a race to find June before May loses hope. Wonderful clues left in the language of the twins. And there are several twists along the way that reset your horizon. And did I mention that surprise ending? There are at least 2 whoppers you won't see coming!

So good! Took a bit to get into this book, but it had so many great twists and turns. I won’t forget this one anytime soon and I so hope it’s one that others end up loving too! I noticed it has nearly all 5 stars on goodreads and it’s very deserving of those so I won’t break that streak. Thanks for letting me read it earl, NetGalley!

I thought this was a really great and thrilling read with a lot of twists and turns. Was everything 100% believable? No. Did it make for a good story? Yes.

This was such a smart book. The characters are twisty and untrusting. This book is the definition of mind blowing. Make sure you have your afternoon free because you won’t want to put this down once you start.