This was a good book! Detective Cassidy is such a likable character that you can’t help but enjoy. This book had a good story and is worth the read if you like books trying to solve a crime.

The nowhere Girls
By Dana Perry

Narrated by: Madeline Pell
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Format: audiobook 🎧
Publication date: 2nd April 2024

🌟:1.5/5

The premise of this book sounded promising but the thoughts, decisions and assumptions of the main character repeatedly made no sense. She was portrayed as naive and insubordinate but also supposed to be a good detective. The characters actions just made little sense to me and didn’t feel believable.

She is supposed to be a strong career minded woman, but has a highly misogynistic and inappropriate fiancé.
And the romance story line felt unnecessary to the plot.

The writing style was very formal and repetitive. The narration is also formal and posh sounding which doesn’t seem to fit the charachter whatsoever, I really struggled to listen to the narrator.

Some parts just didn’t make sense for example there is a man she’s just met, that’s she’s had two minutes of conversation with and says is attractive because of his interesting personality when she’s only really spoke professionally with him very briefly.

Without posting spoilers there are parts that just would not happen or be tolerated in the workplace.

The book sounded interesting but was not for me.

Nikki is an Fbi agent. Her sister was killed 15 years ago. Every year on the anniversary of her sister's death, Nikki goes and visits the killer in prison. She is just looking for some answers as to why he chose her sister. Every year, the prisoner says nothing. But this year, he isn't silent and decides to speak. He tells Niki that whatever happened has something to do with her father
But Nikkis father died of a heart attack right after her sister was killed, so how is she supposed to ask him.
While visiting her hometown, another girl turns up missing. Missing on the exact date that her sister was killed. Is this a copycat, or did they put the wrong man in jail all these many years ago
Nikki is determined to find out the truth. She doesn't care that she has no jurisdiction in this town. Someone knows something! Was her father hiding something all those many years ago, or is everyone in this town corrupt and knows more than they are willing to discuss

There's a lot to like in The Nowhere Girls by Dana Perry - I love the premise of an FBI agent whose sister went missing years ago becoming a badass known for finding missing girls. I just had a lot of trouble with many of the details of the story, I think if you're willing to get past some of the accuracy issues of the story, it's a really intriguing novel. I found myself frustrated with the main character, Nikki, being such a badass FBI agent but also a total doormat in her relationship with her fiance. I also would have enjoyed more details into the investigation, But overall, I thought this was an interesting story with some fun twists.

Nikki Cassidy is an FBI Agent. She is from small town Ohio, originally, but left there many years ago.
Actually, 15 years ago her little sister Caitlyn was killed there…and she has never stopped blaming herself. Neither has her mother…

Nikki returns every year to visit her sisters grave…and also to speak with the convicted murdered, who sits in jail. But he never speaks with her…

This year though, he has requested to speak with HER!

She is looking forward to this as she wants to know WHY he did this to an innocent 12 year old girl…But, what she finds out from him doesn’t solve anything. As a matter of fact, it makes her doubt everything!
And then, 15 years later, on the same day, another young girl goes missing…and strange things start to happen!!

Absolutely loved the premise of this book!
Was able to guess a couple of things as we went along, but not able to guess SO MANY MORE!

And the ending…NOT AT ALL what I expected!

3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me!

Thanks to #NetGalley and #DreamscapeSelect for an ARC of the audiobook which releases on 4/2/24!

#TheNowhereGirls by #DanaPerry.

Although many reviews praised the narrator, to me it was like nails on a chalkboard…very hard to listen to.
Sorry, just my opinion…

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I enjoyed this new series staring a female FBI agent. I liked that while a police procedural novel it had multiple twists and turns along the way. Additionally the fact that it was not a romance was an added bonus.

# The Nowhere Girls
# 3/24/2024 ~ 3/25/2024
# 4.0 / 5.0

I received a copy of the audiobook to provide an honest review.
The narrator, Madeline Pell, did a great job narrating the cast of this audiobook. She kept the story flowing & engaging.

Nikki Cassidy, an FBI agent, has never gotten over the kidnapping and murder of her sister that took place when they were children. This was a captivating crime thriller that had me engaged and guessing until the end. I was really rooting for Nikki from start to finish. I cannot wait to dive into the next book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the arc of this book.

Thank you Netgalley, Dana Perry and Dreamscape Select Bookouture for the audiobook!! This was a great audiobook Narrated by Madeline Pell. I loved this crime/detective story and can't wait for more in the series!

⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nowhere Girls by Dana Perry, an audiobook narrated by Madeline Pell was a gripping crime thriller that made you guess constantly what the hell is going on. I really liked the investigation process, it was clever and twisted, and OMG the last twist I didn't see coming! It was shocking!
The only downsize was repetitiveness. So many parts were repeated again and again.
FBI agent Nikki was a really interesting character, she was strong-minded, dedicated, career-focused, and clever! Really clever!

Madeline Pell did fantastic narration. It was easy to follow, the speech was clear and she managed to make different voice intonations.

15 years ago Nikki's little sister was kidnapped and kiIIed. Every year on 19 July Nikki visits her hometown and pays respects to her sister and father who had a heart attack soon after her sister's funeral. But this year was different because one more girl has been kidnapped and Nikki sees the pattern and is ready to jump on this case.
Is it possible that cases are connected as kiIIer is still in the prison? Will Nikki convince her boss to let her stay and take part in this investigation? Is the local police chief will be happy to have Nikki around? Is it possible that Nikki sees what she wants to see and there is no connection?

I am grateful to Dreamscape Select, Bookouture and NetGalley for this copy!

I enjoyed the plot and the way it developed. I thought Nikki was a strong main character and I appreciated how driven and confident she was throughout the book. She followed her instincts and knew what she wanted, making her successful throughout the book. The ending was captivating and I liked how all my questions were answered by the end of the book.

I didn’t enjoy the romance aspect of this book. I think the book would have been just as good without it. I thought there were parts of the book that felt repetitive and made me lose interest in the middle.

This was such a captivating book! I was intrigued from the very start. The Nowhere Girls had everything: action, crime, twists, romance & complex family dynamics.

The story flowed well and the characters were well developed. I recommend this book and look forward to more from this author.


****Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review****

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced audio book
While the reveal of the killer and the reason why stretched believability a bit, I was willing to go with it because Nikki was such an interesting character and her motivations were compelling. I liked that even though the book's plot felt somewhat procedural (exactly what I'm looking for in a book like this), the end wasn't entirely wrapped up with a positive, neat bow. Looking forward to the second book in the series.

So for me this started slow and I wasn't sure how it was going to go. But then it got really interesting and good. I could see how all the strands fitted together and I was completely engrossed.
I loved the little trailer at the end as I knew the characters the next book was a definite must listen.
The narration worked really well for me and kept me intrigued.

Agent Nikki Cassidy has never been able to forget the tragic circumstances of her sister's death. Nikki was 18 and Caitlin was 13 when they went to the carnival that was in town, against their mother's wishes. Caitlin was never seen alive after that day and Nikki has never gotten past it. Every year, on the anniversary of the day Caitlin was taken, Nikki goes to visit her murderer in prison to try to get him to explain why he did it. This year he is finally talking to her. Then another girl missing on the exact same date as her sister's disappearance. Now Nikki feels compelled to stay and get to the bottom of the case using her FBI prowess. When another girl's body is discovered in the same location as her sister's body, Nikki knows that this case is related to her sister.

This book was fantastic! I absolutely loved it and rushed to finish it so that I could find out what happened. I loved the dark mystery that is all too realistic for what could really be happening today. I absolutely recommend this book!

The Nowhere Girls is the first in a series of gripping crime thrillers. Set in a small town, detective Nikki is back to investigate the discovery of a body - which was killed identical to how her sister was killed - 15 years ago. With the perpetrator in jail, she begins to question if they put away the right guy? And now

I really enjoyed the pace of this book and the characters throughout.
The narrator did a great job of capturing the emotions as well.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Select for this advanced audio in return for my honest opinion.

Pub date: 02 April 2024

This book was not what i thought it was at all. I wanted more from it. It had so much potential but just did not hit the mark for me.

3.5⭐️s rounded down.

I really am back in my thriller era and The Nowhere Girls did not let me down with my run of great thrillers in on at the moment.

The story was compelling and kept me hooked all the way through, I just had to know how everything tied together and Perry managed that perfectly (with a tonne of twists and turns along the way).

I wanted to rate this higher because the story was that good, however at times the writing was repetitive with the same phrases used a number of times which was slightly frustrating.

The romance element wasn’t needed either, I kind of understand what was attempted with this, the execution just wasn’t there unfortunately. And Billy?! Why?! 😭

Thank you Dreamscape Select and NetGalley for the arc!

For a first book of a series I feel like the character development of the main character nicci was well executed. With that being said the content of book 1 was a bit dark and too realistic for my liking as a reader. Additionally some of the plot twists were pretty expected. Overall a good read, just not a personal favorite

Name of Book: The Nowhere Girls
Series: Detective Nikki Cassidy #1
Author: Dana Perry
Narrator: Madeline Pell
Format: 🎧
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Publisher: Dreamscape Select/ Bookouture
Pub Date: April 2, 2024
My Rating: 3
Pages: 361

Every year on July 19, Nikki Cassidy now an FBI agent returns to her hometown of Huntsdale, Ohio. July 19 is the anniversary date of when twelve year-old Caitlin, Nikki’s younger sister was abducted and murdered. This year marks the fifteen year anniversary and David Monroe who is in prison for Caitlin’s murder wants to speak to Nikki.
While there on July 19 another young girl Natalie Jarvis goes missing. She and her friends went to the movies. Natalie tells her friends she needs to go to the restroom also wants more popcorn. The security video shows Natalie but before returning to her seat with her popcorn she looks towards the exit but the camera doesn’t show anything else.

In the meantime, David Monroe tells Nikki he is innocent and didn’t murder her sister; which has Nikki thinking these cases are connected.

I read a lot of thrillers and expect twists and a ‘Big Reveal’. First part of this story was so repetitive I wanted to shout- I get that young girls are being abducted on July 19 but why? And who is doing this?

It finally comes together.
Disappointed with this narrator; I loved a good audiobook and know the narrator is a performer not just a ‘reader’.
This story ends with a teaser for next in this series. "The Last One to Die" -- Book #2 also "The Lost Ones" -Book #3.
All three books in this series are scheduled for release on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Want to thank NetGalley, Dreamscape Select and Bookouture for this early Audiobook. Publishing Release Date scheduled for April 2, 2024.