I’m a dufus who requested this book not realizing this was book three in a series. I like to read in order so I stopped this one for now. I may pick it up at a later time.

Hide and Seek is the third book in the Jane Casey's Jess Tennant series, a YA mystery/crime series. Jess is a high school student who gets involved in troubles that happen in Port Sentinel. Jess lives with her mom in her Aunt Tilly's and Uncle Jack's home, since their daughter died. I did not read the previous books in this trilogy, but this mystery is a standalone, so besides some relationship development that I missed, I was okay. In this book one of Jess' classmates goes missing. She was supposed to meet Jess at the library to work on a project, but does not show up and is not seen after that time. Jess feels partially responsible, so begins to ask questions and snoop. Jess is dating Will, the son of the local Police Inspector, Dan Henderson. He is not happy with her snooping, but in the end, she helps him out.

As stated earlier, these are YA mysteries, but as an adult, I enjoyed this story. There are a lot of things that appeal to adults, especially the adult relationships that have a lot of issues. The story does deal with several teenage issues like ostracizing, cliques, interpersonal relationships, parental issues, parent divorce, partying, fitting in etc. Along with all the teenage angst, there is a mystery that does not involve murder. I do not want to say more about it, but it deals with a dicey situation, which was a bit predictable and I did figure it out. This was a fast moving story, that I read in one sitting. It was interesting, page turning and enjoyable. I will go back and read the two previous Jess Tennant stories.