The Missing Ones by Anita Waller
5/9/25; 282 pages
Boldwood Books
The Missing Ones by Anita Waller is a very highly recommended thriller which features the search for a brutal killer.
Ray Eke was an accountant before his breakdown. Now he wants nothing to do with numbers anymore and spends his days collecting litter for the city council. When he finds the brutalized body of a woman on his rounds, he immediately calls the police. The victim is Lauren Pascoe, who went missing three years before. It clear that during those years someone kept her as a prisoner and tortured her. When a second young woman, Hannah Wrighton, disappears the police are sure the killer has abducted the next victim and the search is on.
The pages flew by in this well written, fast-paced thriller/procedural. Although the torture involved is gruesomely and graphically described
which may be difficult for some to read, the main focus is the
investigation. All the clues are logically followed and the search for the perpetrator is in high gear.
While reading, the clues will provide you with several suspects to keep in mind. All of the characters are realistically portrayed in the narrative. DI Chris Chandler is introduced in this novel. He has relocated and is learning about the strengths and weaknesses of his new team while trying to find a heinous killer.
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