Lisa Stone

"One moment she is here...... The next she is gone..."

8-year-old Leila Smith has seen and heard things that no child should ever have to. She often stays out after dark to avoid going home and her drug addict mother isn't as attentive as she ought to be.

But what Leila doesn’t know is that someone has been watching her in the playground. One day, she disappears without a trace. The police start a nationwide search but it’s as if Leila has vanished into thin air. Who kidnapped her? What do they want? Will she return home safely or is she lost forever?

This book had me gripped right from the start. The premise of the book was what attracted me to it!

The book and all the characters were well written. I really admired the courage of Leila, being an eight year old, she is so amazing and street smart at her age. I felt both sad and annoyed at her mother, Kelsey, who is a drug addict. There were so many instances in the book when I just wanted to shake her bad and tell her to get her head straight and look for her missing daughter instead of taking drugs but I kept rooting for her till the end to change and make things better!

The story had lots of twists and turns that were unexpected, which made this book more enjoyable.

Thank You to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for this ARC!!… (altro)