Nicci French is becoming my second favorite author. I love the way its written. It keeps you wanting for more. I thought the mother was very courageous, strong and persistent in the search of her daughter. ( )

With growing frenzy a mother searches for her missing daughter on a small island. Her anguish is engaging but I did not warm to her and, while I appreciated the intellectual elegance of having her solipsistic panic render the other characters colourless, I found it distancing. For all that, I found the plot compelling. ( )

Not as suspenseful as some of her other novels ( )

the timeline and the urgency are particularly well done ( )

Not much in the way of characters or suspense. ( )