Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and The Future Of Agency, #partner, for the finished copy of The Missing Half in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Random House / Random House Audio
Published: May 6, 2025
Summary:
Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.
Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.
On the night Kasey went missing, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver’s door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both their cases eventually went cold.
Nic wants nothing more than to move on—from her sister’s disappearance and the state it’s left her in. But then one day, Jules’s sister, Jenna Connor, walks into her life and offers Nic something she hasn’t felt in a long hope. What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves, even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known.
My thoughts:
I loved this author’s previous book, All Good People Here, so I was thrilled to get my hands on her sophomore book and it did not disappoint. In fact, I think I loved it even more! It’s no surprise that I am drawn to stories about sisters, but when you throw in the fact that these sisters are dealing with the trauma of having lost a sibling and the fact that their cases are still unsolved…I was completely captivated. I loved how Nic and Jenna teamed up and did not see all the twists coming. This one is such an emotionally charged read and just when you think you’ve reached the final conclusion, the floor drops out from under you with one last twist! I loved it!!!
Audio thoughts:
This was amazing on audio, with Saskia Maarleveld doing a brilliant job bringing it to life. It is easy to binge this one, especially on audio.
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