Name: Persons Unknown
ISBN: 9780812998344

Susie Steiner

An intricate crime novel featuring an utterly compelling detective whose own family is rocked by an explosive murder case from the acclaimed author of Missing, Presumed

Persons Unknown

Lizzy Grayson

It's a solid, interesting mystery. The romance is blah, but I'm also not one for romance in books (so if you are, you might appreciate it more). I do appreciate that there weren't any explicit scenes. Although it was good, I'll definitely be heading back to Agatha Christie; she is the queen after all.

I give this book a bonus half a star for the perfect description of new motherhood in the last few chapters. It might have been my favorite part!

Lauren Attaway

I have such spoiler-y feelings about this book. I wish I’d read it in a book club so I could discuss it even more freely. This novel follows the character Manon, who was first introduced in the novel Missing, Presumed, which I really enjoyed. In this sequel, Manon is now raising adopted son Fly and expecting a baby of her own. She’s moved in with her younger sister and they’ve returned to the location of the first novel after several years in London. 

I thought the author did an excellent job of setting up what occurred in the past that we needed to know for this novel without spending too much time there. My big problem with this book is the mystery. It just wasn’t as interesting to me as as the story before it, and I can’t even recall the specific details of the previous mystery. Manon is still a great character but I couldn’t help sharing her frustration at being sidelined from the action thanks to her pregnancy. If you read and enjoyed Missing, Presumed, I’d say give this one a try but I’m hard-pressed to find anything here for new readers. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t a must read for me like the first book. Still very good, but not at as urgent of a read or recommendation. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

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