Find Me by Carla Kovach - Book Review

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This is the second book I’ve read by Carla Kovach. Back in September I read and reviewed What She Did, which was a fantastic read! *Find Me by Carla Kovach is an unputdownable psychological thriller that will have you hooked from the very first page It was brilliant!

Book Description

I’ll never forget that day. It was blisteringly hot, and I begged our mother for an ice cream. As we left you with Dad, I didn’t know it would be the last time I saw your face. Minutes later, we returned to the end of the pier where we had parked your pushchair. Dad was asleep on a bench, and your little pink blanket was empty. You had vanished.

Twenty-five years later. The morning of the anniversary of Jess’s disappearance starts like every other for her sister Kate – a rushed school run, a cold cup of coffee and a quick scan of the news for updates. But when her phone beeps with a message from an unknown number, everything changes.

I know what happened to Jess.

Finally, Kate’s a step closer to getting answers to the questions that have tormented her for so long. Why was her mother so angry that day? How did her father sleep through his own daughter’s abduction? And when the police car came screeching towards the pier, how is it that nobody saw a single thing?

As she drives her young family to the seaside town to meet the mystery messenger, she feels uneasy. Who are they and why did they reach out now? But before Kate finds out, history repeats itself and her world is turned upside down once more.

Then Kate receives one final, terrifying message… will her pursuit of the truth cost the lives of everyone she has ever loved?

What I Thought

These types of thrillers when kids go missing are scary to me as a mother of two young children. But somehow I’m addicted to reading them! Find Me is another heart-wrenching book. Little Jess goes missing and is suspected to have drowned while under the care of her father who fell asleep at the beach. Sister Kate had gone off with their mum to get ice cream. When they came back Jess had gone.

Years later, Kate is a mum to two girls of her own, is highly protective of them and still thinks of Jess to this very day. She wants to know what happened to her sister and has a Facebook page dedicated to her. Not leaving Jess go has consequences for her relationship with her husband. He wants her to move on. But one day she receives a message “I know what happened to your sister” and that person wants her to go back to where Jess went missing.

It’s a twisty novel, full of secrets and suspense. Everyone is a suspect and I didn’t honestly know what to believe at one point!

Highly recommended!

Author Bio

Carla started writing more seriously ten years ago after having flirted with musical theatre and occasional writing in her youth.

Since then she has written & produced several stage plays, has four self-published books, has acted in several independent films and is currently in the final stages of production of her feature horror film, Penny for the Guy.

She now writes full-time as well as co-owning a film, photography & video production company located in the heart of Redditch town centre.