The Vanishing Neighbor

For Grace, hosting a party for her affluent, picture-perfect neighbors is not her idea of fun. Slipping away for 30 minutes of alone time seemed like an ideal way to get her through a long night of small talk. But when Sadie, a beloved neighbor, goes missing, those minutes become the key to a murder.

As Grace investigates to clear her family’s name, she finds that Sadie holds a dark past, one that eerily appears to intersect with her own. Her marriage begins to falter under the strain of shocking revelations. When someone tries to lure away her young daughter, Grace fears that the same person who hurt Sadie is after her.

In a neighborhood where appearances are everything, secrets lurk just beneath the surface. How far will Grace go to protect her family?

©2023 Ava Roberts (P)2023 Ava Roberts

Too Saccharine for me

I didn’t feel a connection with any of the characters. It was easy to determine who was responsible, the clues were obvious from the beginning. The “let’s all be good neighbors” vibe was over the top.