The Missing

By: Caroline Eriksson, Tiina Nunnally - translator

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

An ordinary outing takes Greta, Alex, and four-year-old Smilla across Sweden's mythical Lake Malice to a tiny, isolated island. While father and daughter tramp into the trees, Greta stays behind in the boat, lulled into a reverie by the misty, moody lake...only later to discover that the two haven't returned. Her frantic search proves futile. They've disappeared without a trace.

Greta struggles to understand their eerie vanishing. She desperately needs to call Alex, to be reassured that Smilla is safe, or contact the police. But now her cell phone is missing too. Back at her cottage, she finds it hidden away under the bedsheets. Had she done that? Or had someone else been in the cottage? But who, and why? As Greta struggles to put the pieces together, she fears that her past has come back to torment her, or she's finally lost her grip on reality...

In this dark psychological thrill ride - with more twists than a labyrinth and more breathless moments than a roller coaster - Greta must confront what she's always kept hidden if she has any hope of untangling the truth.

©2015 Caroline Eriksson. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Translation © 2016 by Tiina Nunnally.

Okay

It was a little slow and hard to follow what was going on. I almost put it down, but ended up sticking with it. It made sense in the end.

Time you'll never get back...

I held out hoping it would get better, less confusing, it didn't. I cannot recommend this book.

very lame ending

what happened to the bad guy?? needs more resolution and did not care for narrative quality, voice had a gravelly thing going on.

All Over The Place

It seemed to me the author started this book with an idea that the first person character would be crazy and maybe a killer. Then about half way through the book she decides to take it in a whole other direction. It was not well organized and too long for what it was. Flashbacks didn't always make sense. Greta Missing time almost like a schizophrenic didn't make sense for her level of trauma. Way too long for no more plot or scene change. Character development wasn't great. I liked the end. About the last 4th of the book was good and well organized. It wasn't worth the reading the first 3/4ths though. It has rookie writer written all over it.

Compelling

I was immediately drawn into this story. I wasn't sure about the ending, but it was satisfying enough...just got a little corny. But overall, I would strongly recommend this in either written or audio form.