I am delighted to share my review for Missing by A.D.Hay. This is a novella and the first book in the James Lalonde series. My thanks to Sarah at Book On The Bright Side Publicity for my spot on the Blog Tour and for arranging my e-copy of this book.

Let me show you what it is all about…

Excalibur is missing, a killer is on the loose, and his career is on the line…

James has a nose for trouble. But that’s nothing new.

This time, things are different…

…his life is on the line.

James is the chief editor of a small newspaper. It’s hardly captivating work. He’s bored. But all of that is about to change.

Late one evening, he returns home to discover his long-time girlfriend and journalist, Valentine has left. Early the next morning, James fails to reallocate her assigned story. To avoid blank space in the culture section, and loosing his job, he decides to write the story on the local museums latest acquisition, Excalibur.

But, there’s one thing he didn’t count on…

….Excalibur is missing, and a dead body is at the crime scene.

As his investigations commence, James unravels a tangled web of betrayal, kidnapping, and murder. But, his fact-finding hasn’t gone unrecognised. The wrong people have started to notice. And there will be consequences…dire consequences.

You’ll love this gripping cloak and dagger mystery because of the twists, turns, and ending you’ll never guess.

Missing is the first book in a reporter crime thriller series. Get it now.

This is a quick one sitting read, well it was for me, it is also quick in the pacing of the story. James Lalonde is the Chief Editor of a small newspaper. He takes over an interview about the discovery of Excalibar, but is caught up in a crime scene.

This has all the hallmarks of a whodunnit style of cosy mystery, and in fact if you removed some of the modern items it could easily be set a few decades ago. The story is one that is quite captivating and my curiosity kept me hooked to the story. It has plenty of intrigue and characters that I quickly got to know, some I liked some I didn’t. Given the quick nature of this novella, the balance of characters was appropriate.

AS I mentioned the pace of the story is quick, in fact there were times it felt just a tad too quick. By this I mean some of the leaps between clues or the way things were thought out by the characters happened a little too conveniently and with only the slightest hint of a link. But you know what, it didn’t bother me that much, it just caught me out a couple of times.

An interesting and intriguing novella that was a quick one-sitting read and one that I think would appeal to cosy mystery readers and one I would recommend.

A.D. Hay is a passionate bibliophile and can usually be found reading a book, and that book will most likely be a thriller. She is the author of Missing, the first book in a thriller series. When not absorbed in a gripping page-turner or writing, she loves to travel, drink tea, rosé, and eat pizza. 

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