– Plenty Of Twists To Keep You Guessing –
Author: T. J. Brearton
Publisher: Joffe Books
Publication Date: May 14, 2019
- Genre: Mystery/Thriller
- Paperback: 282 pages
- Kindle: 243 pages
Description
WHAT IF YOUR HUSBAND DISAPPEARED AND THE POLICE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM?
Jane Gable returns from her shift at the hospital one night to find her two children asleep in bed and her husband gone, his phone and wallet left behind.
John has long been a responsible and dependable man, maintaining a predictable schedule. He is a former alcoholic, and so Jane fears he has relapsed and may be in trouble.
An ‘old friend’ of John’s, Bruce Barnes, turned up on their doorstep the day before his disappearance.
Jane’s son Russ had seen a mysterious blonde woman at the house.
An SUV keeps showing up. Jane feels watched and under threat.
Then John’s abandoned car is found with blood on the steering wheel and Jane fears the worst. And there is a revelation that will make her question her own sanity.
Jane desperately begins investigating on her own. Suspects include her ex-husband, her stepbrother, and the mysterious blonde.
Is she being framed? Can she even trust herself?
HOW FAR WILL SHE GO TO SAVE HER FAMILY?
My thanks to #NetGalley and #JoffeBooks for this ARC of #WhenHeVanished
My Thoughts
This is my first book by T.J. Brearton. Though the theme is one I’m very familiar with, it did manage to pique my interest from the getgo. After all, a new cast of characters, different situations, some questionable “friends,” and . . . well, you get it. I couldn’t wait to see how it would turn out.
It did manage to keep me vacillating from this person to that person as I flew through the pages. At times it became slightly predictable, but not enough that I could guess the ending. However, as readers know, the end can pretty much make or break a book. (As an aside, I wonder if the twist at the end might have raised the rating on The Silent Patient?)
Sadly, the end of When He Vanished just didn’t do it for me. Yes, there was a bit of a twist, but not enough to completely win me over.
I received an ARC from #NetGalley and #Joffe Books. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read and give my reviews of this book.
What Concerned Me
In the past year, I’ve read several books regarding “disappearing acts” by spouses.
What I liked Best
Brearton managed to catch my attention and take me on a wild ride through much of the book. For me, it was a definite page-turner!
Rating
About The Author
I started out wanting to make movies. My brother and sister were my first stars. After attending the New York Film Academy, I worked in showbiz for a little while and wrote my own screenplays. I always wrote prose fiction, too, and before I knew it, I had more books than movie gigs. Hey — Ridley Scott says writing novels and directing films are the “same thing”, and this way, I get to stay home.
I’ve had a lot of jobs. Construction, bartending, waiting tables — even weird things like cleaning tombstones and working for a non-profit. I’m fortunate to now write full time. And I’m lucky to have had my books hit the top 30 on Amazon Kindle US.
Thanks again, and please keep reading because without you I’m just a guy sitting alone in his basement.
Great review. I found this to be a good book