Gone Without a Trace
Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen is a psychological thriller with an intriguing premise, but the end doesn’t quite stick the landing.
Hannah is excited to get home from a conference to tell her boyfriend, Matt, about her upcoming promotion. When she arrives home, however, she finds all of Matt’s possessions gone. It’s as though he’s never lived there–even the sheets have been replaced by ones she owned before Matt moved in. His food is missing from the fridge. Understandably freaked out, Hannah checks her cell–Matt’s texts, emails and voicemails have been deleted. His social media accounts have been deleted too.
The total disappearance of her partner derails Hannah completely. He’s not at his job. His mother has moved and left no forwarding address–and to make things creepier, someone is sending her spooky texts from an unknown number.
Hannah is determined to find out what happened to Matt. If he did leave her, why? And why make it appear as if he never existed? She gets sucked further and further into the mystery and her professional life, friendships, and relationships with her family crumble as she falls down a rabbit hole of paranoia. Suddenly no one seems trustworthy, not her assistant who may be sabotaging her work, not her jealous best friend, not her violent, temperamental father.
If all of that sounds deliciously creepy, it is. The reason I gave the book a C is that while the build up is amazing, the resolution feels like it comes out of left field. I didn’t think there were enough clues to justify the ending and in some ways I felt cheated
I should also warn readers that there are graphic depictions of domestic violence in this book.
The build up in Gone Without a Trace was so excellent, I just wish the end lived up to the expectations it created.
– Elyse
GONE WITHOUT A TRACE by Mary Torjussen is a chilling psychological thriller about a woman whose boyfriend has vanished. Fans of I LET YOU GO and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN will be gripped.
No one ever disappears completely…
You leave for work one morning.
Another day in your normal life.
Until you come home to discover that your boyfriend has gone.
His belongings have disappeared.
He hasn’t been at work for weeks.
It’s as if he never existed.
But that’s not possible, is it?
And if he has gone without a trace
why do you still feel that someone is watching you?
Mystery/Thriller
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