Missing in Wales by Jenny O'Brien Book Review! scribblerjb

Missing in Wales, the first in an exciting new Welsh-set crime series by Jenny O'Brien, author of The Stepsister. The next in series, Stabbed in Wales, will be available soon. 

Alys is fine - don’t try to find us
Izzy Grant is haunted by the abduction of her newborn daughter five-years ago. When a postcard arrives from her missing partner, the man she believes is responsible, saying they’re fine and asking her not to try to find them, she knows she can’t give up hoping. Then she sees a face from her past. Grace Madden. Just where did she disappear to all those years ago? And is there a connection between her disappearance and that of her child?DC Gabriella Darin, recently transferred from Swansea, is brash, bolshie and dedicated. Something doesn’t fit with the case and she's determined to find out just what happened all those years ago. 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45884206-missing-in-wales?from_search=true

The Author

Jenny O’Brien was born in Dublin a very long time ago. From an early age she’d always hoped to write something; to write anything other than her name on the bottom of a cheque and then, with the introduction of automated banking she even lost that pleasure.  Therefore she was forced to pick up a pen and pad and start scribbling and since then she’s never stopped. She writes in most genres except horror, sci-fi and fantasy. The Stepsister, released in 2018 was her first thriller and no one could have been more surprised than her when it stuck in the Amazon bestseller chart for 5 weeks and that with no paid advertising.

Apart from writing there’s little room left. she’s an avid reader of most genres and can always be found with a book or six knocking around.  Her reading taste is an eclectic one with the classics, and literary giants nestling up beside category romances. For her forthieth birthday she asked for built-in book shelves instead of diamonds, which probably says a lot…She has never watched an episode of Downton Abbey or read any book with 50 in the title for that matter so she’s probably quite boring. She does tend to spend a lot of time talking to her imaginary friends who are always there knocking about in her head keeping her out of mischief.She also loves hearing from anyone who’s interested in talking books; either hers, theirs or others. She’s on Twitter (too much) as Scribblerjb and has a Facebook page here, which is usually woefully out of date.

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My Review

Izzy Grant had a horrible thing happen to her. Her baby daughter, Alys, disappeared with the baby's father. Everyone thought, how could her partner do this and why?? She is haunted for five years, her life almost ruined. She gets on with her life though, starts a small business and continues on the best she can. Then she sees a woman that she had befriended during her pregnancy. They went through the birthing classes together. Why is Grace suddenly back in town? The police, Rhy and Gaby is brash and dedicated, when the police force have stopped searching, she is determined to find out what happened to Alys and her father. 

I found this book to be very well written, suspenseful and I kept wanting more. I did not expect the ending, to me that is the best that an author can do. Not let the reader figure it out. I hope to read more by this author! This author definitely has a future if she keeps writing. Plus I liked that it took place in Wales! I give it four stars!