The Missing Half – Book Review

Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.

Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.

On the night Kasey went missing, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver’s door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on, both their cases eventually went cold.

Nic wants nothing more than to move on—from her sister’s disappearance and the state it’s left her in. But then one day, Jules’s sister, Jenna Connor, walks into her life and offers Nic something she hasn’t felt in a long hope. What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves, even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known.

I enjoyed All The Good People Here by this author and saw I got my hands on her second book. The Missing Half follows the story of Nic who is devastated when her sister mysteriously disappeared without a trace. Nic is DWI, doing the same job she has been doing since high school and her life doesn’t really seem to be improving. Then a woman named Jenna comes to Nic, telling her that she has proof that Nic’s sister may be connected to Jenna’s sister’s disappearance case. Nic and Jenna work together reopening their wounds, both suffered from the loss of their sisters.

This was an emotional thriller. Both Nic and Jenna are suffering from the aftermath of their sisters’ disappearances. Nic however took it harder than Jenna. The entire story is told in Nic’s POV. Nic is somewhat a complicated character but at the same time you could relate to her in someway and is quite a likable character. The story is interesting from the start of the book–there are unexpected twists and turns and the book manages to keep the reader at suspense. Is there a serial killer on loose? Are the two cases connected? Many secrets were unraveled in the story which made it more interesting to read. Who is responsible for their sisters’ disappearances?

The ending however wasn’t what I actually expected. To be frank, I didn’t really like the ending. What started as a suspense kind of went down the drain with that ending. However, with that being said, I couldn’t wait what this author has in store for the next book.

Worth four stars.