The Vanishing Season
Joanna Schaffhausen
Genre:
Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime
Series The Collector book 4 of 4
Date Published 2019
Book Length 404
Format Paperback purchased for me as a present
Star Rating ***** 4****Â Â Â I liked it a lot, and recommend
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About Book
Fourteen years ago, teenager Ellery Hathaway was victim number seventeen in the grisly murder spree of serial killer Francis Michael Coben. She was the only one who lived. Now Coben is safely behind bars, and Ellery has a new identity in a sleepy town where bike theft makes the newspapers. But each July for the last three years, locals have been disappearing. Then Ellery receives strange messages hinting that the culprit knows exactly what happened to her all those years ago. When she tries to raise the alarm, no one will listen, and terrified she may be next, Ellery must turn to the one person who might believe her story…
My Thoughts
The Vanishing Season is a first book by Joanna Schaffhausen and I found it a gripping read. The story lures you in to want to find out what happens right from the very beginning. Schaffhausen’s ability to take you on a journey through prose shone through. The plot has many twists and turns keeping you on the edge of your seat.
The characters are well developed, giving you insight and ambiguity. I loved Bump the dog, the way the author describes makes you want to keep one yourself. But my favourite character was Ellery Hathaway, she was someone who had succeeded and continued on despite what had happened to her. I didn’t want to put the book down and I read it in one sitting