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"We all have our secrets..."
Synopsis
She thought she would never go back...
Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house.
The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father.
Leaving London behind to settle her mother's estate, Ailsa returns to her childhood home nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, accompanied by the half-sister she's never taken the time to get to know.
With the past threatening to swallow her whole, she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her. And when Ailsa confronts the first nighttime intruder, she sees that the manor's careless rugged beauty could cost her everything...
My Review
Dark, Atmospheric and Creepy as hell!!!
Ailsa inherits half a house, The Manse located in Scotland. The other half belongs to her father who disappeared over twenty-seven years ago.
Ailsa returns to her childhood home amongst the beautiful Scottish Highlands with her half sister Carrie. Ailsa is stuck she cannot sell the home until her father is found, so she and Carrie move in.
The house feels claustrophobic, eerie, strange, OMG the opening and description of the house, the Manse feels like a character all of its own in this book, it was amazing!, When Alisa moves in she feels like someone is watching her? why do animals not venture in to the garden?
The Missing Years is a huge mix of tension and suspense, a slow burn that twists and turns before building to a huge ending that I never saw coming!
Author Bio
Lexie Elliott has been writing for as long as she can remember, but she began to focus on it more seriously after she lost her banking job in 2009 due to the Global Financial Crisis.
After some success in short story competitions, she began planning a novel.
With two kids and a (new) job, it took some time for that novel to move from her head to the page, but the result was The French Girl, which will be published by Berkley in February 2018 - available to pre-order on Amazon now!
When she's not writing, Lexie can be found running, swimming or cycling whilst thinking about writing.
In 2007 she swam the English Channel solo. She won't be doing that again. In 2015 she ran 100km, raising money for Alzheimer Scotland.
She won't be doing that again either. But the odd triathlon or marathon isn't out of the question.
Purchase Links
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Years-Lexie-Elliott/dp/1786495570
· Paperback: 384 pages
· Publisher: Corvus; Main edition (6 Jun. 2019)
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 1786495570
· ISBN-13: 978-1786495570
Social Media Links
www.lexieelliott.com
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Twitter:- @elliott_lexie
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Twitter:- @CorvusBooks
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.