Kaceey's Reviews > What She Knew

Oh my gosh! What an incredible novel. Hard to believe this is a debut for Gilly Macmillan.

Every parent's worst nightmare. A missing child. On a Sunday outing to a park in the woods, eight year old Ben asks to run ahead to the playground. That's all it took. When Rachel, Ben's mother finally gets to the clearing of the playground, he's gone.

The Book focuses on Rachel's pain and struggle to deal with her loss, as well as DI Jim Clemo, who heads up the investigation to find Ben. The toll a missing child can have on the whole family as well as the investigative team weighs heavily.

I could not get over the clarity of the voice of Rachel. It was as though she was sitting at the end of my sofa talking to me, telling me her tragic plight to find her son. So real and convincing, you can actually feel her pain. (I read on my Kindle not an audio book).

The book brings in the role of the social media and how that can change the focus of an investigation. (for better or worse.) How today's media can crucify the parties involved without having all the facts is disturbing. How it is so easy to sit back in our own safe environments and cast judgment.

Absolutely could not put it down.