House in the Woods by Jessica Aiken-Hall – Review by Jennifer Gordon

House in the Woods by Jessica Aiken-Hall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was hooked from page one by this gripping crime thriller and was kept guessing until the very last page. Having finished her second year of college Molly Jackson is spending the summer looking after her Mum who has dementia. Molly has to ask her brother Marc for help when their mother goes missing. Whilst searching Molly finds a twenty year old flyer for a missing woman who looks uncannily like herself. Molly can’t shake the feeling that there is more to this women’s disappearance than what has being reported and she also wants to find out why she feels such a strong connection to the missing women, Lucy. As Molly tries to uncover the truth she discovers that Marc and Lucy were high school sweethearts, and as more clues are solved Molly realises that she might not be ready to accept the truth. However, she is determined to solve the mystery before it’s to late. The storyline is fast paced and action packed with plenty of plot twists which had me reading well into the night as I could not put this book down. I felt completely immersed in the story due to the authors descriptive narrative and I felt engaged with the characters, especially Molly who’s sheltered upbringing and innocence came across in the writing making her a particularly likeable character. I was left thinking about the story long after I had finished reading this book and for me that is always a sign of a great read!

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