R. M. Ward

When a little girl goes missing from her home in a block of flats, the next door neighbour decides to carry out a bit of her own investigating. In fact, the whole community gets on the case.

This is quite a gripping mystery. I read it via the Pigeonhole app in a ten stave format and was eager to return to it each day to read the next episode. The characters felt very realistic and the plot line is easy to follow. It’s a family drama as well as being a crime story about a missing girl. It’s told by way of various distinct voices and I thought it was well written. The sense of loneliness in some of the characters is particularly well drawn. There are quite a few red herrings but I have to admit I did have my suspicions who the culprit was quite early on. Nevertheless I found it a very good and intuitive read.… (más)