Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Date: February 25, 2014
Date Read: March 2, 2014
*Please note that this book was originally published in 1994 as Peggy Sue Got Married. According to the Author’s Introduction the book has been updated for today’s readers.
I
received an advance reader edition of this book from Random House Publishing and Net Galley for the purpose of providing an honest
review.
4 Stars
I really liked this book. This is the first book by Tess Gerritsen that I have read even though I have had her books on my ever growing to be read list for quite some time. When I first sat down to read this book, I will admit that I was a bit disappointed to learn that this was in face an older book that had been updated and re-released. I do dislike it when I see books being re-released especially with different titles because I have bought books I already owned more than once. I was safe with this book since I have not read anything by this author before.
I found the book to be very enjoyable. I really liked the writing style of Ms. Gerritsen. The plot was not overly complex and the characters were not only likeable but believable. Romance did play a major role by the end of the book but not so much that it overwhelmed the rest of the plot.
Kat Novak is a medical examiner who finds a matchbook with a phone number clutched inside a corpse’s hands. When she calls the number it starts a chain of events, she eventually meets Adam Quantrel. They end up working together to solve a string of deaths connected to a new unknown drug and find Adam’s step-daughter. There was plenty of mystery to keep you guessing throughout the book. While I can not say that I was shocked by the ending, I did not have everything figured out either.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an entertaining quick read. That being said this is a very early work by Tess Gerritsen and I would suspect that her current books are even better as her writing skills have developed. I have not read any other book by this author so I am unable to make any comparisons. I definitely plan to read other books by this author and may been to bump her Rizzoli and Isles series closer to the top of my TBR list.
