Hello! Welcome to JuliaPalooza for my stop on the Books-On-Tour for The Missing Body by Kerry Wilkinson, which was published by Bookouture on 12 July 2024.
About the book
I ran to get help. But her body disappeared. Will anyone believe me?
Megan is unpacking in the spare room of her sister’s house when she hears the scream.
Racing to the nearby woods, she is shocked to see a young woman’s unconscious body: her pink top bright against the earth, her long, dark hair wet from a nearby stream. But when desperate Megan returns with the police, all they find is empty woodland.
She’s been through so much, her sister whispers, welcoming her home with a kind smile. You can’t blame her for seeing things.
But Megan knows what she saw – and her past shouldn’t come into it. Was the young woman dead, or dying? How can a body just disappear?
Megan left home for a good reason. Now, confronting the past could be the only way to find the truth. But what if Megan is in danger, too? And what price will she have to pay, to find the girl from the woods?
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The Missing Body by Kerry Wilkinson is a top-notch psychological mystery thriller that starts with a bang and leaps straight into the action. The opening is very strong and I was instantly hooked. I really enjoyed the writing style and the easy humorous narration. I remembered from reading an earlier book by Kerry Wilkinson that it was surprisingly funny and The Missing Body has the same deadpan tone and accessible style, making the chapters fly by.
I felt really sympathetic towards Megan, who is a likeable and feisty character, for what she goes through. The wider cast of characters was believable and secrets seemed to be hiding behind every door. There are vivid descriptions of the tired seaside town of Hollicombe Bay and its residents and I could clearly picture the scenes as they played out.
The plot is exciting and full of secrets. There are some genuinely tense moments as the plot progresses and the mystery tightens its grip. I thoroughly enjoyed the twists and turns and was urging Megan on in her investigations. The ending is surprising and the book has a satisfying conclusion. I would whole-heartedly recommend The Missing Body to all fans of the genre and will definitely be reading more from Kerry Wilkinson.
With huge thanks to the publisher for my copy of The Missing Body and for my spot on the blog tour.
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About the author
Kerry Wilkinson is from the English county of Somerset but has spent far too long living in the north. It’s there that he’s picked up possibly made-up regional words like ‘barm’ and ‘ginnel’. He pretends to know what they mean.
He’s also been busy since turning thirty: his Jessica Daniel crime series has sold more than a million copies in the UK; he has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults; a second crime series featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter and the standalone thriller, Down Among The Dead Men.
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About the Blog Tour
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Ok I totally thought Kerry Wilkinson was a woman hahahaha
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