Author: Sarah Bailey
ISBN: 9781760529321
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Thank you to Beauty and Lace and Allen & Unwin for the opportunity to read Where The Dead Go by Sarah Bailey.
First Day Missing: Abbey a 15 year old girl has gone missing after a party in the middle of the night. She has family problems, an abusive father, so it could be presumed she has just simply run away.
Second Day Missing: Abbey’s boyfriend 17 year old Rick is found brutally murdered. The question is, is Abbey responsible for his murder or is she a victim too.
Gemma Woodstock a police detective is in her home town attending her ex and father of her 8 year old son’s funeral. She overhears a request for assistance with a missing person and murder case. Rather than return to her job in Sydney she begs to be sent to Fairhaven a coastal holiday town to head the investigation.
Gemma has a lot of personal issues to deal with. She would rather bury herself in her work which will buy her some time to deal with her past and present relationships .Gemma is haunted by a similar missing person case she has worked on.
With each day missing, more of the town’s residents become suspects.
Gemma is determined to find Abbey and solve the murder. The plot is multi layered. It is suspenseful, a gripping read, keeping you guessing until the end.
The book has a haunting title and a suspenseful cover. If you love thrillers, then this is the book for you. I thoroughly recommend and enjoyed it.
It turns out that Where The Dead Go is the third book featuring Detective Gemma Woodstock. It definitely can be read as a stand alone book. I haven’t read The Dark Lake or Into the Night, but definitely plan to!
15 of our Beauty and Lace members are reading Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey. You can read their feedback in the comments section below, or contribute to the conversation with your own thoughts on the book. Review copies are courtesy of the publisher.
I love to read, any book on any topic. I now love ebooks as they are easier to store, I was running out of bookshelves! My other interests are family, gardening and our beautiful King Charles spaniel dog who is my reading companion.
Sarah Bailey’s latest thriller has many twists & turns. Non predictable & well written.
8/10
I loved this book! This is a great police procedural.
Detective Gemma Woodstock is drawn into a case of a missing 15 year old girl and her dead boyfriend. Gemma has to deal with new colleagues that are not very welcoming, a new town and her young son Ben. Plus, this case is very similar to a previous case which Gemma worked on which didn’t end well.
This was an easy read that kept you guessing. I did guess one of the “villians” early on but I still wasn’t totally correct with the role that they played. I love that it wasn’t so obvious!
You may want to read the other books in this series (which I haven’t) but I still enjoyed it. I will be reading the other two books for sure!
Thank you Beauty and Lace and Allen and Unwin for giving me the opportunity to read it.
I loved The Dark Lake, the first Gemma Woodstock book, The second book- Into The Night left me disappointed…..happy to say Where The Dead Go made up for that. I really enjoy Gemma as a character, she is dark, struggles and is real. I love Australian thrillers , the small towns are easy to relate, as are the characters. The story was an intriguing thriller…..focusing on a missing teenager. There was also a lot of personal element about Gemma and her family. A great read