Kindle Unlimited: Unmissing by Minka Kent

Publisher: Thomas and Mercer

Published: 2/15/2022

Pages: 251

Genre: mystery/thriller

Review: kindle unlimited

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Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.

Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story. Her kidnapping. A torturous confinement that should’ve ended with her dead. And finally, escape. Racked with guilt over the beautiful life they’ve built, Merritt and Luca agree to help get Lydia back on her feet—it’s the least they can do.

But the more enmeshed Lydia becomes in Merritt’s family, the more questions Merritt has. What is it about Lydia that’s especially unnerving? Why hasn’t she gone to the police with her harrowing tale? What does she really want of them? The answers, when they come, are terrifying.

Because Lydia isn’t the only one with secrets.

My boss actually recommended this book for me to read. I did like the part where I was actually wowed by who was behind it. Though I did not like the main character. 

Told from two different points of view, which was done nicely and was easy to follow along. Lydia and Merritt are both married to the same man. Merritt has every right to be worried as to why and how Lydia came back. 

Lydia, the wife who disappeared, no trace. Many years later, she shows up and finds her husband is married and doing well for himself. As our story unfolds, we see what Lydia has in store for her husband. 

The author did overdo some scenes, for example, the incisions. How often do we have to be told they hurt or throb? As we know, take it easy.

There was a scene where Lydia was going to hitchhike, and I am sorry, but if I was kidnapped and tortured, I sure as heck wasn't going to be trying to hitch a ride with some stranger. 

I do think the premises was great; just making it all come together in a way that is believable was not there. Especially no cops being called, like for real?

I just could not get my head around the way Lydia did things. Would I read more by this author? Possibly? 

  

Minka Kent is the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Watcher Girl, When I Was You, The Stillwater Girls, The Thinnest Air, The Perfect Roommate, and The Memory Watcher. She is a graduate of Iowa State University and resides in Iowa with her husband and three children. For more information, visit www.minkakent.com.