Next To Disappear

Strange is the first word that comes to mind about this book... that being said I feel like I must read another about Emily to see what happens next in her insane life....<br /><br />This novel was about Emily, a young woman with a bit of a tortured past who moves to London into an apartment. The prior couple who lived in the same apartment have moved on until Emily finds out that the woman is missing. She makes fast friends with a man and older woman and begins to track down what happened to the mystery woman who shared the same apartment.<br /><br />However as Emily peels the layers from Alina's disappearance she becomes involved with a plot so sickening and mind boggling that she puts her life on the line to figure the mystery out.<br /><br />I gave this a 3.5... it started so damn slow but then picked up. I felt as if the second half was written for an entirely different book as if the author had written two stories and threw them together for one novel.<br /><br />I do want to read the next one to see what Emily does.

"Something got lost"<br /><br />A psychological thriller with a fairly predictable outcome. This was probably very well written and ascribed to all the rules that 'creative writing' imposes. The annoying thing for me was that it was too clever. The writer took ANY chance to use a descriptive passage that read 'such and such...like a..'. followed by a comparison to something totally 'off the wall'. There were too many examples to choose from. Clever it may be, but it didn't add a thing to the story in my opinion. Just get on with it and tell the story - let me paint the pictures. No two readers will see the same image from a writer's words. For me half the fun of reading is doing my own 'colouring-in'.

This started really well and I was enjoying it. Then I came upon part 2 and it descended into fantasy !! Like a totally different story and one I had no interest in so I packed it in at 58%. It had just got too unbelievable for me.<br />There were quite a few mistakes as well. He mentions a room of 4 windows and then tells us she pressed her face against the glass of the centre one !! He's also annoyingly chosen to go with American spelling-license, ass and realization as examples. He also says "dressed into cotton pyjamas" which really should be changed, used void and not devoid, taught and not taut (!!) I had no idea what the headline "How about you"meant at all........perpetrated was used where it shouldn't be as that line made no sense to me, either, used bunkering and not hunkering, one minute her door buzzes then we hear no more about who was there....and around the same time that happened it headed off into Neverland and I'd seen enough.<br />Emily, the heroine of the story I found I was irritated by, with all her counting and anxiety. I just want to shake characters like that.....she wakes up, takes her meds and reads self-help books till noon, for goodness' sake. I liked Jerome a great deal, though.<br />I will be skipping anymore of this series, though.

Fairly well written, but unfortunately I had a hard time getting past how the main character gets involved in this investigation. It made no sense to me and ruined my reading experience. If you can ignore the fact that this former teacher with no prior investigative experience decides to play Nancy Drew for a possibly missing person that she has absolutely no connection with, then you may enjoy the book more than I did.

This book started out strong and ended... well... rather weak. I wouldnt recommend it

<strong>.</strong><br /><br />It's an okay story. Not exactly what I expected. And I'm glad it was free to download. I don't think I will read anymore in the series.<br />

<strong>4 stars for this one</strong><br /><br />The first half of the story was slow paced, then the latter half was quite a bit the opposite. Nonetheless, I still look forward to reading the rest of the book series in the near future.

<strong>Wow</strong><br /><br />I enjoyed this a lot- more than what I thought I would. Medical and justice entwined. Could definitely read the others in this series. <br />A gripping and enthralling story, the characters are set with ease and some mystery.

When Emily Swanson, seeking a new start, moves into a new apartment in a new city and feels compelled to follow-up on the disappearance of one of the former tenants she finds a herself in a situation more complex and dangerous than she ever thought possible. Another tenant, Jerome, wants to help her but Emily's reticence about her past causes him to keep his distance and she is left on her own with frightening, life threatening results as she investigates patients and staff missing from medical facilities run by two doctors who gain control over Emily and her future.<br /><br />Initially I was going to give this book two stars because I thought that the plot line was too melodramatic but with the knowledge that the medically questionable deep sleep therapy described in the book actually exists and has resulted in the death of several patients, my assessment of the book changed.

I was fortunate enough to be given Lost Lives as a gift, and what a lovely gift to receive. Loved this book from the first page until the last.The story of Emily Swanson relocating to London and her investigation into the whereabouts of the former tenant of her new apartment was a briliant read. Loved it that Emily wasn't the perfect heroine and had flaws as well as a mysterious past.Then unlike a lot of us inquisitive women, where we let our imagination run away with us and leave it at that, Emily can't. Faced with danger and her past coming back to haunt her, Emily Swanson had me glued to the pages. Can't wait to read more from Malcolm Richards.