Book Review: Gone by Ruby Speechley

Please join me in saying hello to Ruby Speechley who is here with the blog tour for her novel, Gone.

My son is missing, and everyone is lying to me.

Last night my son, Shay, sneaked out of the house and didn’t come home. He promised not to go to the illegal party in the woods. But someone’s been attacked and Shay has gone missing. The police want to know if he saw what happened. I’m worried he could be involved.

After all the trouble he’s been in lately, mixing with the wrong crowd, coming home beaten up and scared, I thought we’d put it all behind us. Trouble is, Shay resents me moving my new boyfriend into the family home. I found all sorts on his laptop, including a half-written email warning me not to trust David. What does he know that I don’t?

I’m beginning to fear for his safety. What is David hiding from me? Who have I let into our lives?

I don’t know who I can trust. Will I ever see my son alive again?

*****

Rachel’s son is missing and she’s increasingly questioning who she can trust.

As the days go by, she starts to question the man she loves and what he had to do with her son’s disappearance.

OK, so I seriously could not put this book down, even when I was meant to be sleeping. From page one, it had me hooked as I tried to figure out what was going on.

Hmm, what can I say about this novel without giving too much away?

Rachel is trying to be a good mother and has the normal interactions with a teenager. When he goes missing, she lives through her worst nightmare as she battles to find her son. She doesn’t know who she can trust and quite frankly, I don’t blame her. I was mistrusting of pretty much everyone at various points through the book.

David is someone who doesn’t give too much away but is he the bad guy?

Ruby Speechley does such a good job at weaving in suspense, tension and discord throughout. The pace was great and as I have previously said, I devoured the book as a result. There were so many twists and turns and I really did not see the end coming.

If you’re a fan of psychological thrillers or just want a rollercoaster of a novel with all the emotions, this novel is perfect for you.

About Ruby Speechley  –

Ruby Speechley is a bestselling psychological thriller writer, whose titles include Someone Else’s Baby.

Previously published by Hera, she has been a journalist and worked in PR and lives in Cheshire.

Say hello to Ruby via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Bookbub. 

Gone was released by Boldwood Books on 21st February 2023. Click to buy on Amazon UK and Waterstones. 

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Laura

I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.