Synopsis:
It’s been one year since the disappearance of beloved high school track star Melody Anderson. The small town of Hawksboro, North Carolina, has only started to recover from the media frenzy that’s being fueled by a self-serving news anchor. As the case goes eerily cold, her suspected captor, a known predator with a history of violence, hasn’t been seen in months.On a crisp autumn night, tragedy strikes again.
Review:
Ryan Young is at it again with another tale that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I didn’t even know that a thriller was what I needed in my life until I started reading this book. I was immediately caught up in the case of a missing high school girl, someone who’s beautiful, popular, and whose disappearance absolutely rocks the small town she lives in.
Young builds the town around us by introducing prominent figures, the sheriff, high school kids who went to school with the missing girl, and the reporters covering the case. However, the case goes cold with no leads and no location for their one suspect. A sad and frustrated town is left to deal with the fact that she may never come home.
Another girl from the same town, the same high school, ends up missing. Though Cheyenne doesn’t quite have the reputation of the first girl, so she’s quickly chalked up as a runaway.
What ensues is the emotional journey friends and family endure to get her back.
From the beginning, Cheyenne has a love interest, Donovan, who is probably my favorite character. He never backs down from doing the right thing, and he never gives up on Cheyenne. Despite the news not giving Cheyenne’s disappearance any coverage, and the police not putting forth any effort to find her, Donovan persists and is the driving force behind the group of friends that take matters into their own hands. From there, Young writes a tense journey as the group stops at nothing to find their friend. They bond, they argue, they overcome fears.
Another perspective offered is from Cheyenne herself as she navigates her capture and displays incredible bravery in the face of the utmost terrifying event.
I had the pleasure of listening to this on audiobook. I listen to many audiobooks a month, and Young’s audiobooks are the only ones I’ve ever heard that contain soft music and sound effects. The narrator was impeccable.
I could not stop listening—I breezed through this book in 3 days. I had to know what happened, and I could not get enough of this story. An intense thriller, Who Will Find Her? delivers captivating characters, a twisty plot, and formidable friendships.
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