Thanks to Berkley Publishing Group via Net Galley for the ARC amazon kindle e-book. This is my honest review.

[b: Gone Without A Trace|29758021|Gone Without A Trace|Mary Torjussen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1476006461s/29758021.jpg|50117325] by [a: Mary Torjussen|8280779|Mary Torjussen|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png] was a twisted and unusual ride. The title gave me the impression it would be like other stories I have read and watched on television. It was not. The plot was unique and made me think of what happens to people in the witness protection program.

"Gone Without A Trace" was a delightful mystery that kept me in suspense nearly the whole read. The end of the novel made me ask myself, do we really ever know anyone?

Thank you for the adventure. ( )

Wow. I did not see that plot twist coming. The final paragraph sent chills down my back. ( )

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This is a bit of long winded slog.
Main character Hannah lives in the Wirral, comes back from a Conference and her boyfriend Matt has ran away, he has taken all proof of him ever being part of her life with him.
She is upset and determined to find him, she starts to make mistakes at work and gets suspended, She finds it hard to trust anyone, She has a friend she has known from School called Katie she still sees and an ex boyfriend called James who is now with Katie.
Hannah's Dad is also very overbearing.
Hannah thinks she might be pregnant makes her more determined to find Matt. She tracks him down to Manchester and he is with Katie there is a bit of a fight Katie falls off a balcony, Matt ends up in a coma.
Also someone is playing tricks on her she thinks it is Matt, but it turns out to be James her ex from when she was a teenager.
James confronts her he knows she is responsible for Katie's death and Matt in a coma, which he recovers from.
She goes to Prison for 2 and a half years when she gets out and first thing she does is look up Matt.
She is obsessed by him she has a terrible temper and used to beat him up.
Silly book. ( )

Hannah comes home one day to find her boyfriend has completely disappeared. It's not just that he's not at home. Everything of his is gone. He's disappeared from her social media. His phone number is missing from her contacts. And his place of employment says he no longer works there. It's as though his entire existence was a figment of her imagination. Except she knows it wasn't. And her friends can confirm that for her. But where did he go? And why did he leave? And why do things keep turning up in her apartment when she's not home? And why does she have the feeling that someone is watching her from a distance? She's determined to find answers, regardless of what it means for everything else in her life.

This is definitely a page-turner. It opens with such an incredible question: How can someone completely disappear from your life? And did they do so willingly or should you immediately suspect foul play of some kind? Hannah feels like she might be losing her mind, and there's clearly good reason why she may feel that way. The complicated web of connections and the untangling of it that is the plot of this story will keep you wondering right through to the end of the book.

[This review is based on an advance review copy received from the publisher via the First to Read program.] ( )