All the Missing Girls is Megan Miranda's first adult novel; she has previously written several YA novels. However, I haven't read any of Miranda's YA novels. All the Missing Girls is a thriller, a genre I don't read as often as I used to, and a page turner. You won't be able to put it down, and you won't see many of the twists coming until they're right on top of you. The story opens on day 1 and then flashes forward to day 15 and unspools backwards one day at a time back to day 1 before jumping forward again at the very end to wrap up the story. It's a messy ending and it's probably not your stereotypical 'happy ending.' Nicolette's father is slowly succumbing to dementia and now that he's run out of money, Nicolette and her brother, Daniel, must sell the house to finance their father's upkeep at the convalescence home. So Nicolette returns home to tiny Cooley Ridge, NC, for the summer to ready her father's house...
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