Book Review for Another Girl Lost by Mary Burton

 Another Girl Lost by Mary Burton

Published:  September 17, 2024 by Montlake

Genre:  Suspense

Taken from Goodreads:  A woman’s harrowing past comes back to haunt her in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.

Ten years ago, fifteen-year-old Scarlett Crosby was held captive in a terrifying ordeal with a girl named Della. Scarlett escaped, their predator was killed, and Della simply vanished. Detective Kevin Dawson always wondered if Della even existed.

A decade later, Scarlett is a successful artist. As hard as she tries to move on, the mysterious Della remains her inescapable obsession. Then a girl’s body is discovered—a link to Scarlett’s horrific past—and all her old traumas resurface. So does Della. Scarlett has seen her hiding in plain sight. The girl who knows Scarlett’s secrets, who understands the desperate compromises Scarlett made to endure hell, and who, like Scarlett, embraced the darkness to survive.

As a suspicious Detective Dawson once again comes calling, and obsessions turn deadly, Scarlett fears there isn’t a living soul she can trust. As for Della, who’s watching from afar, what could she possibly want from Scarlett now? And what new nightmare lies ahead?

 

My Thoughts:  Another Girl Gone is one of the best suspense and thriller books that I have read in 2024.   I could not put this book down and am raving about it to all my fellow suspense readers.   Mary Burton had already cemented herself as a must-read author for me, but this book just proved how much she deserved that spot. 

 Mary Burton wrote a book full of suspense.  The book is fast-paced and extremely well written.  It was easy to follow and full of details that made the story come alive as it is read.  The characters are multi-layered and flawed.   The storyline is dark and there are trigger topics.   

 This book is perfect for the suspense, psychological thriller reader.   The clues are given throughout the story, the twists and turns will keep you up late at night needing to read, and the ending will satisfy your need closure.   Everything about this book is wonderful. 

 Thank you Mary Burton and Montlake for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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Meet Mary Burton (taken from her website):  Mary Burton loves writing suspense, getting to know her characters, keeping up with law enforcement and forensic procedures, morning walks, baking, and tiny dachshunds. She also enjoys hunting down serial killers, which she does in her New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels. When it comes to research, she’s known for taking a hands-on approach, whether it means interviewing professionals, attending forensic seminars or studying evidence collection and analysis.

Mary is routinely featured among the top ten writers in Amazon’s Author Rankings for suspense, romantic suspense and thrillers. Her recent titles The House Beyond the Dunes, The Lies I Told, Don’t Look Now, Near You, Never Look Back consistently rank high on the Kindle eBooks Store Bestseller List. She is a 2019 Montlake Romance Diamond Award winner signifying she’s reached one million readers.

 

Formerly a Richmond, Virginia native, Mary now resides on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She’s a graduate of Virginia’s Hollins University, and she worked in marketing before her first book was published in 2000. Today she’s the author of thirty-nine published novels and five novellas as Mary Burton and ten works of contemporary fiction as Mary Ellen Taylor, including When the Rain Ends, The Brighter the Light, The Words We Whisper and Honeysuckle Season.

 

She is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Novelists, Inc. When not on the road for research or visits with readers at bookstores, book festivals and conferences, Mary remains very much a homebody. She and her husband spend time alternately enjoying their empty nest and spoiling their four-legged babies Buddy and Tiki.