Blog Tour: Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

*I received an e-copy complimentary to enable me to take part in the blog tour. Today I'm on the blog tour for the fantastic Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten.

Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for.

When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking.

A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier.

Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.

But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ...

My thoughts?

This is my first book by this author and I'm sure it won't be my last. I absolutely loved the heroine of this tale, Frankie Elkin, a middle aged ex-alcoholic with demons of her own. She's made it her life's mission and crusade to look for the missing people once the police stop looking.

The story is set in tough Mattapan, a neighbourhood in Boston and to help her survive while she's looking for missing Haitian teenager, Angelique Badeau she takes a job which comes with a room in a local bar. The locals are suspicious of this white stranger and it takes a while for her to be accepted.

The Police understandably are unhappy and say they're leaving her to it. The lead cop in Angelique's investigation helps her out from time to time and they become friends of sorts. I found the story action packed with very interesting characters and I felt the author really knew the Mattapan area well. I love how once Frankie starts a job she just doesn't stop. I'm hoping this is the first in a long line of Frankie Elkin stories. I absolutely loved it.