At first, the case seems open and shut (after all, the accused has already confessed to murdering his father), but the body evades the searches of the police. It centres on a case of presumed murder that the main character, Detective Inspector David Bliss, encounters on his first day at a small police station in rural Hampshire.
It felt like a coming of age story partnered with a fantasy/fairytale book but for some reason the two concepts didn’t gel well enough for me which is why I struggled to get into the book as much as I would have liked.Missing: Presumed Dead is an entertaining novel that blends the police procedural genre with comic elements of the traditional rural English mystery. But for me there was a mismatch of genre vibes in the book. Hmmmm… this was a hard one to rate because there were good elements in the story like the topics of anxiety and bullying, staying true to yourself, friendship and honesty. Will the three of them ever make it back home? Can Michael take control of his own future? And will Spinney Wood’s darkest secrets finally be revealed? All he wants to do is disappear and hide away –like a mole!?With the help of his newfound friends, Melanie and Ben, Michael returns to Spinney Wood in the hope of rescuing Jonty and uncovering the truth. He doesn’t know what to do, and he can’t tell his parents. Little does he know, this will be the start of a great adventure…?Jonty, the biggest bully in school is missing, and only Michael knows where he is. Spinney Wood holds an abundance of dark and frightening secrets: most notably the inexplicable disappearance of many children over the years. He worries about anything and everything.?Taking a short cut home one day through nearby Spinney Wood, he stumbles into a mysterious parallel world. He is bullied at school and has a strained relationship with his parents. I met Paul at an event and as a fellow author I must say I do feel this book has potential to help many young people through the awful journey of anxiety.
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