Spotlight on: The Vanishing Act by Jo Jakeman

About the book:

From the publisher

Life as a missing person is absolute murder…

When artist Eloise Ford hears that human remains found in an abandoned mine are believed to be those of long-missing teenager Elizabeth King, the shock sends her reeling.

It can’t be true. Eloise knows this for a fact because… she is Elizabeth King.

Now, her carefully curated life in Cornwall is falling apart. Her husband is acting strangely, her children aren’t speaking to her and she can’t sell a painting for love nor money. But much more worrying are the signs that someone knows exactly who she is… and why she had to vanish thirty years ago.

Eloise needs answers. Is her son’s ex-girlfriend just plain annoying… or does she know something? Will the detection skills of the online ‘Truth Seekers’ group prove more than amateurish? What’s the real story behind those village newcomers?

And just how far would she go to keep her family, her friends, and her fraudulent life, safe?

About the author:

From the publisher

Born in Cyprus, Jo Jakeman worked for many years in the City of London before moving to Cornwall with her husband and twin boys. She is the author of One Bad Apple. Find out more at www.jojakeman.com

My thoughts:

I was delighted to receive an early copy of this book and would like to thank Hannah Hargrave for this. I was familiar with the author from her earlier title, One Bad Apple, so was intrigued to open this new book.

When readers meet Eloise, she is reveling in what she, herself, describes as a “small life.” But, of course, this current life was not always her life. What happened to her that led to a name change and different life? What will happen when her past identity is again invoked? Who is behind events? Readers will want to know. Find out in this title that is told from more than one point of view and that includes other documents such as Facebook pages. I was intrigued.

This is a book that kept me turning the pages. It is clever and fun. I finished it wanting to know what the author will write next. I will be on the lookout but in the meantime, give this one a chance.