Blog tour: Missing White Woman

Welcome to the blog tour for Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett!

More about the book…

Beautiful. Blonde. Missing. Murdered.

It was supposed to be a romantic getaway to New York City. Breanna's new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything – the train tickets, the sightseeing itinerary, the four-story Jersey City rowhouse with the gorgeous view of the Manhattan skyline.

But then Bree wakes up one morning and discovers recently missing dog-walker Janelle Beckett dead in the foyer. Ty is gone, vanished without a trace.

A Black woman alone in a strange city, Bree is stranded and out of her depth. There’s only one person she can turn to: her ex-best friend, a lawyer with whom she shares a very complicated past.

As the police and a social media mob close in, all looking for #Justice4Janelle, Bree realises that the only way she can stay out of jail is if she finds out what really happened that night.

But when people see only what they want to see, can she uncover the truth hiding in plain sight?

More about the author…

Kellye Garrett is the author of the suspense novel Like a Sister.

She also wrote the Detective by Day lightweight mysteries, which have won the Anthony, Agatha, Lefty and IPPY awards and been featured on the TODAY show as a Best Summer Read.

Prior to writing novels, Kellye spent eight years working in Hollywood, including a stint writing for Cold Case.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sisters in Crime and is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color.

Learn more at KellyeGarrett.com.

My impressions…

This book had me glued to its pages at every possible occasion. The power behind this flawless narrative is an engaging social commentary that will make you think about how you respond to a given situation. Do you stop to analyse the facts or do you make assumptions that fit an accepted, if unjust, stereotype?

As the title tells us, we have a missing white woman. White being the key to a lot of media attention and public interest. On the other hand, we have Bree, who wakes up in her rented Airbnb to find a dead person very much fitting the missing woman’s description. Bree is black. So is her boyfriend, who is suddenly nowhere to be found. The logical conclusion is that they are responsible.

Is it, though? This compelling thriller stands between you and the answer!

Three words to describe it. Suspenseful. Thought-provoking. Engaging.

Do I like the cover? Yes, it’s bold and striking.

Have I read any other books by the same author? No, but I’d love to based on how much I’ve enjoyed this.

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