Release Day Review: All The Missing Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

 

Once you enter their world, there is no escape…in this gripping and undeniably chilling thriller from Emmy-award winning journalist Linda Hurtado Bond.

As a crime reporter for a Tampa TV news station, Mari Alvarez knows when an investigation enters dangerous territory. But with her estranged sister missing and almost no information to go on, Mari can’t trust anyone but herself to find the truth. Now she has just 48 hours to sneak into Cuba undetected, track down her sister…and pray to her orisha that she’s not too late.

This is nothing like reporting in her neighborhood, though--a place she knows like the back of her hand. In Havana she has no contacts and only an ice-cold trail of cryptic clues. When Detective Tony Garcia offers to help, Mari puts aside her instincts and tries to let someone in. But soon they’re caught in a maze of lies, deception, and an undercurrent of the island’s own witchcraft, a sinister Brujería.

Every lead draws Mari further into this world of shadows, especially when her sister isn’t the only young woman who’s gone missing. Each step pushes Mari and Tony toward a revelation they never saw coming. And as they close in on the horrifying truth, one thing becomes clear…no one will let them leave Cuba alive.

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What I thought about All The Missing Girls

In All the Missing Girls, crime reporter Mari Alvarez travels illegally to Cuba to search for her missing sister.  She finds more than that when she discovers there are a number of missing girls.  Dealing with the local culture and superstitions, she tries to navigate her way around with the help of some local friends.  It's all very tense right from the start.

I really liked this. While there were a few slow spots, it moved along quite nicely and had a good level of action sequences.  I did like the insight into Cuban culture.

This is the second book in a series about crime reporter Mari Alvarez, but it works well as a standalone and it made me want to read the first book in the series, so that's a good thing. 

Overall, an engaging mystery / thriller with suspenseful atmosphere throughout. I found Mari to be an interesting character and wanted to know more about her. There is a cliffie, so beware you will be left wanting more. 

 

About the Author

By day, Linda Hurtado Bond is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist. By night, she’s an author of James Bond-like adventures and heart-stopping thrillers. Linda met her husband Jorge on assignment in Cuba, twenty-some years later they've raised a doctor, a nurse, a pilot, a paramedic firefighter, and an aspiring psychologist.  A breast cancer survivor, she’s active in the Tampa community raising money and awareness. When not working she finds time for her passions, her husband Jorge, world travel, classic movies, and solving a good mystery. 

 

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