Little Girl Vanished - Denise Grover Swank

Little Girl Vanished

By Denise Grover Swank

  • Release Date: 2023-06-20
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 487 Ratings

Description

The first book in a new small-town mystery series by New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank.

James “Skeeter” Malcolm’s story’s not over yet. 

Disgraced, ex-detective Harper Adams is perfectly content wallowing at rock bottom. She’s lost her job, house, and reputation, and it only gets worse when she’s forced to move back home to Jackson Creek, Arkansas, the one place she swore she’d never return. 
 
But everything changes when she gets a chilling phone call. A childhood friend’s daughter is missing…and it’s eerily reminiscent of Harper’s sister’s kidnapping and murder two decades ago. 
 
Not her business. 
 
Except with the police fumbling the case at every turn, Harper realizes she might be the only one who can save the girl.  
 
And she might need the help of a former crime boss to do it. 

Reviews

  • Great entry to Lone County Arkansas

    5
    By YvetteinRIC
    I loved loved loved more with James Malcom. Harper is a great strong character with plenty of flaws, love it!
  • Amazing!

    5
    By kejames90
    I needed to take a full day off work just to read this book! It was such a great mystery and had me down to the last chapter trying to figure it out!
  • Little Girl Vanished

    5
    By TyNelson24
    I loved this book! Bringing James Malcom into it made it even more exciting!! Can’t wait for the next one in this series!!
  • Write more

    5
    By Onioneye
    Loved this book. I have read all of her other mysteries an love them all.
  • Good mystery!

    5
    By Sweetsballer
    Denise does it again with her well written mystery! We meet Harper who is a disgraced ex-detective. She ends up in our old friend from The Rose Gardner series James Malcolms bar. The story keeps you wanting more and guessing who you can trust. Definitely worth the read!
  • Wow!

    5
    By twinsiebri
    This book did not disappoint…I can’t wait for the next one!
  • So good!

    5
    By CassLandy15
    So many twists and turns, I couldn’t figure out who kidnapped Ava until the end, so well done! Denise has her groove back! Can’t wait for the next one.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By Pricegirlsmom
    James is back! I’m so excited! He’s a character from the Rose Gardner series, you must read them all as i have done. Now we have Harper in this book and she is an amazing person. Harper has a few things she needs to get under control. Although it wasn’t intended James and Harper team up and made for an interesting read. I love this new series so far!
  • Little Girl Vanished

    5
    By saysly
    If you haven’t read any of Denise Grover Swanks books this is a must read! I was a James fans in the Rose Gardner series and I’m still a James fan. So happy that he is back and in action. Can’t wait for the next book!
  • Little Girl Vanished

    5
    By Midgler
    Another fantastic read and a great start to a new series by Denise Grover Swank. Harper is another strong female but is at rock bottom, having to leave a career she loved and moving back to her hometown that holds many painful memories. She finds herself using her detective skills to solve a kidnapping that is similar to her sister’s over twenty years ago. She finds herself reluctantly needing to pair up with a former criminal boss, James (Skeeter) Malcolm. There are many twists and turns and just as soon as you KNOW you have it figured out, something else happens. I look forward to many more books and to see how Harper can grow, change and find her self worth.