A Disappearing Act
Jo Dixon
Reviewed by Helen
Four friends, Sarah, Poppy, Xanthea and Marnie, lived in an old converted warehouse in Melbourne known as Ellzon in the 1990’s meet up again in 2024 for a trip to Tasmania and nobody saw what was going to happen but secrets from the past start to unravel, how will it all turn out?
Marnie Elliot is now a bestselling author who lives in London she has not seen her friends for many years and decides to invite them all for a week long holiday, is it to drink and have fun or does Marnie have another reason to be here with them, could it be something about the exposé that is just about to be released, she knows she has not always told the truth but this could blow her career sky high along with her life.
Sarah, loved her life back in those years being young and living the good life but things changed and a vow of secrecy taken soon everyone moved on from Ellzon and made new lives, Sarah marries and has a daughter, Poppy marries but not happily and Xanthea married her girlfriend and has two sons.
Now one night together in Tasmania and three of them are keen for monetary help from Marnie but what happens is those secrets start to unwind and soon one of them is missing, who and why?
This is a twisty story of friendships secrets and the past erupting, will they get the truth? I did very much enjoy this one a bit slow to start and the characters are all good although I don’t think I was fond of any of them but for me the story line was really good and I did not see what was coming in the end, I do highly recommend this one to any lover of a good twisty mystery.
My thanks to Harlequin AU and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Marnie Elliot is now a bestselling author who lives in London she has not seen her friends for many years and decides to invite them all for a week long holiday, is it to drink and have fun or does Marnie have another reason to be here with them, could it be something about the exposé that is just about to be released, she knows she has not always told the truth but this could blow her career sky high along with her life.
Sarah, loved her life back in those years being young and living the good life but things changed and a vow of secrecy taken soon everyone moved on from Ellzon and made new lives, Sarah marries and has a daughter, Poppy marries but not happily and Xanthea married her girlfriend and has two sons.
Now one night together in Tasmania and three of them are keen for monetary help from Marnie but what happens is those secrets start to unwind and soon one of them is missing, who and why?
This is a twisty story of friendships secrets and the past erupting, will they get the truth? I did very much enjoy this one a bit slow to start and the characters are all good although I don’t think I was fond of any of them but for me the story line was really good and I did not see what was coming in the end, I do highly recommend this one to any lover of a good twisty mystery.
My thanks to Harlequin AU and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
4 stars
November 1, 2025 by HQ Fiction
