The Other People by C.J. Tudor

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She sleeps, a pale girl in a white room . . .

Three years ago, Gabe saw his daughter taken. In the back of a rusty old car, covered in bumper stickers. He was driving behind the car. He watched her disappear. But no one believes him. Most people believe that his daughter, and wife, are dead. For a while, people believed that Gabe was responsible.

Three years later and Gabe cannot give up hope. Even though he has given up everything else. His home, his job, his old life. He spends his days and nights travelling up and down the motorway, sleeping in his camper van in service stations, searching for the car that took her. Searching for his daughter.

Katie spends a lot of her life in service stations, working as a waitress. She often sees Gabriel, or 'the thin man' as she has nicknamed him. She knows his story. She feels for him, because Katie understands what it's like to lose a loved one. Nine years ago, her father was murdered. It broke her family apart. She hasn't seen her oldest sister since the day of the funeral; the day she did something terrible.

Fran and her daughter, Alice, put in a lot of miles on the motorway. Not searching. But running. Trying to keep one step ahead of the people that want to hurt them. Because Fran knows the truth. She knows what happened to Gabe's daughter. She knows who is responsible. And she knows that if they ever find them, they're dead.

My thoughts

My thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review. I gave this 4 stars or 8/10.

How would you cope if you watched your daughter disappear, but then everyone else presumed that both her and your wife were dead?

Gabe is a man adrift, he sees his daughter taken and follows her in the back of a car. People don't believe him and believe that he has actually killed her and his wife. Is he a victim suffering the loss of his daughter or is he more involved. Only he knows the answer.

As Gabe becomes embroiled in things. He is keen to prove that he is innocent and that he is right about his daughter. As the strands of the story are revealed slowly, we are introduced to other characters who have secrets of their own and how are they linked to Gabe and his situation?

It's not long before we find out they all have a common link 'The Other People'.

Who are The Other People and what is their significance to the lives of the characters and their families? How are they contacted and what are the implications of getting involved with them?

To answer these questions you'll have to grab a copy of the book for yourself. C.J. Tudor has a way of drawing the reader into the worlds that she weaves around her characters. Her stories are always well written and keep the reader engrossed wanting to read just one more chapter, the stories are so addictive and this is no different than the others in that way. I read the majority of the story in one day, due to the addictiveness of it.