The Lost Notebook by Louise Douglas

From Goodreads

A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of Morranez…

It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.

Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home - The Sea House - as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.

It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morranez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…

My thoughts

I grabbed a copy of this via Kindle Unlimited.  This is the first book by Louise Douglas that I have read and I will look for more books by her.

This book had many strands that needed to be unravelled.  At it's heart was Mila, who had recently travelled to France to look after her niece Ani.  Ani's parents had gone missing at sea, no bodies had turned up, which left a few unanswered questions.  Mila moved into the family home and took her sister's place where she was working in an agency that looked for missing people.  At face value this was the perfect job for Mila, as she potentially had the wherewithal to help her try to find Ani's parents.

With the help of new recruit Carter, who'd been employed to take over from Sophie at work in the agency.  They club together in order to try to find out the truth behind the odd happenings in Morranez as Sophie and her husband aren't the first occurrences.  Previously two recent deaths had occurred, which may appear to be linked and a lost notebook may be the key to help them unravel things.

Can the lost notebook be found and does it hold the key to what is happening?

I quite enjoyed reading this story and it had me guessing all the way through what may be going on.  I will look for other books to read by the author as she has quite a back catalogue for me to set eyes on.