Book Description
One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head off on a much-anticipated day trip.
But as night falls and the well-heeled parents – one or two of them famous, as well as wealthy – wait at the school to collect their weary offspring, it soon becomes clear that something has gone very wrong.
The children and their teachers simply do not come back.
What’s happened doesn’t seem possible.
How can an entire class of children simply vanish?
BLOG TOUR REVIEW
Review for 'The Vanishing Of Class 3b' by Jackie Kabler.
Read and reviewed via Netgalley for Jackie Kabler, One More Chapter publishing and Rachel's Random Resources Tours.
Publication date 11th May 2023.
This is the first book I have read by this author.
I was originally drawn to this book by its eye catching cover and its intriguing synopsis and title. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being One More Chapter. I have yet to read a book published by One More Chapter that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).
This novel consists of 52 chapters. The chapters are short in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!
This book is set in England 🏴 , UK 🇬🇧. I always seem to get on with books that are set in the UK better as I am from Wales and have sometimes visited places mentioned in the book.
This book is written in third person perspective with several protagonists.The benefits of third person perspective with multiple protagonists are that it let's you see the bigger picture of what's going on and you get to know more characters more, what they are thinking and what they are doing. It feels like you get to see the whole picture and not miss out in anything. To have the benefit of both first and third person perspective ensures you don't miss out on anything.
Well, Well, Well I did NOT expect that bombshell of an ending!!! Absolutely LOVED THIS compelling, gripping and addictive page turner!!!
Wow!!! What a rollercoaster ride of a read!!! Fantastically written with vivid descriptions throughout making me feel like I was in the storyline. The synopsis, title and cover suited the plot perfectly.
I could not put this book down and read it in one sitting!!! It is one of those books that each and every time I said one more chapter and then bed something happened so there was no chance I could put it down so I ended up walking around with my kindle glued to my hands until I had devoured it in one go!! . The storyline was absolutely gripping and kept me up until the early hours of the morning as I could not put it down!! I absolutely love how intriguing, complex and multi-layered the storyline is with so much going on!!! I was sitting on the edge of my seat with a pounding heart and my jaw dropping as Jackie takes us on a psychological ride of suspense and tension!!! I must say as a parent this has got to be one of my worse nightmares!! The worse part is that my eldest son has three trips coming up next month and if I thought I was nervous then it was nothing compared to how Jackie has me feeling now!! Just imagine,you drop your excited children off to school for a class trip to a wildlife park. Unfortunately when you get there there is a problem with the bus!!! However,the day is saved when a local taxi company comes up with another vehicle to take the children and off they go. However, because of the late start the children will be late getting home. Things take a turn for the worse when hours after the later time and there is still no news from the bus and nobody can get hold of the teachers. The bus is later found but there is far from relief when a discovery is made!!! We are told the story from the perspectives of the parents, children, teachers and police and the deeper we delve into the story the more we discover. What are the parents hiding? What is going on? How can a whole class go missing ???? You'll just have to pick your copy up today to find out more as there's no chance I want to spoil this explosive thriller for anyone. I was absolutely gobsmacked when everything was revealed, absolutely explosive twists which I was not expecting!!! A HUGE congratulations to Jackie on that as it is definitely getting harder and harder to shock me but you most definitely did that!!! There were points where my heart was in my throat and I was on the edge of my seat, and then the edge of my bed as I was not putting this book down until I finished!!! I loved that everything was tied up nicely at the end as a pet hate of mine is loose ends and having something mentioned in a book that the author seems to then forget about but absolutely everything was explained by the end of this one. I must also admit that I was shocked that I was actually pleased by the outcome when I should have been angry and wanted more justice but I think someone definitely deserved to get and receive justice and Jackie gave it out perfectly!!! It is rammed with bombshells, revenge, deceipt, heartache, secrets, twists, lies, and absolutely everything you could ask for in an explosive psychological thriller! I was absolutely mind blown by some of the secrets that were coming out and just when I thought they had all been told BOOM another shocker!!! The ending was definitely the biggest twist and I would not have seen that one coming in a million years!! This book would make a fantastic movie!!
Clear your schedules before glancing into this absolutely addictive and explosive psychological thriller as once your hooked there's no letting go until the very end!!
The characters were all strong, realistic and very well developed. I was completely invested in each and every one of their stories. They all had such unique personalities and I felt different about each of them, liking them or not trusting them for different reasons. It is hard to say much about any of them really without giving anything away so I will go by how I felt before certain announcements were made. My heart completely went out to so many of the characters, shocking myself with some of them who I felt sorry for and as I said previously as a parent this really is a parents worse nightmare!!! Unfortunately I really cannot say anymore at the risk of giving anything away with the amount of secrets kept and revealed so again you'll just have to go and grab your copy today!! Jackie brings each of the characters to life with her fantastic writing skills and between the characters and the plot you will be left absolutely gobsmacked!! Regardless of whether you love or hated the characters they all worked perfectly well to make this a page turning psychological thriller!!
I absolutely loved your book Jackie and congratulations on yet a HUGE success . I cannot wait to read more of what promises to be heart stopping reads. I would definitely like to welcome you to my top 5 favourite female psychological thriller author list and Here's to your next success 🥂.
Overall a heart pounding, page turning, edge of your seat psychological thriller filled with explosive twists that will keep you up late at night.
Genres covered in this novel include Womens Crime Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Women Sleuths, Psychological Thriller, Literary Fiction, Womens Psychological Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Psychological Literary Fiction, Crime Fiction, Women Writers & Fiction, Mystery , Women's Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery ,Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Womens New Adult & College Fiction and Thriller amongst others.
I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of Lisa Jewell, 'The Girl on the Train' ,Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn , Shari Lapena 'Gone Girl', 'The Wife Between Us', 'The Housemaid' and anyone looking for a mind blowing psychological thriller!
353 pages.
This book is just 99p to purchase on kindle and £8.95 in paperback (at time of review) via Amazon or which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!
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Author Bio
Jackie Kabler is an Amazon number one and USA Today bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including The Perfect Couple, Am I Guilty?, The Happy Family and The Murder List. Her novels have sold nearly a million copies around the world and have been translated into eight languages. Previously she worked as a newspaper reporter and then in television news for twenty years, including nearly a decade on GMTV. She later appeared on BBC and ITV news, presented a property show for Sky, hosted sports shows on Setanta Sports News and worked as a media trainer for the Armed Forces. She now combines writing with working as a presenter on shopping channel QVC. Jackie lives in Gloucestershire with her husband.
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