In a BLINK, things can happen. You won't want to BLINK and miss this one.

Three years ago, Toni's five-year-old daughter Evie disappeared after leaving school. The police have never been able to find her. There were no witnesses, no CCTV, no trace.

But Toni Believes her daughter is alive. And as she begins to silently piece together her memories the full story of the past begins to reveal itself and a devastating truth.

Toni's mind is trapped in a world of silence, her only chance to save herself is to manage the impossible. She must find a way to make herself heard She must fight for her daughter.

Warning may contain minimal spoilers.

Wow, I am almost afraid to Blink.

Toni lost her husband in an accident in Afghanistan. The loss was devastating, her perfect life was left in shambles. To begin again, she must pick up the pieces. She decides Evie and her need a new beginning With the support from her mother, they move to a new town and try to start over.

But it isn't as easy as Toni thought. The new place isn't that homey. The emptiness she feels by the loss of Andrew is overwhelming. She feels totally at a loss. She loves Evie with all her heart just her heart is broken by the loss of her husband.

The story is told in different views, an injured person, unable to move or speak, the teacher, Nurse Nancy, and Toni. Flipping between present time and three years earlier.

Being a single parent, I could identify with some of Toni's emotions of feeling overwhelmed, to be "tired", to want to pacify the child so that all stays calm. Though, Toni, tries to cope sometimes with the extra sedatives she has from when Andrew was in the hospital.

The pace keeps you on that rocking horse between present and past and you just don't want to set the book down and break the bubble one wraps themselves in when reading a fast paced book.

You become captured by Toni's grief, her trying to be a good mommy, moving forward, and still feeling as if part of her is missing until in a BLINK Evie disappears.

Toni blames herself for taking a part-time job to help sort out the debt she is overloaded with while trying to hide that fact from her mother. The public blames Toni, for being a drug hazed parent unable to function and take care of her child properly. Her only friend is Tara, Tara understands her grief, Tara's husband was killed in the same accident that claimed Andrew's life.

As you get swept away with all the emotions, I found myself angry when Toni would need to "calm" her thoughts down, miffed at the Teacher's condescending attitude, and the wonder of who the person is in the hospital bed.

This is a novel that those who liked The Girl on The Train, and Behind Closed Doors, you won't want to miss this.