Gripping from the first line! I loved this. Struggled to put it down. So many twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. Good to see the perspective of all the main characters too. Bring on the next novel!

This was a fantastic story of mystery and intrigue told with insight and compassion. The main character, Cassie's, search to find put what happened to her sister, abducted as a child, is both gripping and heartbreaking. The relationship between her and childhood love, now cop, Marion, is fantastic. Particularly appreciated the fact that we get to follow the perspective of the missing sister, Olive, who continues to have a voice right up to the end of the book, alongside that of her sister, so it never feels like Olive has just become a lost victim. This was a well-crafted, suspenseful story that I will certainly be recommending to friends!

I do love a suspenseful story. After the eclipse grabbed my attention from the first page. Don’t we all tell our children, never get into a car even if you know who it is. Eleven year-old Olive as excited that the whole town of Bishop’s Green was coming together to watch the eclipse. Olive decided that she didn’t have to go by her sister Cassie’s one rule stay in sight. Wanting a better view Olive knew Folly Hill and from the hill she would have a better view. It was only half an hour to go until it became dark, until the eclipse. When she approached Wilow Lane, that wasn’t a place for many cars, a van pulled up alongside of Olive, she recognised him, if Olive doesn’t get a move on she will miss the eclipse, so she decided to get a ride. Olive Warren disappeared. Sixteen years later Cassie returns as a journalist when another local girl goes missing. Cassie suspects that the disappearances of the girl is connected to her sister and that whoever took Olive is still out there. I recommend after the eclipse by Fran Dorricott as is an excellent writer building suspense after suspense. If you like Claire McGowan, Paula Hawkins, and Angela Clarke, you will be in for a big treat reading after the eclipse by Fran Dorricott. I’ve enjoyed this novel so much that I will most certainly want to read the next book by Fran Dorricott

So, I was a little skeptical about picking this up... I know Fran, and I'm not a huge crime reader, so I didn't want to read it and not like it because I wanted to support her. However, I bought the book, and after hearing a couple of people talk about it, I got excited to read it when my pre-order arrived! Wowsers!! I loved the prologue from Olive's point of view and found it fascinating to hear her chapters all the way through. I worried that it may ruin the suspense, but all it did was add to the 'whodunnit' vibe as she refused to acknowledge her captor by name. Cassie is a stunning lead character and the depth of emotion that Fran writes into her makes you feel for her every single step of her journey. The 'crime' aspect of the story was more a psychological thriller, which I have recently found out that I love, so having been so worried about not liking this book, I did a full 360 and couldn't get through it fast enough by the time everything started to unravel at the end! I finished it in a frenzy of pages needing to know what had happened to Olive! An absolutely fantastic debut novel and I can't wait to see what Fran does next!!

This book is heavy with guilt and fraught with tension; Cassie is a mess who spends her life chasing the past to try and make up for it. The twists are delicately woven together, leaving you guessing with every reveal. This read balances a detailed mystery with an emotional rollercoaster that works incredibly well. An amazing story with complex characters and intricate relationships, I can't wait to read more by this author.