Emma Hunter is at a meeting with Maddie, her agent, discussing where she might go with her next book. Suddenly there's shouting- a young woman is on the roof about to jump. Maddie, having had experience with the Samaritans attempt to talk her down. Sadly she doesn't succeed. Just before she leans back & falls she asks Emma to find Sally & tell her she is sorry. Emma discovers that the victim, Natalie once lived on an Army base. One night she & three friends snaked out into the woods. Sally disappeared & there had never been any answers. Emma, along with her friend reporter Rachel & cold case cop Jack attempt to find out what happened. Told from the time when Sally disappeared & present day this fast paced thriller keeps the reader on their toes. I really enjoyed the first book in this series & this one was equally enjoyable. I like seeing how the characters are developing & how the story arch is progressing across the series. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

It is the second in the Emma Hunter series and I really REALLY enjoyed this book. It begins very shortly after the end of the first book Ransomed. I thought it had a brilliant first chapter, one that had me hooked and reeled in right from the start. This was, for me, one of those books that just got better and better the more I read. Emma and her agent witness someone throw herself off a building with her last words being “Find Sally. Tell her I’m Sorry”. This leads Emma to look into the disappearance of a teenager from an army base 15 years before. The story moves from ‘then’ and ‘now’ so easily and is written so well it held my attention all the way through. I really like the characters, especially Emma - she is very believable and likeable with a good back story which plays a part in this series. The last quarter of the book raced to a thrilling conclusion with so many twists I didn’t expect (wow, wow, wow) and most loose ends tied up. Overall, a very well written book, with a good plot line that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. I am loving this series and eagerly await the next book.

This was a complex and totally absorbing story. Lots of different threads in different timelines which all come together at the end. Great characters and descriptive writing which brings the whole story to life. A thoroughly enjoyable read..

journalist Emma Hunter has worked hard trying to find missing children. She's working on a cold case of a teenager who went missing fifteen years ago. While Emma is at her agents, a young woman falls from the roof. In her dying moments, Natalie ski Emma to find Sally. Emma, her journalist friend, Rachel and Jack, a police officer join forces to try and find out what had happened that night. The story alternates between the now and then format. Then: is when Sally, Louise, Jane and Natalie sneak out on the night Sally disappeared. The girls made a pact never to tell what had happened. Now: Rachel is a writer and her sister is missing. All 4he characters in 4he book are well rounded and believable. This is a well written story with lots of twists. This is turning out to be a fantastic series. I would like to thank #NetGalley, #HarperCollinsUK #OneMoreChapter and the author #MAHunter for my ARC in exchange for an honest review. #Isolated

I’d like to thank HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Isolated’, the second in the Missing Children Case Files written by M A Hunter, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. In the middle of the night four teenage girls living at Bovington Garrison, Louise, Jane, Sally and Natalie, sneak out of their homes to cast a spell in the woods, but only three girls return. For fifteen years Natalie believes she’s to blame for Sally going missing as she lied when they made their pact. Emma Hunter, investigative journalist and author of best-selling book ‘Monsters Under The Bed’, is visiting her agent Maddie when she becomes aware of Sally’s disappearance all those years ago. Could she use her investigative talents to unearth the truth? The story begins fifteen years ago with events that have deeply affected Natalie, to the present time as Emma meets her agent Maddie with her completed second book ‘Ransomed’. During her visit she becomes aware that Natalie wants her to find Sally to tell her she’s sorry. ‘Isolated’ is an intriguing and cleverly thought-out sequel to ‘Ransomed’ and I’ve enjoyed seeing how Emma’s character has developed, her friendship with Maddie and best-friend Rachel, as well as her relationship with Jack who’s been helping in the search for her missing sister Anna who disappeared twenty years ago. This is an interesting book that’s kept me reading and I can recommend it.