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Three Days Missing

Kimberly Belle (Goodreads Author)

3.79 · Rating details · 9,109 ratings · 1,061 reviews

Those closest to us are often the most dangerous…

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: the call that comes in the middle of the night.

When Kat Jenkins awakens to the police on her doorstep, her greatest fear is realized. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing—vanished from the cabin where he’d been on an overnight field trip with his class. Shocked and distraught, Kat rus ...more

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Jul 04, 2018 Deanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5 Stars!!

Kat Jenkins is separated from her husband, Andrew. It's now just her and her son, Ethan. Her divorce is taking a long time due to Andrew’s constant demands. There’s also a restraining order in place after a vicious incident. Kat doesn’t care about the material things, Andrew can have it all, she just wants her son.

Ethan’s class is going on a camping trip. At first, Ethan was excited, but now that they are on their ...more

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Jul 09, 2018 Mary Beth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ethan goes on a camping trip with his classmates and they stay at a YMCA summer camp facility. Ethan's Mom, Kat Jenkin's, is nervous and and uptight about it and asks the teacher why she is taking a boatload of second graders on an overnight
trip. Miss Erma assures her that they do it every year and there is one chaperone for every five students and it's perfectly safe.

Ethan has an I.Q of 158 and is a genius. He has been at Cambridge for two years and has never brought any friends home, he doesn Ethan goes on a camping trip with his classmates and they stay at a YMCA summer camp facility. Ethan's Mom, Kat Jenkin's, is nervous and and uptight about it and asks the teacher why she is taking a boatload of second graders on an overnight
trip. Miss Erma assures her that they do it every year and there is one chaperone for every five students and it's perfectly safe.

Ethan has an I.Q of 158 and is a genius. He has been at Cambridge for two years and has never brought any friends home, he doesn't have any play dates or any sleepovers. Ethan is right years old and looks like he is six.

His Mom received a phone call and the voice on the other end asks her if her son Ethan Maddox is with her. She replied that her son is away in a camping trip. Then the person who calls her tells her that her son is missing from Camp Crosby. The teacher did a head count around 2:30 am and found Ethan missing. After searching the area and not finding him they called the authorities at 3:02 am. The Lumpkin County sheriff 's office arrived and initiated an organized search of the camp and didn t have any luck finding him. They think he might be lost in the woods and he is afraid of the dark. Well trained search and rescue dogs werent able to catch his scent. Ethan has vanished without a trace. Ethan's Mom is divorced and had a terrible relationship with Andrew, Ethan 's father. He drank too much and was under a lot of stress and took it out on her and Ethan.

Another mother, Steph Huntington, from the school,seems like she has it all: money, a popular son and a loving husband. She hardly knows Kat. But as the police investigation upholds, Ethans disappearance will have earth-shattering consequences in Steph's own life- and the paths of these two mother's are about to cross in ways noone could have anticipated.

This story is every parents nightmare. It is not dark or graphic and I think it's a book for everyone, not just thriller fans. This is a fast paced read but it is a slow burner in the beginning but it then turns out to be a page turner. I really loved this book. I also was not able to guess what happened to Ethan and was shocked when I found out.
I didn't find this to be predictable at all.
I did have some disbelief in apart of the story, but other than that it was great.

I thought that the author did a great job on her characters. I really thought that I got to know them. I liked reading about Kay's and Steph's point of views, and that was when I felt like it got really suspenseful. I loved Ethan and my heart went out to him and Sammy's character shocked me.

This was a Traveling Sister read and I enjoyed reading this and discussing it and we are still discussing it.

I want to thank Edelweiss, Park Row/Harlequin and Kimberly Belle for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Jun 23, 2018 Chelsea Humphrey rated it it was amazing

Recommended to Chelsea by: Laura Rash

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With one last wave, Miss Emma nudges Ethan toward the rumbling bus. Hours from now, it will be this very moment I keep returning to, replaying the images over and over and over in my mind, not the part where my son disappears behind the smoky glass, but the part where an icy chill creeping up my spine almost makes me stop him.

Goodbye reading slump and hello Kimberly Belle! I knew she was good, but darn it if she didn't just rock my world with this one. I thoroughly enjoyed The Marriage Lie previ With one last wave, Miss Emma nudges Ethan toward the rumbling bus. Hours from now, it will be this very moment I keep returning to, replaying the images over and over and over in my mind, not the part where my son disappears behind the smoky glass, but the part where an icy chill creeping up my spine almost makes me stop him.

Goodbye reading slump and hello Kimberly Belle! I knew she was good, but darn it if she didn't just rock my world with this one. I thoroughly enjoyed The Marriage Lie previously, so I was aware going in that Ms. Belle likes her endings to slap you in the face, but this one was on an entirely new level that has revived my love of domestic thrillers. I can't tell you how burned out I've felt reading the same "psychological thriller with a twist you'll never see coming" many times over during the past year, but this one doesn't fall into that category y'all; in fact, the quotes and promo here have been very understated, and while I want to scream from the roof tops all about how much I loved this book, I also don't want to do the damage of over-hyping in the very same way that many books have been ruined for me before. Suffice it to say, if you love twisty thrillers with can't-put-it-down writing, you need this one.

Every mother lives with this secret terror... It wheezes with hot, sour breath in our ears our most primal fear-that some sort of harm will come to our babies...Not us, we tell ourselves. Not our children. It's how we survive the danger that the worst could happen, by shoving our terrors to the dustiest, most forgotten corners of our mind.

As parents, we'd be lying if we said we hadn't experienced brief flashes of terror when it comes to the safety of our children. Living in a world where social media and the news has made it impossible to not tune into every breach of terror, big and small, makes it difficult to raise our children in the same way that was done so even 25 years ago. This was an underlying thought I had while powering through this story; how would I handle such a crisis? Would I be able to stay strong for my family if one of my children went missing? My brain can't quite fathom how I would react, and mostly I've just wondered how I would go on with life, simply existing, if the worst case scenario happened to us. The beauty of this novel is that you don't necessarily have to be a parent to feel the fear that Kat Jenkins experiences from the very beginning of the story.

But sometimes, when the house is quiet and everyone is asleep, we allow ourselves to wonder. What would I do? How would I respond?

I won't say much about the plot, because this was a brilliant case of a novel being both character AND plot driven, but the entire story was breathtaking from beginning to end. I sincerely could not turn the pages quickly enough. Perfect for the beach, a road trip, or just staying up late at night knowing you'll be bleary eyed and satisfied when you wake in the morning, Three Days Missing is the book you need this summer. Pre-order from your local/online bookstore, place a hold at your library, do whatever it takes to get your hands on this one people. Highly recommended!

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Dec 18, 2018 Meredith ( on Semi-Hiatus until February) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: overdrive

Didn't live up to the hype

Three Days Missing is a psychological thriller about the kidnapping of an eight-year-old boy. While this isn’t a bad read, I found it to be a bit predictable and anti-climatic.

When 8-year-old Ethan goes missing on a school camping trip, his mother Kat frantically awaits for him to be found. The longer he is missing, the higher the chances are he will not return alive. At the same time, the mayor’s wife, Stef, makes a startling discovery about her own son, Sam. Whil ...more

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Jun 12, 2018 Mackenzie - PhDiva Books rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-psychological-thrillers, netgalley

This book is published now!!!

A fast-paced thriller that will have you turning the pages to find out what happened during those three days missing!!!

Kimberly Belle sure has a way with writing females in their relationships, as mothers, and as independent women. I first read Belle’s work in The Marriage Lie (which if you haven’t read, I highly recommend), and I was so excited that my second read by her delighted me so much! This one is a page-turner. Whether you’re a mother yourself, a woman, or e ...more

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Jul 02, 2018 Kaceey rated it really liked it

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A school-sponsored camping trip. Great fun! Fresh air, outdoor activities. Nine year olds away from home for the first time. And uh-oh, limited supervision from chaperones! Potential for big trouble? You bet.

Told from alternating POVs from 2 of the mothers.

Kat is newly divorced. Her son Ethan is brilliant, extremely advanced for his age. But socially he has a hard time fitting in. No real friends from school, and constantly bullied.

Stef, is the Mayors wife. A life of luxury and privilege. Her so ...more

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Dec 25, 2018 Julie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018

Three Days Missing by Kimberly Belle is a 2018 Park Row publication.

Divorced from her abusive husband and raising her gifted son alone, Kat is excited, but a little worried for her son, Ethan, when he heads off for a camping trip with his classmates. However, the last thing she ever expected was to learn Ethan had been reported missing.

Meanwhile, Stef, the mother of one of Ethan’s classmates, gets pulled into the investigation when she receives a disturbing call related to Ethan’s disappearanc Three Days Missing by Kimberly Belle is a 2018 Park Row publication.

Divorced from her abusive husband and raising her gifted son alone, Kat is excited, but a little worried for her son, Ethan, when he heads off for a camping trip with his classmates. However, the last thing she ever expected was to learn Ethan had been reported missing.

Meanwhile, Stef, the mother of one of Ethan’s classmates, gets pulled into the investigation when she receives a disturbing call related to Ethan’s disappearance. Using money, social standing, and her husband’s power as a politician, she works very hard to protect her husband’s reputation at all costs, even if it means hindering the hunt for Ethan.

The story is told through the alternating perspectives of Kat and Stef as each deal with serious concerns, but Kat is the person with the most at stake. Ironically, it is Stef the author chose to put the most emphasis on. I’m not an author, so I can’t say why she chose this approach, but for me, it was very frustrating. I felt the mother of the missing child might have been given equal time and space in the story.

The initial setup was fine, and the pacing was brisk. I was engaged in the story, despite my frustration with Stef’s dominant narrative. The conclusion is chilling, in its way and did leave me feeling unsettled.

However, I think the message was murky, tepid, and uneven. Kat’s wishy- washy attitude confused me and I wish the author had made a much bolder statement about bullying and how those bullies often mature into full blown abusers. The attitude of both women in this story, is how and why the chain of abuse, instead of being broken, only becomes a longer and stronger chain. People see the signs and do nothing, are victimized, yet continue to protect and even enable abusers by giving them an out.

This book looks to be well received, putting me in the minority on this one. However, the rapid, highly unlikely conclusion, coupled with the diluted, mixed messages derailed the story, for me.

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Jun 25, 2018 Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: recent-favorites, 2018-reads, arcs, kindle-version, 2018-summer-reads

5 “ratcheting-up the suspense” stars to Three Days Missing! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Sometimes you know that you are going to click with a thriller from the first chapter, and that was the case with Three Days Missing. I have read two other books by Kimberly Belle, and I was especially impressed with The Ones We Trust. It had tight suspense with a Scandal-type feel, and I gobbled it up. Well, the same thing happened with Three Days Missing; I breezed right through the easy-to-read narrative with ratcheting-up 5 “ratcheting-up the suspense” stars to Three Days Missing! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Sometimes you know that you are going to click with a thriller from the first chapter, and that was the case with Three Days Missing. I have read two other books by Kimberly Belle, and I was especially impressed with The Ones We Trust. It had tight suspense with a Scandal-type feel, and I gobbled it up. Well, the same thing happened with Three Days Missing; I breezed right through the easy-to-read narrative with ratcheting-up suspense.

In Three Days Missing, we have narratives from two moms who have sent their young children on a school-sponsored camping trip. The first mom is Kat Jenkins, and her son Ethan is nine-years-old, bright, and quirky. Kat did not want to let Ethan go on the trip. She’s a nervous mom anyway, and Ethan is bullied without friends in his class, so she was worried about how he would manage socially at the camp. Also important to note is that Kat has been going through a bitter divorce from Ethan’s father. The police knock on her door (this scene was so original, so relatable and dramatic, I could imagine it happening to me or one of my friends), and Kat is told that her son is missing from the camp. She is rushed to the site where the investigation has ensued.

The other narrator is Stef Huntington; mom of Sammy, wife of Sam, the mayor of Atlanta. Stef lives the posh life, very much the opposite of Kat, and through hearing from Stef, the tension builds and builds in the story.

Hour by hour there is a race against the clock to find Ethan, while hearing from both of these strong female characters, determined moms that they are. While I did guess one of the twists, there was no way I could guess the biggest one; it was too intricate and well-done.

Overall, Three Days Missing is an exceptionally suspenseful novel filled with likable and relatable characters. To be certain, there have been other “missing children” storylines; however, Three Days Missing is an inventive contribution, and Belle’s taut writing makes this just the type of suspense I enjoy reading.

Thank you to Harlequin/Park Row for the copy. Three Days Missing will be published on June 26, 2018.

My reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com ...more

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Jul 01, 2018 Berit☀️✨ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, net-galley

4.5 Page Turning Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5

WOWZA!!! Could not get through this book quick enough! If you are a parent I’d strongly encourage you not to read this if your children are away at summer camp or even at a friends for a sleepover... you will want to make sure they’re sleeping soundly in their own bed or within ear shot... this book is about every parents worst nightmare... that phone call in the middle of the night to let you know your child is MISSING... Kimberly Belle almost did too good of a job 4.5 Page Turning Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5

WOWZA!!! Could not get through this book quick enough! If you are a parent I’d strongly encourage you not to read this if your children are away at summer camp or even at a friends for a sleepover... you will want to make sure they’re sleeping soundly in their own bed or within ear shot... this book is about every parents worst nightmare... that phone call in the middle of the night to let you know your child is MISSING... Kimberly Belle almost did too good of a job making you feel the intense terror, the stress, the hope, and the loss, that these mothers did in this book... as a mother sometimes it was a bit excruciating and almost too real... I found myself reminding myself that this is just a book, and thank goodness!

Kat is a newly single mom and the mother of brilliant nine-year-old Ethan... Kat is a conscientious mother and a little hesitant to send her nine-year-old off to a sleepover field trip with his class especially because, Ethan has a hard time fitting in.... at first I was thinking this was a little young to go off on a sleepover field trip, but all my kids went to science camp in the fifth grade when they were around 10 years old.... Lucky for them I had not read this book right before that! Kat was tremendously relatable, just a good mom trying to give her child a good life filled with all kinds of opportunity.... i’m guessing every mom who reads this book will put themselves in her position *shutter*

Not only do we get the perspective of Kat in the book but we also get the perspective of Steph...Steph is the mother of Sam one of Ethan‘s classmates.... these two mothers stories intertwined... and even though they appear very different on the outside, they are both fierce mothers on the inside.... going to stay vague on the connection between these two ladies, because I don’t want to ruin anything, but I found both of their points of view extremely compelling....

This was a fast-paced perfectly plotted book... filled with all the twists, and turns, and reveals, you’d want from a psychological thriller..... did not see who was the bad guy coming and I really did not see that final twist! My only slight minor complaint is some things Ethan did seemed a little advanced for a nine-year-old, even a brilliant nine-year-old, but this is fiction...

Strongly recommend this to all my psychological thriller loving friends, this is one that will keep you turning the pages and up late into the night!

*** many thanks to Harlequin for my copy of this book *** ...more

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Jul 13, 2018 Norma rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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THREE DAYS MISSING by KIMBERLY BELLE is a gripping, suspenseful, and a fast-paced domestic thriller novel about a nine-year-old boy named Ethan who goes missing on a school field trip. That alone makes this book so scary and disturbing to read about (with no disturbing scenes though) and is something that no parent should ever have to experience in their lifetime.

I was totally intrigued and immersed in this storyline and had me flipping those pages as fast as I could desperately searching for a ...more

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Jul 19, 2018 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Against her better judgement, Kat, allows eight year old Ethan to attend an overnight trip to a gold mine, with his class. She even buys him the new sleeping bag he wanted, though going through x contentious divorce, it was something she could little afford. Ethan is a very bright child, but being somewhat socially awkward he is bullied at school. His wanting to go seemed a positive step to Kat, but it is a decision she will come to regret, when the next morning Ethan goes missing.

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Jun 04, 2019 Susanne Strong rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4 Stars.

A Captivating and Harrowing Mystery / Suspense!

Eight Year-Old Ethan Jenkins goes missing from an overnight camping trip. Single mother, Kat Jenkins is beside herself, having no idea what to do or who to turn to especially once questions abound as to whether Ethan ran off or was taken. Could Kat’s ex-husband Andrew be involved?

Stef Huntington is the Mayor’s Wife. Her son, Sammy is also in Ethan’s class. When Stef hears about Ethan, all she wants is to go get Sammy. When she gets a call a ...more

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Jul 12, 2018 Meredith B. (readingwithmere) rated it it was amazing

5 Stars!

Thanks to Park Row Books for sending me a copy of this book!

If I'm as smart as everyone says, then why are there some things I'll never understand?

Holy Guacamole! This book came into my life at exactly the time I needed it. This is the thriller I've been looking for! It's not necessarily the thriller that I sat there and said WHAT to but it definitely is the thriller I couldn't put down and NEEDED to know what happened. I stayed up reading late last night and picked it up immediately dur 5 Stars!

Thanks to Park Row Books for sending me a copy of this book!

If I'm as smart as everyone says, then why are there some things I'll never understand?

Holy Guacamole! This book came into my life at exactly the time I needed it. This is the thriller I've been looking for! It's not necessarily the thriller that I sat there and said WHAT to but it definitely is the thriller I couldn't put down and NEEDED to know what happened. I stayed up reading late last night and picked it up immediately during my lunch break to finish today.

Ethan is an eight year old boy who is a super genius - as in a very high IQ + he has a photographic memory. His parents are divorced - his Dad abused his mom and they live a not so glamorous life. Sam is the mayor of Atlanta and is married to Stefanie. They have an eight year old named Sammy. They live the good life. The one thing these boys have in common? They go to the same school which costs $$$. Ethan is bullied by Sammy for being too smart.

There's an overnight class trip coming up and Ethan and Sammy both attend. One night a fire is set outside their cabin. When the adults finally get it under control they do a headcount and someone is missing.....Ethan. Kat (Ethan's Mom) gets a phone call and she rushes to the campground. From there we start the three day search to find the missing boy. Simultaneously this disappearance of Ethan starts to unravel secrets from Sam and Stef's past family history. But the real quick is where is Ethan and who would have taken him??

This book had me turning the pages so fast I didn't even realize I had gotten to page 200 until I looked up. It kept me engrossed the entire time and that is something I love about thrillers. Something I also loved was that I never guessed what the twist was or who took him. I had my theories but this one I didn't figure out.

Another question this book brought up was can we always trust people closest to us? There is a staggering statistic that only a small percentage of abducted children are by people they don't know. So that means the majority of the time it's someone we do know - family, friend, teacher, neighbor, etc. I feel like the world sometimes gives family members a break (except maybe parents) when it comes to child abductions. This book made me think about that. Especially if you're in business with a family member...

If you want a page turner and a book you can't put down, definitely pick this book up. I will be a Kimberly Belle fan for life! ...more

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Jul 09, 2018 Lindsay - Traveling Sisters Book Reviews rated it really liked it

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3.5 stars. This was a quick and suspenseful read that kept my curiosity piqued throughout.

This book revolves around every parents’ worst nightmare. Kat Jenkins wakes up in the middle of the night to over twenty missed phone calls and the police knocking on her door. They inform her that her eight-year-old son, Ethan, has disappeared from the campground where he and his classmates were staying. Told from the perspective of Kat and a fellow classmates’ mother, the chapters switch between the narr ...more

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Jul 20, 2018 Brenda ~Traveling Sisters Book Reviews rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Kimberly Belle does a great job here setting the tension and the anxiety with sending your child off to camp. The tension soars when Ethan goes missing and Kat along with us all are left with questions as to how a child can go missing from camp. We soon learn more is involved here with another mother and her son becomes involved in the mystery of Ethan disappearing.

Three Day Missing is an entertaining and suspenseful thriller that takes us on a fast-paced, clock ticking race through the coulee ...more

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Jul 06, 2018 Michelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Three Days Missing is the story of every mother's worst nightmare. Getting the knock on the door telling you that your child is missing.

Kat is currently going through a messy divorce from an abusive, wealthy husband. Meanwhile she can barely afford to get by much less afford half the tuition for their son Ethan to go to private school. When an overnight class trip comes up Kat hopes this will be an opportunity for Ethan to make some friends. He's a brilliant, precocious boy that get's picked on ...more

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Jul 27, 2018 Mackey rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: domestic-noir, my-reviews, books-read-2018

Three Days Missing is an extremely faced paced, well executed mystery. This is the story of two boys, two mothers and the people who surround their lives in the peripheral.

Ethan goes missing from an in overnight camping trip that his class has taken. First glance would lead the reader to suspect his father who, while claiming to love Ethan, is an abuser. We are told this repeatedly - Andrew is an abuser.

However, soon we discover that Ethan was not the target of the abduction but, rather, the M Three Days Missing is an extremely faced paced, well executed mystery. This is the story of two boys, two mothers and the people who surround their lives in the peripheral.

Ethan goes missing from an in overnight camping trip that his class has taken. First glance would lead the reader to suspect his father who, while claiming to love Ethan, is an abuser. We are told this repeatedly - Andrew is an abuser.

However, soon we discover that Ethan was not the target of the abduction but, rather, the Mayor's son. "Sammy" is also abuser, a child, but a bully who has been tormenting Ethan

Kimberly Belle has written a very exciting book. Once I began reading it, I simply could not stop. I absolutely loved the book - until I didn't. First, I suspect that you - like me - will figure out who is behind the kidnapping. The fact that I did so early on in the book took away from the excitement of the read. Second, I adored this book all the way until the final chapters. Kat, Ethan's mother, is so incredibly concerned about her child yet she has no issues with him spending time with the man who abused her. Not once in this book does she ever come to the realization that the man who physically and verbally abused her would do the same to her son. Who, in their right mind, "co-parents" with an abuser!?
Belle, in interviews, said that she wanted to convey two messages: one about the travesty of abuse, the other about the dangers of bullying. There is a vast difference between telling a story about abuse and bullying, and actually sending a real, truthful message about these issues. In the end, for Kat, neither of these issues were important enough for her to deal with. She excused the bully and continued to make excuses for the abuser. Or, maybe that is the point of the book. Women never learn and bullies get elected President of the US. While this book is skillfully written if you merely are looking for a quick easy to read mystery with little to no substance, I wish I could have my evening back. ...more

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Apr 09, 2018 Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Two women, two different life styles, two children the same age, and then one disappears.

Ethan went missing from a school event held overnight at a camp in a wooded part of Georgia.

Ethan was a bullied child and Sammy was a coddled, spoiled child who was the bully. Funny thing is that they resembled each other. The question was if Sammy was the target instead of Ethan.

The search reached far and wide, and the only clue was a trail of clues left by Ethan and a phone call from the kidnapper.

THREE DA ...more

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Aug 24, 2018 Lisa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: psychological-thrillers

You would think sending your child on a YMCA camp would be safe but Kat Jenkins life is turned upside down when her son Ethan goes Missing, she was nervous & uneasy about sending him she is also on the verge of getting a divorce from her husband Andrew who is a control freak & has an AVO put on him after a violent incident his temper is sporadic.

Detective Brent Mackintosh of Atlanta P.D is brought in to solve the case they make their way to to Dahlonega 50 miles away, she calls Lucas who is her ...more

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Mar 07, 2019 Erin rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Erin by: Debbie Laurie

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3.5 stars
With a tagline that states that it was just an ordinary camping trip, how in the world could I resist? In this case, Three Days Missing is a parent's worst nightmare and involves the disappearance of an eight year old child. Once I started, I just knew that I wouldn't be able to put it down until I found the answers to all my questions.

The novel is through the eyes of Kat, the missing child's mother and Stephanie, the mother of a classmate and the wife of the mayor. I was so wrapped ...more

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Jun 29, 2018 Jayme rated it really liked it

Shelves: domestic-suspense, mystery-suspense

3.5 stars rounded up

Kat Jenkins and Stef Huntington have little in common except that their sons are in the same class at school.

Kat is going through an ugly divorce and has a restraining order against her soon to be ex husband.

Stef is married to the Mayor.

But their lives will intersect when Kat’s 9 year old son Ethan vanishes from the campground where his class went on an overnight field trip.

The story unfolds over the three days that Ethan is missing, told from the alternating perspectives o ...more

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Jun 20, 2018 Amy rated it it was amazing

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Well that was one hell of a ride, talk about a desperate race to the finish line and I’m talking about myself tearing through the pages of this one, I was so eager to find out what happened to little Ethan! Belle writes about everyday, average people thrust into terrifying situations in such a relatable, yet exciting manner that you can’t help getting sucked into her books within just a few pages.

This is told alternately from Kat’s point of view as she searches for her missing son Ethan and then ...more

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Sep 13, 2019 Katie B rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, read-in-2019, mystery, georgia

2.5 stars

This was a bit of a miss for me. Normally the story of a missing child would easily hold my interest, but after awhile I found myself bored. The suspense just wasn't there in my opinion and it didn't help that one of the main characters fell flat.

Kat Jenkins is devastated when she receives news from the police her nine-year-old son, Ethan, has gone missing during an overnight class trip. She rushes to the campground and while it appears everything possible is being done to find him, so ...more

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May 17, 2018 Emily Carpenter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Can I be officially voted president of the Kimberly Belle Thriller fan club? I'm totally obsessed with her books, which are not only guaranteed to suck you in and take you on the ride of your life, but give you the added bonus of characters who are complex and immensely relatable (or believably up to no good). You do not want to miss this fast-paced, utterly compelling, gut-shot of a book! ...more

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Jun 20, 2018 Janelle Janson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense-thriller, 2018

Many thanks to Harlequin Books and Park Row for providing my free copy of THREE DAYS MISSING by Kimberly Belle - all opinions are my own.

This is one heck of a page-turner!! I read it in one sitting because there is literally never a dull moment! We follow two strong, female characters, Kat Jenkins and Stef Huntington, with nothing in common except their two sons are in the same class at Cambridge Academy. Kat is recently out of an abusive marriage, living paycheck to paycheck, and can barely aff ...more

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Nov 24, 2019 Wendy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: wom-2019, 5000-2019, nov-19

This is the 3rd novel I have read by Kimberly Belle and I have loved them all. Her stories are unique and riveting!
It's every parents worst nightmare to have the police arrive on your doorstep telling you your child has disappeared. This happens to Kat Jenkins when her 9 yr old son Ethan is missing from the cabin where he'd been on a overnight class trip. Ethan's disappearance has earth-shattering consequences for Steph, another mother from the school. Both mothers lives collide in a shocking wa ...more

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Mar 18, 2019 Frank Phillips rated it liked it · review of another edition

Idk why, but this was so hard for me to get through!! I picked this up in audio format and put it down two separate times before finally finishing it today! I guess I just knew this would end a particular way, and it did, so I kind of felt like everything in the middle was just filler and things didn't really pick up until about 80% in, for me anyway. I will say the writing was good, and I haven't read a plot similar to this one in a long time. It just lacked some excitement for me. Definitely w ...more

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Jun 24, 2018 Chandra Claypool (WhereTheReaderGrows) rated it it was amazing

Looking for a fast paced and compulsive read that will have you turning the pages so fast you'll get papercuts? Well look no further. This one draws you in from page one and does not let up! Kat and Stef are two completely opposite women in their social network. Stef is the mayor's wife, rich, successful and in a happy marriage. Kat is trying to get divorced from her horrible ex, living paycheck to paycheck and her perpetual state is frazzled. The one thing they truly have in common? Their sons, ...more

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Jan 23, 2018 Laura Rash rated it it was amazing

Talk about getting sucked into a book! From page one I was totally absorbed & literally wanted to be left alone so I could read this fast paced exciting book! A brilliant bunch of characters, especially Ethan, who quite stole the ending!
Thanks so much to the author for this early signed copy:) it’s going on the shelf with the rest of my Belle collection:)

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Jun 18, 2018 Helen Power rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, author-publisher-giveaway, mystery-thriller, published-2018

Kat Jenkins’s 8-year-old son, Ethan, goes missing while away on a camping trip with his class. This book follows the story of the events that follow. The police search for him, and it quickly becomes clear that sweet little Ethan didn’t just wander off. He was taken. The novel also follows the story of the mother of another boy in Ethan’s class. Stef seems to have it all. She’s beautiful, rich, and the wife of the mayor, but there is a lot more going on than what meets the eye…

Told from the al Kat Jenkins’s 8-year-old son, Ethan, goes missing while away on a camping trip with his class. This book follows the story of the events that follow. The police search for him, and it quickly becomes clear that sweet little Ethan didn’t just wander off. He was taken. The novel also follows the story of the mother of another boy in Ethan’s class. Stef seems to have it all. She’s beautiful, rich, and the wife of the mayor, but there is a lot more going on than what meets the eye…

Told from the alternating first-person perspectives of Kat and Stef, this story is fast-paced and full of chills and thrills. While there’s a lot of information for Kimberly Belle to get through in a short amount of time, she manages to fluidly deliver it during the course of the action, without slowing down the experience with long paragraphs of exposition. I admire this in a writer. In the first chapter, when Kat is getting her son ready for his camping trip, driving him to the school, and dropping him off, Belle manages to drop in critical information about Kat’s rocky relationship with her soon-to-be ex-husband, her son’s genius-level IQ and social awkwardness at school, and other pieces of information that become critical as the book progresses.

I had a hard time putting this book down. While some of the plot twists were more predictable, others were genuinely shocking. These were the best kind of shocking, because they had well-placed clues tucked away in the story, which readers could have uncovered had they known where to look.

While the story was told in two first-person perspectives, I wasn’t convinced that the two POVs were distinct enough. Fortunately, Kat and Stef weren’t interacting with the same characters and their storylines were in separate settings, so it was easy enough to distinguish between their POVs. Because of this, it wasn't confusing, and I never forgot whose chapter I was reading. But it would have been interesting if each character had their own unique voice. The mayor’s wife might have much more refined and eloquent language than a woman who’s barely making ends meet. Or, Belle could have used this opportunity to break through these stereotypes.

Three Days Missing is fast-paced and there are several surprising plot twists peppered throughout the storyline. They brought the novel into new directions, transforming this from a derivative story of a boy going missing into a dynamic plotline with multiple characters and intersecting plotlines.

While the end of the novel is a little drawn out, I feel like this is another strength of the book. Some novels end the story a few pages after the climax, but Belle languorously wraps up all the loose ends, which gives all the characters--and the reader--much-needed closure.

*I received a copy of this ARC from the author and publisher.* ...more

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Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of six novels, including her latest, Stranger in the Lake and The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller. Her books have been published in more than in a dozen languages and have been optioned for film and television. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, Belle divides her time between Atl ...more

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