Happy Thursday! Today I have a review of Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna, which is celebrating its paperback release via Vintage Anchor/Doubleday!
My Thoughts:
In small town Pennsylvania, two young sisters disappear from a mall parking lot. Their mother is desperate to find them and hires a bounty hunter named Alice Vega.
The police refuse to work with Vega. With budget cuts and crime problems spreading them too thin, they aren’t available to consult with her. Needing some kind of assistance, she seeks out Max “Cap” Caplan, a former cop with a scandalized past.
With no leads and little information available, where will Vega and Cap begin, and will they ever find the girls?
Two Girls Down is a swift page-turner! It is engrossing, and Cap and Vega feel real and relatable. They have the perfect partner-type chemistry I love to experience between two sleuths. There’s also a mystery within the mystery here because Vega herself seems to be hiding an elusive past.
With a fast-paced, anxiety-inducing plot, I fell for this thriller with full investment. Please, please, please give us more books with Cap and Vega, Louisa Luna! I think you have a dynamic duo on your hands!
Thanks to the publisher for the complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.
Synopsis:
When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move on, but Vega needs his help to find the girls, and she will not be denied.
With little to go on, Vega and Cap will go to extraordinary lengths to untangle a dangerous web of lies, false leads, and complex relationships to find the girls before time runs out, and they are gone forever.
Have you read Two Girls Down, or is it on your TBR? Happy Reading! ~ Jennifer THR
Great review 💞
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Thanks, Priyasha! 💕
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I love this premise! It sounds thrilling too. Wondering how old the sisters are though. Excellent review, friend! ❤
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Thanks, favorite M! I loved this book! I just found out from the publicist that there IS going to be a sequel! YAY! The sisters are 8 and 10 if I recall correctly. ♥️
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Oh, awesome! I do have it added. I was thinking they might be really young like toddlers or something. Sometimes I have a hard time reading stuff like that. 😉
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Fantastic review and picture, Jennifer. Cannot wait to read this mystery thriller. Happy 😊 Reading to you. 💕🌹📚🕵️♀️
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Thanks so much, Virginia! I truly enjoyed this one! Happy reading! ♥️
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Another great review and another book to take a look at! Happy Thursday!
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Thanks, Marialyce! This book impressed me! I also found out today there is a sequel and now I’m even more excited!
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Wonderful review, Jennifer! Sounds thrilling!
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Thank you, Darinda! It definitely was!
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Oh fantastic review! I really need to read this one it is sitting in my Audible library just waiting! Very patiently!💜
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Thanks, Berit! You will absolutely love this. It’s an incredible story! 💗
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This does sound like it was a brilliant read! Wonderful review.
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Thanks, Chrissi! I really enjoyed it!
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Ooh, this sounds like a good one! Great review, Jennifer!
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Thanks, Jacquie! It was quite a fun one! I learned today that there is a sequel, so I’m looking forward to more from Cap and Vega!
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I haven’t heard of this one before but it does sound good 😀
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It was a wonderful read, Jules! Engaging!
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Awesome review, Jennifer ❤
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Thank you so much, Bibi! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
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This sounds like my kind of book – I’d not heard of it before though so I’m going to look it up now. Brilliant review 🙂
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Thank you, Hayley! I found out after I posted that there will also be a sequel, so I’m excited about hearing more from these characters. This was a terrific reading experience!
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A great review, Jennifer – and I love that cover:))
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Thank you, Sarah! I had fun with this one! And you definitely know a good cover when you see one! ♥️
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I certainly do!
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Excellent review! I love this kind of story. I want to read everything.
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Thanks, Anne! Me, too- I have that sample problem! 😂 ♥️
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Awesome review Jen! I hope you had a wonderful Thursday! I’m going to add this one to my falling over TBR mountain!!🤪💙
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Thanks, Sus! This is a terrific one to add, and now I’ve found out there IS going to be a sequel! Hooray! ♥️
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Looks like a great book! I love writing where the main characters fit well together and this book seems like followed that principle very well.
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That’s so true, Darina. They do fit well together and that’s important in a partnership. It’s a terrific book, and I found out yesterday there will be a sequel- yay!
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I have this one in my kindle, I hope to read it soon 😀 Great review!
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Thanks, Annie! I would love to hear what you think of this!
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I did read this and really enjoyed it!
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I’m so happy you loved it, too, Patty! ♥️
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Great, great review! Sounds like everything a thriller/suspense novel should be. I do have it, and I love that it’s set in Pennsylvania because we lived there for a few years. Now where to fit it in…
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Thank you, Myndi! I hope you enjoy it too! I love a Pennsylvania setting also. I lived there for a short time.
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Whereabouts?
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One time I lived in Altoona, and several years later, I lived in Erie! ♥️
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You did not! Did we discuss this already and I don’t remember?!?!? Totally possible because mom brain + RA fog = sketchy memory. How do I not remember that you lived in Erie?
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Do you live in Erie or that area?
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Oh, sounds good! Love detective duos! ❤ Going on my list 😀
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I know I just said the last one suits you, but I this one does even more so, and there’s going to be a sequel! Yay! I hope you get a chance to read this one, Norrie. ♥️
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Great review Jennifer, this one sounds good. I should move it up my TBR. I wish I could add a graphic here to show you the cover of the one I have, It is totally different. You will have to see it when I read it and post my review.
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Thanks, Carla! This one is from the paperback release which really does look different from the hardback. I’m also wondering if Canada has a different cover entirely. I’ll be watching for your thoughts when you review it. Also, there’s going to be a sequel! Yay!
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I better get it read then.
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I love how you described this as a mystery within a mystery!! I’m so curious to see just how this turns out – I feel like I’d be hooked from the beginning!
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