Just Another Missing Person – Gillian McAllister

When a young woman goes missing, the detective assigned to the case is blackmailed into framing a seemingly innocent young man.  While she is trying to solve the case in order to protect herself, the “missing” woman shows up alive and well, with no idea of what’s been going on.  This leads the police to reinvestigate an earlier missing person’s case, which breaks the case wide open, too wide for comfort.

Just Another Missing Person is the latest from Gillian McAllister, who first came across my radar last winter.  She once again uses time to upend the reader’s expectations, though in a more straightforward way.  I still have to dive into her back catalog, assuming I remember to do so.