Cora Landry is a quiet , shy and self conscious 12 year old who falls victim to the vicious bullying inflicted by Jordan Petit. Cora lives in a nice house in a nice neighbourhood with her parents and her older sister Kendall .

Jordan Petit is the ‘It girl’ that every school has . She’s Pretty , popular and confident. Jordan lives with her grandad after being abandoned by her parents when she was young.

Violet Crow is the new girl in town . A sweet but timid girl who soon forms a friendship with Cora Landry. Violet lives in a small house in a rough neighbourhood with her mother and her older brother Max .

One normal sleepover has gruesome consequences. Cora is left beaten and bloody at a abandoned rail yard with her friends no where to be seen .

The small town of Pitch is left shocked and is asking who would want to hurt a young and innocent girl so brutally? Everyone is desperate for answers , Everyone is a suspect.

No one can be trusted

Tension builds as the investigation starts , suspects are questioned and rumours are invented.

A real page turner! I read this book in a couple of sittings, I was so gripped. I really enjoyed the fact that the awful story and the events leading upto it , are told from several different characters point of view and that the dialogue varies, which definitely made it so easy to read !

I did have several of those clichè moments , clapping my hand over my mouth in surprise or horror and physically squirming at the thought of something horrible !

Before she was found is a fine example of how cruel people can be towards each other and how the mind is so strong yet so fragile.

The ending will leave you feeling an array of emotions – it’s Awesome.

Before she was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
Paperback £7.99
Also available in eBook and audiobook

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