Darling Mine
prepare to be hooked by this unputdownable true crime thriller

4 - 5 stars rounded up Theo Novak, once a renowned surgeon, his late wife Vera, are parents to two girls, Julie and Sophia. Julie has been missing since September 2003 when she’s 16, the case becoming quite infamous and never solved. Twenty years on, podcaster Liv Keller contacts Theo, now in his 70......more

4.25⭐️ If you have read "Dear child" by Romy Hausmann then you can be prepared for what is coming in this story. Although "Darling mine" wasn't that dark and emotionally wrecking as "Dear child" it still gave a nordic noir feeling - sadness, darkness, secrets, hopelesness. I think the biggest strenght......more

Darling Mine turned out to be more twisty and emotional than I expected. I was originally drawn in by the synopsis - Twenty years after 16 year old Julie went missing, presumed abducted, her elderly dementia ridden father Theo, gets a call from Liv, a podcaster who says she has a new lead. Theo has......more

I’m a really big fan of this author and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed their previous books, so it’s safe to say I was ecstatic when I got approved for this arc! I would have requested this book based just on the author, but the premise was also really exciting and intriguing to me. I’m pleased to say this......more

Darling Mine by Romy Hausmann is thethird book I've read by the German author (all translated by Jamie Bulloch). They're all very twisty reads centred around crimes in the (recent) past and kidnapping or abduction. This is similarly themed, around the disappearance of 16 year old Julie from her......more