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Book blurb

A three-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her wealthy parents’ summer house. The alarm was on all night long and the windows and doors were locked. Investigators do not find any evidence of an abduction and fear the worst. Experienced lawyer, Joanna Chylka, and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, are tasked with defending a married couple charged with murder by the prosecutor’s office. The trial is circumstantial in nature, but everything seems to point to the parents’ guilt – after all, when you eliminate what is impossible, whatever remains must be the truth.

My thoughts

Set in Poland this is a very accomplished story from an author who was unknown to me until I was asked to join in this blog tour and yet has, understandably, a huge following in Poland. The story sounded intriguing and the setting of a courtroom or, if you prefer, a legal drama in Poland was new to me and I was eager to read it.

The story of a child abduction in a ‘closed room’, or in this case the summer home of wealthy couple Awit and Angelika Szlezyngier, mystery gives the reader an insight into how the Polish legal system works.

It brings a compelling, intricate story of how a child is used as a pawn by manipulative and self absorbed people. It’s fascinating how the legal system works and yet this is no stuffy courtroom affair it is much more. Allowing the reader the opportunity to be a part of what is happening as it happens from the moment Angelika Szlezyngier rings her old schoolmate Joanna Chylka to ask her to represent her and her husband as their daughter, Nikola, has gone missing makes it an enthralling read.

The house was locked and with only roof skylights not connected it was fully alarmed. So how could Nikola be taken? And, if she wasn’t taken, what happened? As the evidence builds it becomes clear that the Police are not looking any further than the parents!

Joanna and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, work hard to find evidence that a third party was responsible for taking the child but it’s not easy and then everything comes crashing down when Angelika makes a devastating statement under oath!

This is a tremendous blow for the defence but what unfolds from then on will have the reader completely gripped. What happened that night? Is Nikola alive or dead? When everything is revealed will Joanna place her own career in jeopardy to bring justice for the victim and her client?

Well there are no spoilers here so you’re going to have to read this book to find out what really happens and I hope you do as The Disappearance is a really good read and definitely one I would recommend.

The Disappearance by Remigiusz Mróz is the second in this series and it’s the first book by Remigiusz Mróz that I’ve read but it won’t be the last. I’ve already bought the first in this series Final Appeal and I do hope there are more of this series to come as I’d love to know what happens next to Joanna Chylka.

Thanks

My thanks to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for the invite to join The Disappearance Blog Tour. Also, thanks to the author and publisher for an advanced reader copy of the book in order to share my thoughts. Any thoughts shared are completely my own.

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Information

Published: Zaffre | an imprint of Bonnier Books| 5 December 2024 | Paperback ISBN9781804187623 | £9.99 (GBP) | 480pp

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Author

Remigiusz Mróz is a Polish writer and lawyer. He is considered a popular and prolific author having published 46 novels across 9 series and various standalones since his first books appeared in 2013. As of late 2023, his books have sold over 10 million copies, with each book becoming a number one bestseller and remaining in the Polish charts for several months post publication.

What is my modus operandi? I stay up late, I get up relatively early. I don’t need coffee or other stimulants, because I am driven by the fact that writing is my passion (and I am also a hopeless workaholic).

Remigiusz Mróz (website)

A recent novel, Never Found, won the Translated Literary Prize 2021 at the Festival of Giallo Garda, and film and television rights to six further series have been bought and are at various stages of development for the screen. Remigiusz’s work has been sold in multiple territories including Germany, Italy, Japan, Czech Republic, Hungary, and more.

Website | @remigiuszmroz