Shelf Control #91 – 13/06/2025
Happy Friday 13th friends! It’s the end of another working week for us 9-5 people. And, can I say, I’m ready for the weekend 🥳 It’s going to be a busy one, but I’m looking forward to it. But, for now though, we’re here to share my next Shelf Control feature.
As always, before I get into featuring today’s chosen book, here’s a recap of what the Shelf Control is about.
Shelf Control is a meme run by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies. It’s a celebration of the unread books on our shelves! The idea is to pick a book you own but haven’t read and write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up.
If you want to read more about the Shelf Control feature, check out Lisa’s introductory post.
When You Disappeared – John Marrs
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 349
Audience: Adult
Publisher:
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013
Goodreads – When You Disappeared
When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing – except him.
Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.
But Simon knows the truth – about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds onto are lies.
While Catherine faces a dark new reality at home, Simon’s halfway around the world, alive and thriving. He’s doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the truth.
But he can’t hide forever, and when he reappears twenty-five years later, Catherine will finally learn who he is.
And wish she’d stayed in the dark.
My Thoughts
Not too long ago I enjoyed reading The Minders by John Marrs. It’s encouraged me to pick up more of his books. The synopsis of this book caught my attention even before reading The Minders. However, that has reinforced my want to pick up this book. I also want to pick it up because I’ve enjoyed a few mystery/thriller books so far this year. For a genre I enjoy, I feel like I went through a bit of a lull with reading these in favour of other genres. Naturally, I want to set this back aright.
The synopsis has a good deal of mystery to draw us in before we even start reading. If The Minders is anything to go by, readers will be asking a lot more questions before we get answers.
My only reservation about this book its that the first page of reviews on Goodreads are pretty polarised. Some love it, whilst others are not a fan. A couple of reading friends have picked this up and rated it 5 stars. May be I shouldn’t put too much stock in what others have rated it and just go for it myself. We’re all different. Of course I’ll give it a chance, and perhaps take it with a pinch of salt as it is John Marrs debut novel. It was originally titled “The Wronged Sons” when it was published in 2013.
Thanks for checking out today’s Shelf Control post. Have you read When You Disappeared?
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Genre: Thriller
