Release Day! Nine Missing Girls by Steena Holmes ~ My Thoughts #NineMissingGirls

Happy Release Day!

Congratulations Steena

on the release today of

Nine Missing Girls!

Nine Missing Girls: : Inside the Gripping Case Files of FBI Missing-Girl Specialist Meri Amber by Steena Holmes

 Psychological Fiction, 348 pages

Published March 18, 2026 by Joffe Books

From two-million-selling author Steena Holmes, nine dark and gripping stories featuring Detective Meri Amber.

Nine missing girls. Nine cases the world wants to forget. One detective who never will.

Each file is someone’s daughter. Someone’s sister. And if Meri Amber can’t bring them home, she’ll make sure their stories end with justice.

As the FBI’s leading child abduction specialist, Meri has spent her career chasing the vanished – from Minnesota to Montana, from abandoned barns to dark cellars that still echo with screams. But every case cuts deeper than the last.

“I’m Detective Meri Amber. I’ve been searching for my sister for twenty years. Every missing girl is a mirror. Every scream behind a wall could be hers.

I’ll never stop looking. These are the stories of the girls I’ve found, the truths I’ve uncovered, and the cracks in my own past I can’t seem to seal.”

From the horrifying secrets of the House of Dolls, to a macabre twelfth birthday party, to the sinister truths buried in the Widow’s Barn: delve into nine intriguing mysteries which will chill you to the bone.

Nine nail-biting stories full of shocking twists by a New York Times bestselling author.

Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, John Marrs, A.L. Torre, Shari Lapena, T.M. Logan and Clare Mackintosh.

My thoughts about Nine Missing Girls ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)

First lines—"I don't believe people just vanish. Not really. Someone always knows something, Someone always sees. They just don't always speak." 

Meri Amber, a much-loved character in some of Steena's previous books, is back. And back with a vengeance! Meri is a detective, specializing in missing girl cases. She has been on this quest since her sister went missing years ago. Maybe someday her sister will be found and her abductor will be charged. In the meantime, she investigates all missing cases she comes across. 

Nine Missing Girls contains the stories of nine girls—nine horrific stories of abduction and torture, each one worse than the one before. Meri investigates each one hoping to bring closure for the girls and peace for their families. Honestly, some of the stories were kind of hard to read but I know that these, and even worse, cases are out there everyday. The determination of Meri to take care of these girls is admirable. 

I love the tenacity of Meri to see these case through to the end and love that Steena shared this collection of Meri's cases with her readership. These are stories you don't want to miss. I highly recommend Nine Missing Girls. 

I received an ARC of Nine Missing Girls and this is my honest opinion.

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About the author

Steena Holmes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with nearly 3 million copies of her titles sold worldwide, including The Patient, The Forgotten Ones, and Sister Under the Stairs.

Named in the Top 20 Women Author to Read by Good Housekeeping, she won the National Indie Excellence Award for her breakout novel Finding Emma and the USA Book News Award for The Word Game. Steena has been featured in various newspapers and magazines, websites such as Goodreads, BookBub, RedBook, Glamour, Coastal Living and Goodhousekeeping.

One of Steena's passions is to travel with her readers, so she created her Sweet Tours, where she shares her love for the sweet life with her readers, whether in Paris, Italy, or exploring Christmas Markets.

To learn more about her books and join her on the next Sweet Tour, visit her website at http://www.steenaholmes.com.

Connect with Steena

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Release Day! The Girls in the Basement by Steena Holmes ~ My Thoughts #TheGirlsInTheBasement @steenaholmes @JoffeBooks

Happy Release Day!

Congratulation Steena

on the release today of

The Girls in the Basement!

 

The Girls in the Basement by Steena Holmes

Psychological Thriller, 339 pages

Published April 10, 2024 by Joffe Books

Jillian thought she knew her husband. They’ve been married for twenty years. But she doesn’t know him at all.

Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields — it was supposed to be perfect.

Until the bodies are found.

Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years.

The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker — her devoted husband — is acting . . . strange. He won’t tell her where he was all day. He won’t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all — he won’t meet her eyes.

Jillian knows Tucker is lying. She just doesn’t know why.

But the truth is far worse than she imagined. Because someone left those bodies there. Maybe the real monster isn’t lurking out there in the fields . . . Maybe he’s sleeping in her bed.

  

My thoughts about The Girls in the Basement ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)

First lines—"The slamming of a door shatters the silence, jolting Lola into action. The rising chaotic symphony of voices has her closing the oven door with a quick flick of the wrist."

Oh my gosh! Steena has done it again. I don't know how she writes such deeply disturbing stories full of creepy, disturbing characters. But I have loved every one of her stories! She is the master of thrillers and creepy characters. 

The Girls in the Basement takes you exactly where you think it is going to. Who is doing those horrible things to those girls and how do the people around those monsters not know what is going on? And then when the twist at the end is thrown in, I seriously had to take a break. Masterpiece!

I highly recommend this story if you love thrillers that will keep you on your toes. It is a definite page-turner. 

I received an ARC of The Girls in the Basement and this is my honest opinion.

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About the author

Steena Holmes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with nearly 3 million copies of her titles sold worldwide, including The Patient, The Forgotten Ones, and Sister Under the Stairs.

Named in the Top 20 Women Author to Read by Good Housekeeping, she won the National Indie Excellence Award for her breakout novel Finding Emma and the USA Book News Award for The Word Game. Steena has been featured in various newspapers and magazines, websites such as Goodreads, BookBub, RedBook, Glamour, Coastal Living and Goodhousekeeping.

One of Steena's passions is to travel with her readers, so she created her Sweet Tours, where she shares her love for the sweet life with her readers, whether in Paris, Italy, or exploring Christmas Markets.

To learn more about her books and join her on the next Sweet Tour, visit her website at http://www.steenaholmes.com.

Connect with Steena

Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Goodreads

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Release Day! The Twin by Steena Holmes ~ On Tour and My Thoughts #TheTwin @steenaholmes @ZooloosBT @JoffeBooks

Happy Release Day!

Congratulation Steena

on the release today of

The Twin!

 

The Twin by Steena Holmes

(Gripping Psychological Thrillers)

Psychological Fiction, 313 pages

Published August 29, 2024 by Joffe Books

My twin brother is the person I’m closest to. But now he frightens me.

We both have the same white-blond hair and clear blue eyes. All our lives people have stared at us. So we had to be there for each other.

Bryce tried to protect me from our dad. But when he died, I thought I was finally safe.

After the funeral, Bryce takes me aside: “Since Dad’s passing . . . well, it’s been going on for a few years now. I’ve been keeping a huge secret from you.”

Now I’m lying bruised and broken on a cold floor in a dark room. How I got here is the question. And what they want from me is insane . . .

  

My thoughts about The Twin ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)

First lines—"Death is a permanent fixture in my life, but I'm not ready to shake hands with that Angel and be welcomed into its embrace. Sometimes those decisions aren't ours to make."

I'm a huge fan of Steena Holmes and her stories and was so excited to read this one—another one of her fabulous thrillers. And this one did not disappoint. 

There were so many unexpected twists to this story, things I couldn't even imagine, that sometimes I was sitting in shock at the direction the storyline was going. I'm sure if I went back and read it again, I would look at some plot points in a whole different light. Twenty-twenty hindsight, right? I may just do that, now that I know the whole story. 

The climax to this story was pretty intense and I wasn't sure that it was going to end well. What an exciting ride this was. I loved The Twin and thoroughly enjoyed the intriguing characters and all the twists, turns, and secrets. I highly recommend it!

I received an ARC of The Twin and this is my honest opinion.

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About the author

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author!

With 2 million copies of her titles sold world wide, Steena Holmes was named in the Top 20 Women Author to read in 2015 by Good Housekeeping. She continues to write books that deal with issues that touch parents heart, whether it is through her contemporary fiction or psychological suspense novels. 

To find out more about her books and her love for traveling, you can visit her website at http://www.steenaholmes.com 

2012 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK Award for her bestselling novel Finding Emma 

2015 USA BOOK NEWS Award for The Word Game, 

2015 USA BOOK NEWS finalist for The Memory Child.

For softer, sweeter stories with a hint of chocolate, a lot of coffee and communities you want to live in, look for her stories under the name STEENA MARIE.

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