While you wait for All The Colors Of The Dark

Chris Whitaker's latest novel All The Colors Of The Dark is a thriller and a love story that centers on the disappearances of girls from a small Missouri town. The tale begins in 1975 when a local boy, Patch, becomes a hero for saving a wealthy family's daughter from abduction. While he saved the girl, he becomes the victim.

Patch's friend, 13-year-old Saint Brown, is determined to find him. So determined that she grows up to become an FBI agent. Meanwhile, Patch grows up in captivity with the abducted girls.

“This book hits like a sledgehammer. Equal parts harrowing and triumphant, Chris Whitaker's novel is a haunting story of America, alternating between its twin strands of violence and love. An absolutely must-read novel.”— bestselling author Gillian Flynn

“All the Colors of the Dark is epic in every sense of the word: time, scope, skill, and love. It’s a crime novel with a huge beating heart and some of the best characters I’ve ever passed my time with.”—Abigail Dean, author of Girl A

I've found some thrilling and suspenseful missing persons mysteries to keep you reading while you wait for your hold of All The Colors Of The Dark. You'll also enjoy these reads if you're lucky enough to have read Whitaker's newest book and are looking for a complementary story.

Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

Get ready for lots of intriguing twists. Vivvy, the daughter of a psychic, has made accurate predictions of her own. As a child one of her predictions saved the life of a school mate, Mike. He grew up to be cop in their hometown Fort Worth, Texas. Vivvy is now an astrophysicist who does her best to avoid the psychic label and avoids sharing predictions.

When Mike asks her to consult on the case of a missing girl Vivvy feels obligated to help even though being known as a psychic could hurt her career as a scientist. Vivvy's wariness of getting involved increases when she's forced to work with a cynical and maybe dangerous cop, Jesse. He doesn't believe in psychics and worries Vivvy's wasting his time.

You'll quickly get pulled into the quest to find the missing girl, the complicated relationship that emerges between Vivvy and Jesse, and the media circus that descends when a controversial podcaster gets involved in the case.

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

When Chloe Davis was 12, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. Shockingly, her dad confessed to the crimes and was sentenced to life in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family struggled with the truth and tried desperately to move on with their lives.

It's 20 years later and Chloe is a psychologist preparing for her wedding. She's happy but challenged by her teenage patients. When two local teenage girls go missing, Chloe's feelings from the summer her dad was arrested come rushing back. She starts seeing similarities between these new abductions and the ones from 20 years ago. Is there really a connection? Can Chloe help find the perpetrator?

This books is full of suspense and atmospheric creepiness.

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

Detective Julia Day is called in to lead a missing person case. At first it seems like so many other sad cases she's seen — a pretty young woman walks home alone and never arrives. Julia soon realizes this is not the usual case. CCTV shows the young woman walking into a closed off alley on the night she disappeared and never shows her coming back out.

There are strange echoes of familiarity with the case that Julia can't put her finger on. Before she can dig deeper, a masked man tells her he knows her darkest family secret. He gives her the name of a person to convict for the murder of the missing young woman. If she refuses, he will reveal her secret. How far will she go to protect her secret and her family?

Just Another Missing Person will keep you turning the pages as you try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. The story will also get you thinking about parental love, guilt, obligation, and the sometimes hazy line between right and wrong.

If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier

Here's a missing person thriller for pocast fans. Sera is an avid/obsessive fan of a true-crime podcast. When her favorite podcast host, Rachel, goes missing, Sera is positive she can to find her. Sera drops everything and starts following clues in episodes that take her to an isolated ranch near Rachel's small hometown in northern California.

Sera gets a job on the ranch, essentially going undercover, to try to find Rachel. There is definitely something strange going on at this ranch, but does it really have anything to do with Rachel?

In addition to trying to solve the missing person case, throughout the book I was trying to figure out if Sera is on a wild goose chase. Is Rachel really missing? Are there actual clues in the podcast or is Sera delusional?

This novel is a unique take on a missing person tale.