Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

Two Girls Down
By: Louisa Luna
Published By: Doubleday
Rating: 📖📖📖.5/5

Two Girls Down is a kidnap/mystery story about the two Brandt girls, Kylie and Bailey, who disappear from a strip mall while their mother makes a quick stop in a K-Mart. In the town on Denville, Pennsylvania the police are overwhelmed and undermanned. A Brandt family member reaches out to Alice Vega a private investigator known for finding missing children. Vega enlists the help of a former cop named Max Caplan who knows the area and the local police force. The two discover just how twisted the story is behind the girls' disappearance and learn that even small towns hold big secrets.

I must say that this story sounded oh-too-familiar when I found out it took place in Pennsylvania. A town that is riddled with drug problems? Seems to be par for the course in Pennsylvania these days. When Luna mentions places like Lebanon and Hershey, I couldn't help but laugh as those areas are so familiar to me. It's nice to read a book and actually be able to visualize the area in your head and how the story could fit in there.

The story itself was decent. You have the slightly off investigator (Vega) who is eerily similar to Salander of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame and the rejected cop who end up being the heroes. The writing is good if missing a little detail. I did want to be sucked in a bit more. There are definitely moments where I couldn't put the book down, but at the end I didn't feel satisfied. I didn't really want to know how the family turned out or if Cap and Vega ever work together again in the future. When I read a book I want to feel like I lost a friend. I just didn't feel that with this book. But overall, it was still a good read!

I would recommend this book to the mystery buff for a quick, easy read!