Are you telling me that a whole police station worth of cops somehow missed a 12-year-old coming into the station, crying and covered in blood? The same girl who had gone missing, same girl whose family had been found murdered, same girl who everyone had been looking for? Everyone somehow just didn't pay attention to this girl coming in, just didn't hear her say who the killer was, somehow missed her run out again? Really? Nevermind the entire police station, you're telling me somehow all the streets that she passed by on her way to the police station and on her way leaving the police station and leaving the town just happened to be empty of people? That's quite a conspiracy theory right there.

Bad guy and his dad were just perversely evil, no character development at all. So much missed potential! They were just mustache twirlers, no true villain feel. She’s been surviving/ running/hiding on her own since she was 12 years of age.... after her parents and sister were killed. One plot hole that people keep pointing out is Rachel inviting the bad guy, the murderer of her family, to dinner at her own house, fully knowing who he is and what he is capable of (which protective, sane mother would do this?). The climax of the dinner scene is bizarre, too; after the call Rachel got from her boss about her blunder with the broadcast sign-off, somehow it didn't occur to her that dinner with her family's murderer would be a bad idea, even after she had pretty much admitted on air that she was Molly Foster? Also, why would her best friend and boyfriend think the sign-off blunder is funny instead of be concerned about it when she hasn't had history of saying things like that?

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Her co-workers dig into the investigation, determined to save their jobs and find out what happened to little Molly, completely unaware that Molly is in the same room. How can she continue to hide her past while pretending to work on uncovering it? And how can she keep herself and her loved ones safe from the real murderer? And, when the penultimate moment finally arrived, the best friend completely brushed Molly/Rachel off, as though she were a child and not a 28 year old woman with good instincts. I was entertained and I liked the guessing game of whether Rachel really was Molly or if in fact she was psychotic, although I found myself searching for red herrings that I never found and didn’t get caught up in unexpected twists and turns like I’d hoped. There was one incident that initially surprised me but one I’d read it it made perfect sense and I was able to come up with the reasons behind this and who had done what quite easily.

Two: Again, very hard to believe that when someone's identity is in question (especially in relation to a heavily media-hyped story) DNA testing isn't the first thing authorities would do.

The book has an interesting premise, but the execution doesn't fulfill its potential. I personally would give this book a two. The audiobook gets a three because the performance really gives it emotional lift, which made me able to connect to Rachel when I least expected to. Molly is so stoooopit. She invites this murderer/BFF couple to her HOME for dinner and has her 3yo daughter at the table. Hmmmm? I wonder what the bad guy will do with this new info? Missing Molly is a psychological thriller that kept me at the edge of my seat. It was honest, intriguing, and cunning. I must admit, it didn’t have a grasp on me during the first few chapters. However, after that, I couldn’t stop reading.

As I mentioned, I found the novel very true and real. Some people may think that this plot has too many wounds and that it is very heavy, when it is in fact reality, and shouldn’t be shielded for being that way. Although, I do understand that plots like these aren’t for everybody, and that it may trigger emotions. I don’t exactly recommend this novel for those who couldn’t take works like ‘Too Late’ and ‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover. Please take the warnings seriously, and don’t just read the book knowing you might not handle it and write a review on how bad it is for that matter.Wow !!! This one keeps you guessing and makes you think, 'Oh, its only three in the morning and I listen to just one more short chapter ...'