Book Review: What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan
As the title suggests, Nina is missing. Her boyfriend, Simon, claims that Nina was alive and waiting for a friend to pick her up from his family’s vacation property when he saw her last. Nina’s parents are not quite so sure, and nor is the police detective assigned to the case.
Most reviewers have mentioned that McTiernan has used the real life case of Gabby Petito as her inspiration for What Happened to Nina. I do see the similarities, but there’s enough differences for readers to still be surprised by some of the events in the book. One of the main similarities McTiernan included between the real life case and her fictional one is social media scrutiny. It’s quite scary to think how easily people can be influenced by a couple of Facebook posts.
The story is told from multiple points of view and McTiernan’s writing style made this a very fast read, I finished it in only a couple of days. It’s definitely a standalone tale but, I will admit, I wouldn’t be adverse to McTiernan giving Detective Matthew Wright another outing some time.
Recommended and it wouldn’t surprise me if this was one day turned into a tv series.
5 out of 5
*Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Australia for my copy.
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