{"id":31096,"date":"2024-03-19T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31096"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:50:03","slug":"review-has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-by-nicci-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/19\/review-has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-by-nicci-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter by Nicci French"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31096\" data-postid=\"31096\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31096 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_9fbm942 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_jkdp942 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_2636942 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=640%2C972&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31097\" title=\"has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\" alt=\"has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?w=988&amp;ssl=1 988w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=674%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 674w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=768%2C1166&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=400%2C607&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_uqc1942 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">On the day of Alec Salter\u2019s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children\u2014especially fifteen-year-old Etty\u2014grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn\u2019t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan\u2019s father\u2014and the Salters\u2019 neighbor\u2014 Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O\u2019Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. She will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_xsvb943 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6ic1943  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 19, 2024<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $12.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest by <strong>Nicci French<\/strong> is a very engaging book. Charlotte Salter, wife and mother, disappears from the English village where she lives. The police, as well as Charlie\u2019s husband, brush off her disappearance. However, her children, especially her daughter, are certain their mother wouldn\u2019t have abandoned them. The case grows cold, but is revisited 32 years later in a podcast. The two brothers doing the podcast have a personal stake in the outcome &#8211; their father, a family friend of the Salters, was suspected of killing Charlie before his own death. Many secrets come out during the interviews for the program, but when a killer strikes, Charlie\u2019s case is also reexamined. This time, the detective in charge of the investigation is determined to get answers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The question of what really happened to &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Salter is important, but the book also examines how her disappearance affected her family in the immediate aftermath, but also how it changed their lives going forward. The already dysfunctional family starts to fall apart in ways that couldn\u2019t have been foreseen. I felt terrible for Charlie\u2019s daughter Etty and the toll these events took on her. The book has an air of sadness, and it\u2019s heartbreaking to see what happens to some of the Salters in the years following Charlie\u2019s disappearance. The book also has some of the most apathetic and incompetent police officers I&#8217;ve ever seen. Thank goodness for <strong>DI Maud O&#8217;Connor<\/strong>, who is brought in from London to investigate a suspicious death. Maud thinks the death could have ties to Charlie&#8217;s case and is able to uncover a surprising solution to the crimes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really liked this book, although there are some pacing issues. Some parts of the book move slowly, but then there are a few twists that keep the story moving. As soon as Maud O\u2019Connor enters the scene, things pick up and I was fully engrossed in the story. I think the book is part mystery, part domestic drama, and part character study and one that I truly enjoyed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lyha943 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49Yzor0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3INXE2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\/1143671897?ean=9780063298316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Nicci_French_Has_Anyone_Seen_Charlotte_Salter?id=rSTGEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the day of Alec Salter\u2019s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg\" title=\"has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\" alt=\"has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?w=988&amp;ssl=1 988w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=674%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 674w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=768%2C1166&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french.jpg?resize=400%2C607&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the day of Alec Salter\u2019s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children\u2014especially fifteen-year-old Etty\u2014grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn\u2019t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan\u2019s father\u2014and the Salters\u2019 neighbor\u2014 Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O\u2019Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. She will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Mar 19, 2024<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $12.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest by <strong>Nicci French<\/strong> is a very engaging book. Charlotte Salter, wife and mother, disappears from the English village where she lives. The police, as well as Charlie\u2019s husband, brush off her disappearance. However, her children, especially her daughter, are certain their mother wouldn\u2019t have abandoned them. The case grows cold, but is revisited 32 years later in a podcast. The two brothers doing the podcast have a personal stake in the outcome - their father, a family friend of the Salters, was suspected of killing Charlie before his own death. Many secrets come out during the interviews for the program, but when a killer strikes, Charlie\u2019s case is also reexamined. This time, the detective in charge of the investigation is determined to get answers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The question of what really happened to \"Charlie\" Salter is important, but the book also examines how her disappearance affected her family in the immediate aftermath, but also how it changed their lives going forward. The already dysfunctional family starts to fall apart in ways that couldn\u2019t have been foreseen. I felt terrible for Charlie\u2019s daughter Etty and the toll these events took on her. The book has an air of sadness, and it\u2019s heartbreaking to see what happens to some of the Salters in the years following Charlie\u2019s disappearance. The book also has some of the most apathetic and incompetent police officers I've ever seen. Thank goodness for <strong>DI Maud O'Connor<\/strong>, who is brought in from London to investigate a suspicious death. Maud thinks the death could have ties to Charlie's case and is able to uncover a surprising solution to the crimes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really liked this book, although there are some pacing issues. Some parts of the book move slowly, but then there are a few twists that keep the story moving. As soon as Maud O\u2019Connor enters the scene, things pick up and I was fully engrossed in the story. I think the book is part mystery, part domestic drama, and part character study and one that I truly enjoyed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49Yzor0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3INXE2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-nicci-french\/1143671897?ean=9780063298316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/has-anyone-seen-charlotte-salter-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Nicci_French_Has_Anyone_Seen_Charlotte_Salter?id=rSTGEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31106,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31096\/revisions\/31106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}