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A review by miraeli
The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby
3.0
Not bad, but there are two major logic plotholes that you have to ignore for the novel to work:
1. They never run a DNA test on Sarah. I could be wrong, but I do believe this is police procedure, never mind getting confirmation from the family that the person is who they say they are. Especially because people claiming to be long lost kids or such for money is common enough to warrant a little caution.
2. Dead bodies float. Sarah's body would have eventually risen to the surface and been found. Even if it hadn't, the police would have searched the lake for a body. The novel tries to explain this away by saying the police had no reason to search the lake because Sarah's bike was found in the nearby park so they thought she disappeared from there, but no, sorry, the police still would have searched the lake.
2. Dead bodies float. Sarah's body would have eventually risen to the surface and been found. Even if it hadn't, the police would have searched the lake for a body. The novel tries to explain this away by saying the police had no reason to search the lake because Sarah's bike was found in the nearby park so they thought she disappeared from there, but no, sorry, the police still would have searched the lake.