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Lost Like Me: A Blue Water Mystery

Ivanka Fear

Two women's lives intersect. One goes missing and needs to be found while the other must remain lost. Both their lives depend on it.


Following a horrific event twelve years ago, Cheryl MacGregor disappeared from the city where she grew up and moved to a remote northern town, assuming a new identity with her husband, Jim. She thought she was safe from the danger that led her to flee-until her parents' deaths last year.


When Jim's receptionist, Julia, mysteriously vanishes from her home Cheryl teams up with Detective Scott Evans for two reasons: to find Julia and to write the exclusive report that will forward Cheryl's career as a journalist. While investigating the possibility that Julia's disappearance may be linked to strange happenings at an abandoned mine, Cheryl uncovers a connection to her own former life, reminding her that the threat to her family is still out there.


As wildfires threaten the town, Cheryl and Detective Evans race against the encroaching smoke to find Julia before it's too late. When the investigation hits too close to home, Cheryl must face the reality that she may never be lost enough to escape her past.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Level Best Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 5th, 2024
  • Pages: 310
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.70in - 1.01lb
  • EAN: 9781685125899
  • Categories: Thrillers - Suspense

About the Author

Fear, Ivanka: - Ivanka Fear is a Slovenian-born Canadian author. She lives in Ontario with her family and feline companions. Ivanka earned her B.A. and B.Ed. in English and French at Western University. After retiring from teaching, she wrote poetry and short stories for various literary journals. The Dead Lie, A Blue Water Mystery, was her debut novel. Lost Like Me is the second book in the Blue Water series. Ivanka is also the author of Where is My Husband?, A Jake and Mallory Thriller. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Crime Writers of Canada. When not reading and writing, Ivanka enjoys watching mystery series and romance movies, gardening, going for walks, and watching the waves roll in at the lake.

Praise for this book

"Lost Like Me is a complex mystery intertwining themes of love and betrayal with a search for a missing woman. This smart mystery will keep you guessing until the final chapters when all the plot lines are resolved."-Gary Gerlacher, Author of Last Patient of the Night

"Lost Like Me by Ivanka Fear grips the reader from the very first page. It's a clever mystery, full of twists and turns, complicated characters with hidden pasts, and non-stop suspense. The story begins as an investigation into the disappearance of a young woman told from a variety of perspectives, and then escalates into a full-blown revelation of secrets that the reader never sees coming." - Suzanne Craig-Whytock, author of The Seventh Devil

"The Blue Water Mysteries delivers once again! Lost Like Me follows The Dead Lie with another multi-layered mystery, featuring memorable, complex characters and surprising plot twists. You won't be able to put it down!" - Travis Tougaw, author of Foxholes

"In the second book in her Blue Water Mystery Series, author Ivanka Fear has crafted a tightly-plotted page turner. A young woman mysteriously disappears from her home in the middle of the night, and despite all efforts, three weeks later she is still missing. This is the intriguing premise of Lost like me, a twisty, clever mystery that kept me guessing right to the end. A great read." - J. Woollcott, award-winning author of the DS Ryan McBride Belfast Murder Series, A Nice Place to Die and Blood Relations

"A gripping mystery thriller that keeps you turning the pages. Lost Like Me is full of dark secrets, missing persons, and crazy twists. Ivanka Fear keeps us guessing to the very last page!" - Joseph Souza, bestselling author

"Lost Like Me has everything a novel you can't put down should have--plus more. A solid mystery, great characters, and surprise twists and turns spattered throughout, readers will be anxiously waiting for more." - Lynn Chandler Willis, Award-winning and best-selling author of What the Monkey Saw--A Death Doula Mystery

"What starts off as a simple missing person investigation develops into something far more involved and sinister. As Cheryl MacGregor delves more deeply into the case, it threatens to put both her life and marriage in jeopardy. Another well-crafted tale in the Blue Water Mystery series from a very accomplished author." - David Weller, author of Secret of Heathcote Manor