He’s Gone (Robyn Bailley, book 1) by Alex Clare

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He’s Gone is the first in the Robyn Bailley series. It is about Ben, a three year old, who goes missing from the local shopping center. Strangely Ben’s mother does not seem very bothered by her son’s disappearance. She also does not like the lead investigator. Robyn Bailley is transitioning from male to female and this is her first case back on the job. She needs to find Ben and also help people to recognize her as Robyn.


As mentioned, this is the first book in a series and I’m looking forward to reading the rest. Thanks to Love Book Tours, I will be on tour with the entire series so look for tours over the next few months. If I had to pick a favorite thing about this book, it would be the title. It has multiple meanings showing the two stories of the book. Ben is missing and Roger (now Robyn) is gone. The author does an excellent job of writing a great crime story while at the same time telling Robyn’s story of transitioning. Robyn has to learn several times how important a womans purse is and to keep track of it. I loved these details woven in the book. The premise of this series is very interesting and I’ve never read a series about a person transitioning from one gender to another but its important to remember when picking up the book that Robyn’s personal life is not the only story in this book. Ben is missing but was not be the only crime in the story. To me this was real life as police work multiple cases at the same time. This is an excellent book and you would enjoy if you like crime novels.

Author Info:

After nearly twenty years of being a committed corporate person, Alex Clare was made redundant. She had always enjoyed writing, studying fiction part-time through the Open University and managing to complete a novel in her commuting time, though no one had ever read it. After a period focusing on short stories, she wanted to try another novel. Inspiration came from watching Parliament debate the Equal Marriage Act in 2013. Astounded by the intensity of feeling generated, she created a fictional world to explore some of the issues and attitudes

Keep in touch with Alex:

Website: https://alexclareauthor.wordpress.com/

Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/alexandra.clare.9

Twitter: @_AlexendraClare

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