Limetown

 Limetown by Cote Smith, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie, 290 pages.

In this prequel to the popular podcast, a teenage Lia Haddock becomes obsessed with finding the truth about Limetown, and the 300 people who disappeared from it. Meanwhile, many years earlier, her Uncle Emile gets pulled deeper into the web of the shadowy scientists who are integral to the mystery.

Unfortunately, this turned out to be a prime example of an unnecessary prequel. Many of the events here either weaken or completely contradict the events of the original podcast. It also feels like it is hardly the genre, lacking any real tension. It works a little better as a standalone book, but the fact that it's a prequel means that the ending isn't particularly satisfying. I would probably give this one a skip, definitely check out the Limetown podcast though, which does still hold up.