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A cold case. An abandoned mansion. A family hiding a terrible secret.?Prepare to be hooked . . .
‘By far?her best thriller?yet.’ Harlan Coben
‘Insane suspense.?I loved it.’?Lee Child
‘A gothic, multi-layered tale, deeply satisfying.?We both loved it.’?Richard & Judy Book Club pick
‘UNBELIEVABLY good.?I was?utterly utterly agog.’?Marian Keyes
‘No one thickens a plot like Lisa Jewell.?I couldn’t put this book down … It’s?SO GOOD!’?Shari Lapena
‘Compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern.’ Gillian McAllister
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Midsummer 2017:?teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim.
At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home.
Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place.
Tallulah never returns.
2018:?walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence.
A sign that says:?DIG HERE . . .
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Readers can’t get enough of The Night She Disappeared . . .
***** ‘Strong?emotive?storytelling at its best.’
***** ‘Who is Lisa Jewell and where has she been all my life??I would rank ?Disappeared? as the best suspense/thriller novel I?ve read this year.’
***** ‘This book will?suck you in, chew you up and leave you feeling exhausted?.but in the most delicious tormented way possible.’
***** ‘An absolutely?heart gripping and page turning?story, I couldn’t seem to put it down.’
***** ‘Addictive?from start to finish!’
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* More love for The Night She Disappeared *
‘Masterly.?Gripping from start to finish.’ Joanne Harris
‘This is Lisa’s best book yet, and she always sets that bar high! I couldn’t put it down.’ Adele Parks
‘A head-scratching, heart-racing, page-turning triumph.’ Louise Candlish
‘I loved this one so much -?clever, slick and so intriguing. Lots of emotion and I?love how all the sub-plots come together.’ Mel Sherratt
‘Another?first-class mystery?. . . Totally enthralling.’ Harriet Tyce
‘I predict another?number one.’ Erin Kelly
‘I was?superglued?to the pages.’ Mark Edwards
‘Totally absorbing. I felt as though I’d?slipped into the book and lived there for a few days, heart pounding. So so so amazing!’ Katherine Heiny
‘Intriguing and?wonderfully dark‘?The Sun
‘Good-natured,?creepy?and?tense?all at once.’ Sarah Perry
‘Nail-biting. Left me reeling.’ Jane Corry
‘A?compelling psychological thriller?full of twists and turns… ideal for fans of Ruth Rendell and Lianne Moriarty’?YOURS?book club
Lisa Jewell’s books have sold over 5 million copies across all formats [Nielsen Bookscan, May 2024]
Lisa Jewell, Number One?Sunday Times?bestseller, March 2024