Before She Disappeared
the gripping must-read crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.3 • 210 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Your Next Obsession . . . A gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten.
* Sunday Times bestselling novel *
* Multi-million copy bestselling author *
* TV series optioned! *
'I read Before She Disappeared in a day and a half, it was that gripping' Shari Lapena
'Original, chilling and so gripping I had to remind myself to take a breath' Clare Mackintosh
'A first-class crime novel by a master of the thriller genre' David Baldacci
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Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking.
A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier.
Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.
But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ...
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Readers love Before She Disappeared . . .
***** 'I'm shaken, slowly crying, barely gathering right words to tell how I wholeheartedly loved this book!'
***** 'I have always loved Lisa Gardner's books and her new Frankie Elkin series is just as intriguing and exciting as all the others I have read.'
***** 'This is yet another wonderful mystery/suspense novel from Lisa Gardner.'
***** 'An outstanding thriller.'
***** 'Loved it! It was an absolute page turner for me, I flew through it in one day.'
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'A rocket-fuel-propelled thriller that will leave you breathless' Gregg Hurwitz
'Tense and immersive' Booklist
'A crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine.' Riley Sager
'There's only one thing to ask for by the time the book ends: please, please, a sequel and a series!' New York Journal of Books
'A sharply written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming' Associated Press
'Sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming.' Daily Mail
'This time [Lisa] truly hits it out of the park. ' Tess Gerritsen
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Recovering alcoholic Frankie Elkin, the narrator of this outstanding crime novel from bestseller Gardner (When You See Me), has found purpose, if not peace, in channeling her addictive personality into finding missing women no one else bothers to search for. Newly arrived in Boston, Frankie sets out on the trail of 16-year-old Angelique Lovelie Badeau, who seems destined to beat the odds in her tough Haitian community. What would drive Angelique, a girl with such a bright future, to simply disappear one day? Frankie's search leads her through a thicket of gangs, traffickers, and institutional racism. The mystery's solution is a neat twist on the obvious dangers that might destroy a talented girl's dreams. Frankie, who describes herself as an "average middle-aged white woman," is a nuanced character whose unflinching honesty and lack of self-pity allows the reader to empathize, if not completely sympathize, with her struggles. And cat lovers are sure to fall for Piper, Frankie's equally dysfunctional feral companion. Gardner pulls no punches in this socially conscious standalone.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic read
Each and every night I struggled to put this book down. I loved Frankies character as well as others in the story. An absolute joy to read and had me in the edge of my seat the whole way through.
Can’t recommend enough to those who enjoy a good thriller!
Just not credible
To be fair, I just couldn’t get into this book because the main character is just not plausible. This is more Hollywood than reality.