Then She Was Gone
the addictive, psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
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4.2 • 265 Ratings
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- $14.99
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Publisher Description
A missing girl. A buried secret. From the ten-million-copy bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsively twisty psychological thriller that will keep you hooked to the very last page.
‘A tense, clever page-turner that everyone will be talking about.’ Adele Parks
‘Dark and claustrophobic but also heartfelt and moving ... packs a huge emotional punch that will leave you winded. I loved it.’ C. L. Taylor
‘Both utterly gripping and startlingly original. Prepare to be hooked.’ Sun
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Ellie was her mother's golden girl.
She had her whole life ahead of her.
And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.
Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter.
Because his daughter is the image of Ellie.
Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.
What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide?
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OVER 180,000 5* RATINGS - this is why readers love this book:
'Breathtaking. Compulsive. Suspenseful. Poetic.'
'One of the top 5 thrillers I’ve ever read.'
'I wanted the book never to end.'
'Suspense filled… edge of my seat… I could not put this down!!'
'This was my first Lisa Jewell book, and it will definitely not be my last.'
'Dark, winding and haunting, I couldn't put this one down.'
Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2023
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Lisa Jewell has described her 15th novel as her “darkest to date” and we wouldn’t disagree. It’s also one of her most compelling. Then She Was Gone is set a decade after Laurel Mack’s 15-year-old daughter Ellie disappeared without warning or trace. As a truly disturbing picture of what happened to Ellie begins to emerge, Jewell crafts a psychological thriller that’s also a considered examination of loss. We were gripped to the very last page.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
More than a whiff of The Lovely Bones wafts through this haunting domestic noir from bestseller Jewell (I Found You). The disappearance of beautiful, brainy 15-year-old Ellie Mack in May 2005 from her north London neighborhood takes a terrible toll on her parents and siblings, even a decade later. Most profoundly affected is her now-divorced mother, Laurel. After a shocking development in the cold case jolts Laurel from her lonely limbo, Laurel stuns herself by agreeing to dinner with a man she meets in a caf , genial author Floyd Dunn, and quickly falls into a relationship with him and the younger of his daughters, precocious nine-year-old Poppy who reminds Laurel eerily in so many ways of Ellie. But then unsettling coincidences start to emerge, most notably Laurel's discovery that Floyd's former partner, Noelle Donnelly, who he claims vanished five years earlier after dumping Poppy with him, was Ellie's math tutor. Skillfully told by several narrators (some of them ghostly), Jewell's gripping novel transcends its plot improbabilities to connect with an emotionally resonant story of loss, grief, and renewal.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t put it down
It had been a long time since I’d read a book I just couldn’t put down, loved it.
Hard to put down.
Predictable, but written well enough to keep you hooked til the end. I really enjoyed this one.