The Missing Girl
The Addictive, Must-Read Mystery of the Year
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- 39,00 kr
Publisher Description
A stunning debut thriller, The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana is a gripping novel full of twists and turns, and a desperate hunt to solve a decades-old mystery.
Anna Flores was just a child when her adored teenage sister disappeared.
Unable to deal with the pain, Anna took the first opportunity she had to run from her fractured family, eventually building a life for herself abroad.
Now, thirty years on, her mother has died, and Anna must return home to sort through her possessions.
In doing so, she has to confront the huge hole her sister's disappearance left in their lives, leaving just one question unanswered: what really happened to Gabriella?
Because not knowing is worse than the truth.
Isn’t it?
'A captivating mystery at heart but also a poignant study of grief, loss and the unbreakable bonds of family . . . A triumph.' – Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Anna Flores has spent her adult life away from her family, rebuilding her life after her elder sister Gabriella vanished as a teenager—a mystery that has never been solved. In this stirring study of loss and grief, Anna is drawn home by other family tragedy and finally begins to uncover some startling truths behind Gabriella’s disappearance 30 years earlier. Debutant Jenny Quintana delves into the Flores family’s history with sharply evocative prose, building towards a very satisfying twist.
