If I Disappear
A gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
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Publisher Description
'A slick, smart thriller you don't want to miss'
Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife
'Every page is packed with feral tension'
Stephanie Wrobel, author of The Recovery of Rose Gold
'An ending you won't see coming'
Louise O'Neill, author of After the Silence
'Chilling'
Bella
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Sera loves true crime podcasts. The mysteries become an unlikely comfort for her, and then an obsession.
So when Rachel, her favourite podcast host, goes missing from a small rural town in Northern California, Sera decides to act. She heads to the isolated ranch where Rachel disappeared, determined to discover what's happened to her.
But the more Sera digs into this unfamiliar world, the more off things start to feel.
Because Rachel is not the first woman to vanish from the ranch, and she won't be the last . . .
Rachel did try to warn her.
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A chilling and utterly addictive psychological thriller that will hook you from the first page and keep you up all night . . .
'DELICIOUSLY EERIE' PopSugar
'MUST READ' New York Post
'COMPULSIVE, ATMOSPHERIC' Katherine St. John
'SPELLBINDING' Kathleen Barber
'WILD, THRILLING, FAST-PACED' Hello Giggles
'SLEEK, EXCITING AND TWISTY' Rene Denfield
'DISQUIETING AND DISTINCTLY CREEPY' Kirkus
'A PROPULSIVE THRILL RIDE' Lisa Unger
'CLEVER, SINISTER' Kimberley Belle
'GENUINELY SCARY' Andrea Bartz
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
YA author Brazier (The Life and Death Parade as Eliza Wass) makes her adult debut with a gripping psychological thriller. As Sera Fleece's life disintegrates post-divorce, she becomes increasingly obsessed with a true crime podcast hosted by Rachel Bard, who focuses on the disappearances of young women. Then Rachel vanishes, a turn of events that shakes Sera out of her lassitude and sends her to Rachel's hometown in Northern California, where she is determined to use the podcasts' lessons to find the missing podcast host. From Sera's first glimpse of the remote guest ranch Rachel's parents run, there's a palpable sense of menace. Strangely, neither the senior Bards nor their ruggedly handsome ranch hand appear overly worried about Rachel, and tight-lipped townsfolk warn Sera to get out fast. Despite a hairpin final turn that's far more startling than satisfying, this novel poses some provocative questions concerning women's roles and the risk of "disappearing" if those roles are defied. Blending the true crime compulsion of Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark with the immersive creepy-craziness of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, Brazier creates a heady, pitch-dark cocktail all her own.
