The Reappearance of Rachel Price
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4.3 • 212 Ratings
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Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping mystery thriller following one teen’s search for the truth about her mother’s shocking disappearance—and even more shocking reappearance—during the filming of a true crime documentary.
A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR
Lights. Camera. Lies.
Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.
But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.
Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And—could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .
From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A young woman is reunited with her mother—or is she?—in this enthralling mystery laced with family drama. Eighteen-year-old Bel Price was just two when her mother, Rachel, vanished without a trace during a shopping trip. The case made national headlines, and things in the Price family were never the same—especially for Bel, who witnessed what happened but was too young to remember it. We were already locked into this mystery by the time Bel and her family reluctantly agree to participate in a documentary about the case. But that’s when a frightened, bedraggled woman appears at Bel’s door…and she says she’s named Rachel Price. Holly Jackson does a great job of capturing the tense emotional interplay of a dysfunctional family. A palpable sense of tension slowly rises as Bel gradually takes apart each flaw in Rachel’s story. It’s a slow-burning thriller that leads to an explosive conclusion.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jackson (Five Survive) delivers a commanding performance in this smart, meticulously crafted thriller. When Annabel "Bel" Price was 22 months old, she was left alone in the back seat of her mother's car, with the adult nowhere to be found. Sixteen years later, the prickly 18-year-old's mother is still missing, and Bel's big questions—Was she abandoned? Was her mother abducted?—have never been answered. The arrival of a film crew, which is working with the Price family to record a documentary about the mystery, exacerbates unhealed wounds and dredges up long-buried memories and old conspiracies. Bel is convinced that her mother ran away; the town believes that Bel's father killed her, even though he was exonerated; and Bel's paternal grandfather, who has dementia, doesn't remember anything. It's only when Bel's mother suddenly reappears that the real mystery begins. Via Bel's acerbic multilayered first-person narration, Jackson keeps the intricate plot—punctuated with twist after shocking twist—firmly in hand, doling out clues that will have readers guessing right along with the characters. The protagonists read as white. Ages 14–up.
Customer Reviews
AMAZING
I loved this book so much. It kept me on my toes until the very last page. I also loved a good girl guide to murder, so I’m glad this book lived up to my expectations. I love when you have so many theories for a book and one you never thought of is how it ends. If you love family mysteries, read this book!!!!
Fantastic
I hated Bel for the first half of this book. Even as I began to understand her. I thought she would ruin the story for me and I couldn’t have been more wrong. Great characters, great plot, great twists and fantastic character development for Bel. This one’s worth reading.
Great Writing!
Slow start but worth the wait!