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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RUNAWAY RICHARD & JUDY PHENOMENON

Her daughter has gone missing. But did she ever really know her . . .

''Thrilling'' SUNDAY EXPRESS
''Completely unputdownable'' 5***** READER REVIEW
''Utterly gripping'' MAIL ON SUNDAY
''Unforgettable'' 5***** READER REVIEW
________

Naomi is missing.


Her mother Jenny is desperately searching for answers.

But the traces of Naomi''s existence reveal a very different girl to the one Jenny thought she''d raised.

The more she looks, the more she learns that everyone she trusted has been keeping secrets . . .

Is finding her the only way to put their family back together?

Or will discovering the truth about Naomi finally tear them apart?
________

''We absolutely loved this'' RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB

''Tau

Trade Review
It is gripping and full of emotion . . . yet the twist at the end makes you question your assumptions, and really makes you think about the nature of a mother-daughter relationship and how different it can be from each side of the coin * Jessica Eames, author of Bad Seed *
We absolutely loved this book. It's about a GP and her family and the sudden horror that devastates their lives when their 16-year-old daughter disappears one night. It's difficult to believe that this accomplished book is a debut * Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy book club *
Ostensibly a suspense novel about the disappearance of a teenage girl, this taut and thought-provoking debut novel explores a working mother's guilt, something all-too familiar to many of us * Woman & Home *
Thrilling, yet written with depth and subtlety, and tender insight into parental love * Tessa Hadley *
Complex and baffling. Jane Shemilt builds layer upon layer of tension in a novel you won't be able to put down * TESS GERRITSEN *
Gripping to the last page! * My Weekly *
Thrilling * Sunday Express *
Clever * Sun *
Taut and thought-provoking * Sunday Mirror *
Utterly gripping. A tautly coiled spring of suspicion and suspense which builds to a devastating ending * Mail On Sunday *
A wonderful plot, full of tantalising reasons to read on, and of course with a killer twist at the end. What impressed me most was (. . .) the impossibility of truly knowing those closest to us, the pressures of parenthood - in particular working motherhood, and the terrible loss at the heart of all parenting: they grow up and away * Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 28/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9781405915298, 978-1405915298
      ISBN10: 1405915293

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RUNAWAY RICHARD & JUDY PHENOMENON

      Her daughter has gone missing. But did she ever really know her . . .

      ''Thrilling'' SUNDAY EXPRESS
      ''Completely unputdownable'' 5***** READER REVIEW
      ''Utterly gripping'' MAIL ON SUNDAY
      ''Unforgettable'' 5***** READER REVIEW
      ________

      Naomi is missing.


      Her mother Jenny is desperately searching for answers.

      But the traces of Naomi''s existence reveal a very different girl to the one Jenny thought she''d raised.

      The more she looks, the more she learns that everyone she trusted has been keeping secrets . . .

      Is finding her the only way to put their family back together?

      Or will discovering the truth about Naomi finally tear them apart?
      ________

      ''We absolutely loved this'' RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB

      ''Tau

      Trade Review
      It is gripping and full of emotion . . . yet the twist at the end makes you question your assumptions, and really makes you think about the nature of a mother-daughter relationship and how different it can be from each side of the coin * Jessica Eames, author of Bad Seed *
      We absolutely loved this book. It's about a GP and her family and the sudden horror that devastates their lives when their 16-year-old daughter disappears one night. It's difficult to believe that this accomplished book is a debut * Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy book club *
      Ostensibly a suspense novel about the disappearance of a teenage girl, this taut and thought-provoking debut novel explores a working mother's guilt, something all-too familiar to many of us * Woman & Home *
      Thrilling, yet written with depth and subtlety, and tender insight into parental love * Tessa Hadley *
      Complex and baffling. Jane Shemilt builds layer upon layer of tension in a novel you won't be able to put down * TESS GERRITSEN *
      Gripping to the last page! * My Weekly *
      Thrilling * Sunday Express *
      Clever * Sun *
      Taut and thought-provoking * Sunday Mirror *
      Utterly gripping. A tautly coiled spring of suspicion and suspense which builds to a devastating ending * Mail On Sunday *
      A wonderful plot, full of tantalising reasons to read on, and of course with a killer twist at the end. What impressed me most was (. . .) the impossibility of truly knowing those closest to us, the pressures of parenthood - in particular working motherhood, and the terrible loss at the heart of all parenting: they grow up and away * Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did *

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