It’s safe to say that you’ll have to catch your breath once all the pieces of the puzzle start to come together.ĭespite the creepy gothic setting, The Night She Disappeared is a very modern thriller, where social media hides clues, and the protagonists grapple with how far they would go to protect their loved ones, families and reputations. One year after Tallulah’s disappearance, walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head-teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence that says: DIG HERE. Budding detective novelist Sophie also plays a pivotal role in investigating the mystery. This novel contains multiple timelines and narrators.
I was truly spooked by the mere thought of being lost there. It’s surrounded by deep, dark woods and there’s word of tunnels beneath the house. Dark Place is an eerie gothic manor, heightening the haunted house atmosphere. Its hidden family secrets are central to the tense plot of The Night She Disappeared. Tallulah never returns, thus beginning a gripping chain of mysteries.įriends tell Kim that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby, called Dark Place. At 4:30am Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home. At 11pm she sends her mum a text message saying that they plan to stay out late with friends, something they haven’t had time or energy for since having a baby. It’s mid-summer 2017, in the heart of the UK countryside, when teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date with her partner Zach, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim.
A missing woman, an abandoned mansion, family trauma and deep buried secrets – this book has all the ingredients for another cracking Lisa Jewell domestic thriller! From the global #1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone comes The Night She Disappeared.
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