From the Sunday Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten.
Lisa Gardner started her writing career aged seventeen. Having
caught her hair on fire while working in food service, crafting a
novel seemed a safer bet. A mere ten years later she became an
overnight success with the publication of her first thriller, The
Perfect Husband.
Now an internationally bestselling author and winner of the
International Thriller Writers Award for best suspense novel, Lisa
lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family.
When not glued to her computer, she can be found hiking the
mountains with her dogs and/or researching new and interesting ways
to get away with murder.
In this rare standalone, the prolific Gardner has come up with one
of the most original characters in recent crime fiction, a woman
readers can care about even while not being entirely sure of what
to make of her
*Washington Post*
It's hard to tag just one stand-out element here, between the
multidimensional portrayal of Mattapan's Haitian expat community,
Frankie's humanizing demons and straightforward investigative
technique, and a page-turning plot with all its ends tucked in
unpredictably tight. Tense and immersive, Gardner's latest...is a
sure bet both for readers drawn to gritty gumshoe fiction and for
the growing legion of true- crime podcast fans.
*Booklist*
Fans of this incredible author, police procedurals, timely
immigrant stories, strong determined women, and tales that are not
tied up with a pretty bow at the end will not be able to get enough
of this intense page-turner.
*The Library Journal*
This book, the best-selling author's first stand-alone novel in
20-years, is a sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists
readers are unlikely to see coming. The most compelling element,
however, is the character of Frankie, a recovering alcoholic whose
obsession with the missing is a penance of sorts for the burden of
guilt and grief she carries over a past trauma that took the life
of a man she loves.
*Associated Press*
With a stunning sense of place, a complex mystery, and a
well-rounded cast of supporting characters, Before She Disappeared
is the definition of a page-turner.
*Amazon Book Review*
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