Description
Three girls missing.
Twenty years ago: One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car — her friends have vanished.
They are never seen again.
Now: Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak.
What happened? Is Olivia hiding something? Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened? How many secrets can one small town hide?
Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train.
Endorsements
No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy pick.
I loved this twisty novel — Richard Osman
Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page — Sarah Pearse
An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling mystery — Grazia Book Club
Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read — Janice Hallett
Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet — Gillian McAllister
A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller that will keep you guessing until the end — Alice Feeney
A chillingly dark plot with a killer twist; I was totally gripped throughout — Heidi Perks
A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the queen of gripping page-turners — C. L. Taylor
Clever. Adventurous. Fans will enjoy her particularly lively female characters and twisty plot — Daily Mail
Moody, menacing and gothic. A chillingly atmospheric thriller — J. P. Delaney
Spine-chilling. A twisty plot and unnerving undertones make this an unforgettable read — CultureFly
A fabulous book. Brilliantly plotted, heart-wrenchingly emotional, and with a central premise to die for — Gytha Lodge
I was hooked from the first page and turned the last with my head reeling at the fiendishly clever ending. Atmospheric, haunting and endlessly surprising — Eve Chase
Absorbing, atmospheric. A tense, spine-chilling mystery — Gilly Macmillan
Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative — Sunday Times Crime Club
Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas — Tim Weaver
A gripping page-turner — Jane Fallon
Smart and atmospheric — Gillian McAllister
Spine-chilling — Sunday Times
Intriguing. Twisting. Surprising. Touching — Dorothy Koomson
Twisty, nail-biting and utterly absorbing — Louise O'Neill
Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit — Jane Corry
The perfect gripping holiday read — Lesley Pearse
Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train — Marie Claire
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