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  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942703
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

The Missing

The unputdownable crime thriller from bestselling author




Two missing children are connected by one witness in this gripping thriller reissued with striking new artwork. Perfect for fans of Clare Douglas, Cara Hunter, and Lisa Jewell.

'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times
'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes
'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly
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Jenny Shephard is twelve years old and missing.

Her teacher, Sarah Finch, knows better than most that the chances of finding her alive are diminishing every day.

As a little girl Sarah's older brother went out to play and never come home. The strain of not knowing what happened to him tore her family apart.

When Sarah finds Jenny's body, beaten and abandoned in the woods near her home, she is drawn into the heart of the investigation and a media storm.

Her presence at the scene arouses suspicions. But it is not just the police that are watching her...

  • Published: 16 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9781804942703
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

About the author

Jane Casey

“All my criminal elements have some basis in reality, no matter how awful they may be. Nothing is completely farfetched.” Jane Casey

Crime is a family affair for Jane Casey. Married to a criminal barrister, she has a unique insight into the brutal underbelly of urban life, from the smell of a police cell to the darkest motives of a serial killer.

This gritty realism has made her books international bestsellers and critical successes; while D.C. Maeve Kerrigan has quickly become one of the most popular characters in crime fiction.

Her novel The Stranger You Know won the Mary Higgins Clark Award and she has also been shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year Award four times as well as the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.

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Praise for The Missing

compulsive, menacing and moving - a very satisfying psychological thriller

Sophie Hannah

THE MISSING aims high, and doesn't miss. A complex plot, deftly handled; a good puzzle, dextrously unfolded; interesting characters, lots of tension, and a user-friendly style; this is a truly striking debut.

Reginald Hill

The Missing is a remarkably compelling and convincing depiction of what it must be like to be caught up - first as a witness, then as more than that - in a police murder inquiry

ROBERT GODDARD

In her debut novel, Jane Casey expertly handles a complex and psychologically compelling plot

Daily Mail

A guaranteed nail-biter...a compelling and horrifying account of being implicated in events beyond your control

Glamour

This frantic thriller will keep you on your toes until the end

OK Magazine

The pace is energetic and exciting and the plot will have you white-knuckled and desperate to discover the finale

Easy Living

accomplished writing and sensitive characterisation...

Laura Wilson, Guardian

The Missing is an accomplished first novel by Jane Casey. Casey has created a flawed but like-able heroine and a tremendous sense of suspense that continues until the final page

Sunday Times

an assured debut by an Irish writer, written with elegance and it delivers more twists than a corkscrew

Irish Independent

Make sure you don't miss...this taut, tense thriller

Marie Claire