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Then She Vanishes
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  • Published: 4 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405932578
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $24.00

Then She Vanishes

The gripping psychological thriller from the author of THE COUPLE AT NO 9




From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl Missing and Do Not Disturb - a new thriller that tears at the heart while keeping it racing

One missing. One a murderer. One trying to find the truth.

Flora has her whole life ahead of her - until the summer night she vanishes from her sleepy seaside town.
Her sister Heather was a good girl - until the spring morning twenty years later when she kills two strangers.
Journalist Jess Fox was once like a sister to them both.
But called home to investigate Heather's crime, Jess begins to wonder if she really knew either sister at all . . .

  • Published: 4 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405932578
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $24.00

About the author

Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters. She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.

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Praise for Then She Vanishes

Praise for Claire Douglas

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Thrillingly tense and twisty

B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors

Stunning . . . with a killer twist

Closer

Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train

Marie Claire

Combines shocking twists effortlessly with sensitive explorations of family dynamics

Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Anything You Do Say

An addictive read that will leave you on the edge of your seat

Sun

Will give you chills

Sunday Mirror

Superb plotting. I could hardly catch my breath between twists

Jenny Blackhurst, bestselling author of Before I Let You In

As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn't be able to put this down

Good Housekeeping

It's impossible to guess the shocking ending

Saga

Will have you tearing through the pages

Paula Daly, bestselling author of The Mistake I Made

A page-turning slow burn

Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home

Kept me guessing right up to the thrilling finale

Emma Curtis, bestselling author of One Little Mistake

Absorbing and chilling

Karen Perry, bestselling author of Girl Unknown

Unforgettably dark and complex

Woman & Home

Kept me up last night. Scary. Twisty. All too believable

Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

A fab and twisty page-turner

Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of Last Seen

So twisty, turning and grippy

Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of What She Knew

Amazing. A twisty whydunnit that I finished in just two days. Smart, gripping and atmospheric, readers will love Then She Vanishes'

Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Everything But The Truth

Lifts the stone on a cold case disappearance and asks chilling questions about friendship, loyalty, love and obsession. It's twisty, tense and brimming with atmosphere. I raced to the end

Gilly Macmillan, author of The Nanny

A gripping page turner

Jane Fallon, bestselling author of Faking Friends

Dark, clever and compelling. A brilliant book!

Nicola Moriarty, author of The Ex

Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas

Tim Weaver, bestselling author of No One Home

Cements Claire's reputation as one of the best writers of psychological suspense out there. I loved this dark, twisty tale and sped through it in one sitting.

C J Tudor, author of The Chalk Man

The story races to a tightly-plotted and genuinely surprising end

Woman's Own

The Hot List

Inside Soap

Compulsive new thriller . . . Douglas races to a tightly-plotted conclusion

Woman's Weekly

Huge praise for Claire Douglas. If you are a fan of drama and suspense - and seeking to satisfy your inner detective - look no further

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