Before She Disappeared
No romance or no physical intimacy at all.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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Your Next Obsession . . . 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. * Sunday Times bestselling novel * * Multi-million copy bestselling author * * TV series optioned! * 'I read Before She Disappeared in a day and a half, it was that gripping' Shari Lapena 'Original, chilling and so gripping I had to remind myself to take a breath' Clare Mackintosh 'A first-class crime novel by a master of the thriller genre' David Baldacci ___________ Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ... ___________ Readers love Before She Disappeared . . . ***** 'I'm shaken, slowly crying, barely gathering right words to tell how I wholeheartedly loved this book!' ***** 'I have always loved Lisa Gardner's books and her new Frankie Elkin series is just as intriguing and exciting as all the others I have read.' ***** 'This is yet another wonderful mystery/suspense novel from Lisa Gardner.' ***** 'An outstanding thriller.' ***** 'Loved it! It was an absolute page turner for me, I flew through it in one day.' ___________ 'A rocket-fuel-propelled thriller that will leave you breathless' Gregg Hurwitz 'Tense and immersive' Booklist 'A crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine.' Riley Sager 'There's only one thing to ask for by the time the book ends: please, please, a sequel and a series!' New York Journal of Books 'A sharply written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming' Associated Press 'Sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming.' Daily Mail 'This time [Lisa] truly hits it out of the park. ' Tess Gerritsen
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