Heather and Flora Powell and their mother Margot were more like family to young Jess when she was growing up than her own mother ever was. That was until everything went wrong in the summer of 1994,Heather and Jess's friendship was never the same after Flora mysteriously disappeared whilst on her way home one summer's night.
Twenty five years later their sleepy seaside town is rocked by another shocking tragedy when Heather tries to kill herself after the loving wife and doting new mother kills two people in cold blood.
Jess,who is now a reporter is sent back to her hometown to report on the case. Can Jess find the key to both mysteries ? Or will her search reveal a darker side to the place she grew up - and put her in danger.
This gripping,enthralling thriller is written in chapters that alternate between Jess and Margot in the present day and Heather and Flora in the chapters set in 1994. In the chapters set in the present we follow Jess's search for the truth behind the deaths of the couple and her struggles to do her job diligently whilst staying loyal to Margot and Heather. In the chapters set in the past,we learn about the events leading up to Flora's disappearance and what happened on the night she vanished. The details of that fateful summer are drip fed to the reader,building up the tension and anticipation until Flora's fate is finally revealed. The cast of this thrilling story are a mixed bag of vivid, realistic personalities. Some likeable,some not so likeable,some very shady and untrustworthy and some were not who they appeared to be. I liked Jess,really liked poor Margot,didn't like Adam or Heather and for various reasons felt so much sympathy for poor Flora.What happened to Flora on that summer's night so many years ago? Did Heather kill the couple and if she did,what was her motive? And why does Jess constantly feel like she is being followed?
And Then She Vanishes is a exceedingly,well written,mesmerising thriller that had me hooked in from the very first page. The reader is drawn in by a chilling prologue and kept guessing throughout as the many layers of the story are revealed. This is Claire Douglas at her best,her words flow with ease,drawing the reader into her characters fictional world and making you care about some of their fates. I loved this book and couldn't put it down. Worth far more than five stars and highly recommended by little old me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.
Her subsequent novels LOCAL GIRL MISSING, LAST SEEN ALIVE and DO NOT DISTURB all reached the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers list and are published in over fifteen countries. LOCAL GIRL MISSING was the bestselling crime debut of 2018 in Germany. Her fifth thriller, THEN SHE VANISHES is due for release in Ebook end of June 2019 and in paperback August 2019.
You can find Claire on Twitter at @DougieClaire, instagram as clairedouglasauthor or visit her Facebook page clairedouglasauthor.
E BOOK PUBLICATION DATE: 27th June 2019
PAPERBACK PUBLICATION DATE: 8th August 2019
PRINT LENGTH: 448 pages
PUBLISHER: Penguin/Michael Joseph
GENRE: Psychological Thriller
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AMAZON UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PFS4JJD?pf_rd_p=330fbd82-d4fe-42e5-9c16-d4b886747c64&pf_rd_r=35HZFR2JZDE9ENX64ZT3
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