99 Red Balloons

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What a rollercoaster of a read! LISA HALL, bestselling author of Between You and Me

Two girls go missing, decades apart. What would you do if one was your daughter
When eight-year-old Grace goes missing from a sweetshop on the way home from school, her mother Emma is plunged into a nightmare. Her family rallies around, but as the police hunt begins, cracks begin to emerge.

What are the secret emails sent between Emmas husband and her sister Why does her mother take so long to join the search And is Emma really as innocent as she seems

Meanwhile, ageing widow Maggie Taylor sees Graces picture in the newspaper. Its a photograph that jolts her from the pain of her existence into a spiralling obsession with another girl the first girl who disappeared

This is a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist that will take your breath away.

A wonderfully assured debut about every parents darkest nightmare expertly weaving a familys story together with a real sense of tension and some great twists. Highly recommended. TM Logan, bestselling author of LIES

An intense domestic thriller, twists and turns galore, and a host of family secrets. An absorbing read. Paul Finch, bestselling author of Strangers

An intelligent, taut and compelling thriller Sam Carrington, bestselling author of Saving Sophie

Carpenter emerges as an addictive new talent Helen Fields

The plot is seamless Amanda Robson, author of Obsession

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A wonderfully assured debut about every parents darkest nightmare expertly weaving a familys story together with a real sense of tension and some great twists. Highly recommended. TM Logan, bestselling author of LIES

An intense domestic thriller, twists and turns galore, and a host of family secrets. An absorbing read. PAUL FINCH, bestselling author of STRANGERS

Libby Carpenter's beautiful writing draws you in immediately. Her characterisation is superb, and she skillfully delivers a pacey, suspenseful plot. 99 Red Balloons is an intelligent, taut and compelling thriller that manages to pack a punch - and still throws you right at the end. It's perfect - I loved every word. SAM CARRINGTON, bestselling author of SAVING SOPHIE

I LOVED 99 Red Balloons. What a rollercoaster of a read! I swear, you could almost SEE the moment when everything clicked into place in my head! A brilliant, tense, pacy read. LISA HALL, bestselling author of BETWEEN ME AND YOU

This sharp, poignant domestic noir is like watching a snake slither towards its prey. You want to look away but somehow you can't stop looking. Carpenter emerges as an addictive new talent, climbing inside the characters and opening them up for the reader to devour. What a wonderful debut! HELEN FIELDS, author or PERFECT REMAINS

'I loved this book. It is a thoroughly satisfying page turning read, full of characterisation and pathos. The empathy I felt towards the characters is to me , for a crime novel, what makes it stand out. Very well written and the plot is seamless. AMANDA ROBSON, author of OBSESSION

Author Bio

Libby Carpenter lives in Preston with her family. She completed a BA in English Literature and Language with the Open University in 2011. Libby was awarded a Northern Writers New Fiction award in 2016, and was longlisted for Yeovil Literary Prize (2015 and 2016) and the MsLexia Womens Novel award (2015). She loves living in the north of England and sets most of her stories in the area, including the novel she is writing at the moment. Like a few characters in the book, Libby spent time in Germany as a child. She lived on an RAF base in Germany as her father was in the air force. Libby started writing short stories in 1997 after the birth of her first child. However, life got in the way over the years, until she began writing her first novel in 2012. She wrote four other manuscripts before beginning 99 Red Balloons in 2015. Libby has had various occupations: company secretary, charity shop manager, and is currently a book keeper.