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The Missing: The unputdownable crime thriller from bestselling author
By (Author) Jane Casey
Cornerstone
Penguin (Cornerstone)
21st October 2023
21st September 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
823.92
Paperback
496
Width 128mm, Height 199mm, Spine 32mm
344g
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 _______________ 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...
Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written eleven crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. Her books have been international bestsellers, critically acclaimed for their realism and accuracy. The Maeve Kerrigan series has been nominated for many awards- in 2015 Jane won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Stranger You Know and Irish Crime Novel of the Year for After the Fire. In 2019, Cruel Acts was chosen as Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. It was a Sunday Times bestseller. The Killing Kind was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in 2021, and is being adapted for television. Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.