The Snow Girl
By (Author) Javier Castillo
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
20th February 2024
23rd November 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
True crime
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Family life fiction
Psychological thriller
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
863.7
Paperback
416
Width 130mm, Height 199mm, Spine 26mm
294g
A gripping, edge-of-your seat thriller from the internationally bestselling phenomenon and inspiration behind the global no. 1 Netflix show Where is Kiera Templeton Aaron and Grace Templeton will never forget the 1998 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The day their daughter Kiera got lost in the crowd. Investigative journalist Miren Triggs has spent years trying to help the Templetons find her. But with no leads, Miren fears there's nothing more she can do. Until Kiera's 8th birthday, when a video arrives showing Kiera alive and well, playing in a bedroom. Miren can't believe it - finally, a lead she can follow. Until another video arrives. It's the same bedroom. But Kiera is gone. After years of searching, Miren refuses to let Kiera disappear again. But she has no idea how far someone will go to stop her...
Many books never live up to their hype but this one is an exception. The Snow Girl is a well-layered, pacy thriller that builds to a satisfying finale. Investigative journalist Miren Triggs is a lead character I hope we see more of -- Mari Hannah
Praise for the author -- :
Javier Castillo is without a doubt the new phenomenon of European literature -- Jol Dicker
Javier Castillo's work will hook the reader from the first instant * El Pas *
The Spanish Stephen King * ABC *
The master of the Spanish thriller who breaks every boundary * Forbes *
Javier Castillo grew up in Malaga, where he always dreamed about becoming a writer. On his daily 48-minute commute to his job in finance, he used to spend every moment of the train journey writing chapters to what would become his first novel, The Day Sanity Was Lost. Since he self-published that novel, his life has changed dramatically. After his first book was translated into 10 languages and published in more than 63 countries, Javier was signed up by Penguin Random House Spain who have since published six more novels. The Snow Girl, his fourth novel, has sold more than 2 million copies in Spain and become an international phenomenon. His subsequent novels, The Soul Game and The Crystal Cuckoo, have been instant no. 1 bestsellers, and will both be adapted for the screen by Netflix.