The Girls Who Disappeared

Brought to you by Penguin. **THE GRIPPING NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9** Three girls missing . . . Twenty years ago: One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car - her friends have vanished. They are never seen again . . . Now: Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak. What happened? Is Olivia hiding something? Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened? How many secrets can one small town hide? 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE 'A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' C. L. TAYLOR 'Absorbing, atmospheric...a tense, spine-chilling mystery' GILLY MACMILLAN ©2022 Claire Douglas (P)2022 Penguin Audio Fantastic' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A gripping story which kept me awake last night as I had to finish reading it!' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Masterful' 5***** READER REVIEW Praise for Claire Douglas 'Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver 'A gripping page-turner' Jane Fallon 'Smart and atmospheric' Gillian McAllister 'Spine-chilling' Sunday Times 'Intriguing. Twisting. Surprising. Touching' Dorothy Koomson 'Twisty, nail-biting and utterly absorbing' Louise O'Neill 'Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit' Jane Corry 'The perfect gripping holiday read' Lesley Pearse 'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire