Emma, Disappeared
A gripping, twist-filled thriller where nothing is as it seems
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-3997-3096-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Filled with twists and turns' Patricia Gibney
'Tense and taut' Sunday Independent
'Compelling, unsettling' Catherine Kirwan
'A gripping thriller' RTE Guide
'A glorious read - both literary and page-turning' Irish Examiner
'Intriguing, multi-layered and immersive' Irish Independent
Everyone is talking about the disappearance of Emma Harte. How could yet another promising young woman vanish without a trace? Have the police tracked down her boyfriend yet? And why are women still not safe on our streets?
Archivist James Lyster is watching. When his carefully worded post about Emma goes viral, James starts to get some attention of his own. Soon he is drawn into the search for the missing woman, and the world of a group of idealistic university students, embarking on an affair with the unassuming Libby.
Then a body is found near James's flat. And suddenly he is being eyed with suspicion. Is the life of an innocent man about to unravel? Or is this all part of his plan?
'Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales' Irish Times
'Tense and taut' Sunday Independent
'Compelling, unsettling' Catherine Kirwan
'A gripping thriller' RTE Guide
'A glorious read - both literary and page-turning' Irish Examiner
'Intriguing, multi-layered and immersive' Irish Independent
Everyone is talking about the disappearance of Emma Harte. How could yet another promising young woman vanish without a trace? Have the police tracked down her boyfriend yet? And why are women still not safe on our streets?
Archivist James Lyster is watching. When his carefully worded post about Emma goes viral, James starts to get some attention of his own. Soon he is drawn into the search for the missing woman, and the world of a group of idealistic university students, embarking on an affair with the unassuming Libby.
Then a body is found near James's flat. And suddenly he is being eyed with suspicion. Is the life of an innocent man about to unravel? Or is this all part of his plan?
'Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales' Irish Times
Reviews / Votes
Smart, blackly humorous and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales, Emma, Disappeared is Hughes' finest novel to date * Irish Times * Andrew's characters are beautifully drawn and intriguing, he casts the seeds of mystery and doubt like a pro and his portrait of modern Dublin is multi-layered and immersive * Irish Independent * A gripping debut thriller set in contemporary Dublin * RTE Guide * If you loved Catherine Ryan Howard's The Trap, this is similar page-turning fare * Sunday Magazine * Tense and taut enough to sit happily on crime bookshelves, while transcending most of its companions * Sunday Independent * A glorious read, both literary and page-turning, and has a wonderfully enigmatic first-person narrator * Irish Examiner *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Castleknock
Ireland
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
238 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-3096-9 (9781399730969)
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E-Book
04/2024
Hachette Books Ireland
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Born in Co. Wexford, Andrew Hughes is an author, archivist and historian. His first book, Lives Less Ordinary, was a social history of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. His debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt, was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. His second novel, The Coroner's Daughter, was the One Dublin One Book choice for 2023.