The Missing
The unputdownable crime thriller from the bestselling author
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2022
496 pages
978-1-80494-270-3 (ISBN)
Description
'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes
'Dangerously addictive' Erin Kelly
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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...
'Dangerously addictive' 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...
Reviews / Votes
Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength! * Sunday Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
3,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80494-270-3 (9781804942703)
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Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written twelve 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 has been adapted for television by Eleventh Hour and Paramount+, releasing September 2023 and broadcast on ITV in the UK and Hulu in America. The Close has been shortlisted for the E-Dunnit award at the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. Her most recent novel, A Stranger in the Family, spent 6 weeks on the Irish Times bestseller list and was named one of The Times 10 Best Crime & Thrillers of 2024. It won Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the overall Book of the Year Award at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards.
Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.
Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children.
