lisa jewell the night she disappeared a novel

In the right hands an author can tease out reveals, drop red herring and keep vital information back from the reader (listener in my case). Dual timeline stories are a bit of a favourite of mine at the moment. Her curiosity is raised and even more so while exploring the area she finds an abandoned house and a sign suggesting someone should “Dig Here”. She realises that she recognises Kim and recalls the story of her missing daughter, there are still appeals for help in finding Tallulah. The pair did not return home that evening and in the morning Kim is becoming increasingly worried.Ī jump ahead to 2019 sees crime writer Sophie moving to the same village as Kim and Tallulah lived. In 2017 Kim’s daughter Tallulah left her infant son with Kim in order to go out for an evening with her boyfriend and her college friends. I was delighted this week’s holiday gave me the chance to finally spend some quality time with this cracking audiobook production. Not being able to listen to The Night She Disappeared as frequently as I wanted has been extremely frustrating. Sometimes however, the day job can get a bit chaotic and I need to give full focus to that and an audiobook takes longer than expected to complete. Regular visitors will know I love getting lost in a new audiobook.

I’d like to thank Georgie Fenn for the opportunity to listen to this brilliant new audiobook. I recieved a review copy of The Night She Disappeared from Penguin Random House. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah’s friends who tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a party at a house in the nearby woods called Dark Place.Ģ019: Sophie is walking in the woods near the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started work as a head-teacher when she sees a note fixed to a tree.Ī cold case, an abandoned mansion, family trauma and dark secrets lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell’s remarkable new novel.

Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim.

Lisa jewell the night she disappeared a novel