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“Utterly gripping with richly drawn, hugely compelling characters, this is a first-class thriller with heart.” —Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author

“Insane suspense.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

“Her best thriller yet.” —Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another riveting work of psychological suspense about a beautiful young couple’s disappearance on a gorgeous summer night, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them...

On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.

One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite area for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”

Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground?

With her signature “rich, dark, and intricately twisted” (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) prose, Lisa Jewell has crafted a dazzling work of suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page.

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403 pages
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Atria Books
Publication date

September 7, 2021
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PRAISE FOR THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED:

“No one tells stories like this better than Lisa Jewell . . . she gets right into it, doesn’t mess about, puts real-seeming characters with rich interior lives through 350 pages of insane suspense—and then hits us with an ending we never saw coming. I love it.” (LEE CHILD, New York Times bestselling author of The Sentinel )

“The queen of thrillers.” (Good Morning America)

“Lisa Jewell is one of my favourite writers and this is her best yet. I read it in 24 hours. Utterly gripping with richly drawn, hugely compelling characters, this is a first class thriller with heart.” (LUCY FOLEY, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List )

“Lisa Jewell’s latest thriller is sure to keep you up all night… Rejoice thriller lovers, our queen has returned! Jewell delivers yet another gripping mystery that will have your pulse and mind racing.” (E! Online)

“I love all Lisa’s books, but The Night She Disappeared is her best thriller yet.” (HARLAN COBEN, New York Times bestselling author of Win )

“Thriller maestro.” (PopSugar)

“Jewell is in top form in this suspenseful, satisfying story.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Lisa Jewell is one of the best thriller writers out there, and The Night She Disappeared sets a new high-water mark. Electrifying, chilling and unputdownable. When friends ask for a book recommendation, this is the one I'll be sharing.” (SARAH PEKKANEN, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Wife Between Us )

“Gripping and satisfying, this had me in tears at the end.” (The Guardian)

“Jewell is skilled at keeping readers on their toes, always challenging our expectations of where a story is heading. . . . If you like to be kept guessing, this one’s for you.” (Booklist)

“No one thickens a plot like Lisa Jewell. I couldn’t put this book down. Jewell just keeps getting better. It’s SO GOOD!” (SHARI LAPENA, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door )

“A nail-biting, heart-thudding, ‘please-let-her-be-all-right’ stunner of a novel. Left me reeling.” (JANE CORRY, bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife )

“Mother of God, Lisa Jewell’s on fire. The Night She Disappeared is UNBELIEVABLY good. I was utterly utterly agog." (MARIAN KEYES, New York Times bestselling author of The Brightest Star in the Sky )

“I’m passionately attached to Lisa Jewell, whose novels somehow manage to be good-natured, creepy and tense all at once.” (SARAH PERRY, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent )

“Lisa Jewell has made a thriller out of my favourite literary ingredients. Abandoned mansion [tick]. Sex [tick]. Boarding school [tick]. SECRET TUNNELS [tick]. Kick-ass matriarch [tick]. Clues in paintings [tick]. I predict another number one.” (ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said )

“I’m calling it early. This is Lisa’s best book yet, and she always sets that bar high! Stayed up so late because I couldn’t put it down.” (ADELE PARKS, bestselling author of I Invited Her In )

“Totally absorbing. I felt as though I’d slipped into the book and lived there for a few days, heart pounding. So so so amazing!” (KATHERINE HEINY, bestselling author of Early Morning Riser )

“Fans of Then She Was Gone will devour Lisa Jewell’s latest. The Night She Disappeared is tense and electric, unleashing a storm of suspense from the very first page. With a mystery as taut and intricate as a spiderweb, this thriller ensnares its reader, gripping them tight until the satisfying and haunting conclusion. Once again, Jewell dazzles.” (MEGAN COLLINS, author of The Winter Sister and The Family Plot )

“A head-scratching, heart-racing, page-turning triumph – I think this might be my favourite Lisa Jewell yet.” (LOUSE CANDLISH, author of Our House )

“Masterly. Gripping from start to finish.” (JOANNE HARRIS, New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat )

“‘Tallulah suffers from arachnophobia. Tallulah is in the dark.’ Absolutely loved this one by Lisa Jewell – compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern. Most thrillers are in black and white to me in terms of character and Lisa is blazing saturated technicolour.” (GILLIAN McALLISTER, author of The Good Sister )

“Lisa has certainly done it again with another first class mystery. It’s got it all—captivating characters, a mysterious mansion in the woods and a burning question set up from the start to draw the reader in. I just had to know what happened next. Totally enthralling.” (HARRIET TYCE, author of Blood Orange )

“As usual, the British author draws you in with characters and plot, building just enough tension and suspense that you will be rushing to find out just what happened.” (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

“This new mystery from veteran author Lisa Jewell comes with twists, turns, and a clear moral to the story: Don’t go to parties at houses named the Dark Place.” (Goodreads)

About the Author

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold over 5 million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into twenty-nine languages. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08NMQCYY8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books (September 7, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3244 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 403 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,596 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #42 in Domestic Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #44 in Domestic Thrillers (Books)
- #52 in Women's Crime Fiction

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My first book, Ralph's Party, came out in 1999 and was the best selling debut novel for that year.

Since then I have written and published another sixteen books, from the 'curry and flatmates' novels of the nineties and noughties like Thirtynothing, One Hit Wonder, A Friend of the Family and Vince & Joy, to more family-themed novels like After The Party, The Making of Us and The House We Grew Up In and more recently, psychological thrillers such as I Found You, Then She Was Gone, Watching You and The Family Upstairs, which charted in the summer of 2019 at number one in the hardback charts.

I live in London with my husband, two daughters, two hairy cats, two nervous guinea pigs and a lovely auburn dog. I write every day, a minimum of one thousand words, in a cafe, with no access to the internet, in two to three hour sessions.

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Lucyfan

SO. VERY. SLOW.

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021

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It was an absolute chore- and a bore- to get through this book. And then add to that, it was impossible to like or care about any of the shallow characters (even the baby was a hateful brat!), especially as the book dragged on and on for far too long. Plus, the book meandered back and forth between years in a clunky and confusing manner, which was extremely annoying, and broke any type of 'flow' in the storytelling. At the end, the author mentions that this book was written during the COVID "lockdown", so perhaps that had something to do with the disappointing result???

32 people found this helpful

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Fabulous Book Fiend

So many little details to love

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2021

The great thing about a Lisa Jewell novel is the intricate details that she includes, details that briefly come up somewhere in the book and mean so much more than you realise at the time. The details of characters and the details of settings and events. This book is so reliant on those details and that's what I loved about it so much.

Another thing that Lisa Jewell has always done well is to keep up with changes in trends and changes in technology. So many authors shy away from this but when you read a novel from this author you can be sure that popular trends and technology will features. This is a great because when you go back and read them years later, there is a sense of nostalgia fro the time the book was set. I loved the fact that Instagram and travel vlogging features so widely in this book. I felt like I could relate to the characters in the book more because of that.

As always with a Lisa Jewell novel, we get fed details slowly but surely throughout the book. There are multiple time lines through a variety of narratives but all come down to one thing, the night she disappeared. I just loved the fact that we get details from one perspective and then we switch to another perspective meaning that we have to wait until we're back with that character/timeline before we can see the impact of what has just happened.

Tallulah and Kim are interesting characters. Even though Kim plays such a vital role in the book, she is Tallulah's Mum after all, we don't get told a lot of details about her. We learn of her as a mum and a grandma and we know that she has had this awful thing happen to her but that is about it when it comes to details about her. We are fed a lot more information about Tallulah but as usual this information is revealed slowly but surely. I love the fact that we have queer representation in this novel and I liked the part that views on peopler's sexuality plays an important part of the plot in this case.

I listened to this book on audiobook and the narrator did a great job. You do have to be paying close attention when listening, however, to make sure that you haven't missed a change in timeline or narrative. I would say that if you can read this book as an ebook or a physical book, that would be the better choice. I adored the fact that this book was structured into multiple parts and there are reveals towards the end of each part meaning you're compelled to keep reading and find out what the next part has in store.

I loved the structure, I loved the detailing and I loved the intense pressure of the storyline in the latest Lisa Jewell novel. The Night She Disappeared will have you questioning what you know and turning the pages to find the answers that you need.

49 people found this helpful

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Well Read Nana 1/24

Perfect for a young adult, for my age of 50's not so much

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021

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I liked it , didn't love it .Would I recommend it, yes but to a younger generation of readers .I feel like if you are in your teens ,early 20's this book would be much more relatable and understood .I'm in my 50's so it wasn't a "Wow" for me personally. I like this author but some of her books are a love or just like for me. This one was just a like .I definitely think a younger audience would appreciate these confused teen characters with all their struggles , it would be much more relevant to a say 16 to 25 year old reader, just my humble opinion. This book is basically all about teenagers and their issues, some are very "mean girl ish " some are very substantial concerns. Crimes are committed, murders happen and thanks to not the police force but a mystery novelist we get to the bottom of what has happened. I did really like the ending because well without spoilers some characters were spared while others very sadly were not .Again I enjoy this author but I just think I'm a few decades too old for the angst for this read .

23 people found this helpful

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Blue Eyes

A young mother and her boyfriend are missing after a night out

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021

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Kim, the mother of the missing girl, Tallulah, and grandmother to her baby, Noah, is frantic. But it has been 15 months with no sign of the 2 teenagers who were last seen a a pool party at Tallulah’s friend Scarlett’s house.

Sophie is the girlfriend of the new headmaster at the local school for troubled teenagers, rich teenagers. She is also the author of cozy mysteries. She finds a note on the back gate to their new residence that tells her to dig here, which leads her to investigate the cold case of the missing teenagers. And turn up previously unfounded clues.

Great story!

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UNEXPECTED TWISTS & TURNS...

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021

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On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.

One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite area for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”

Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground?

My Thoughts:

From the very first page of The Night She Disappeared, I was caught up in the mysterious events, narrated from the past and the present, offering bits and pieces of information with each step forward and backward. I especially liked learning how Kim and Sophie teamed up to find clues from social media sites.

What really happened on that summer evening when Talullah and Zach went missing? Did a group of friends who partied that night know more than they were sharing?

As I kept turning the pages, I had some thoughts about what might have happened, but in the end, I found the resolution to be unexpected.

I enjoyed figuring out the characters and their behavior, and definitely had mixed feelings about some of them. I loved the conclusion, which satisfactorily brought good things for some of them. 5 stars.

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The Cookster

A captivating page turner ... but there are times when it doesn't quite bear scrutiny.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2021

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Rating: 3.4/5

With "The Night She Disappeared" Lisa Jewell has produced another captivating novel that is sure to appeal to many people. For the most part I really enjoyed the experience of reading this, but I couldn't help feeling that the overall impact was let down by elements that just seemed too unlikely to really ring true, even after making allowance for dramatic licence.

Young mum, Tallulah, goes for a night out with her boyfriend, Zach. They leave their baby child, Noah, with Tallulah's mother, Kim. The young parents have Kim's blessing to make a night of it and not to worry about rushing home early. But when the morning comes and the pair have still not returned, it becomes clear that all is not well.

The story takes place across a variety of points in time between 2016 and 2018. The time frame does jump around quite a bit, but the particular point when the events are taking place is always clearly signposted. It just means that you do need to pay proper attention and make a mental note as you are reading particular sections.

Lisa Jewell certainly knows how to craft a page turner of a novel that makes you want to keep reading just one more chapter, so that you can find out what happens next. That said, there were a number of elements that, for me, didn't quite bear scrutiny and felt a little slapdash, which is not becoming of Lisa Jewell, who is a better writer than that. I won't mention everything, nor will I go into great detail, because I am always conscious of spoilers, but here is a quick example: Sophie, the new head teacher's girlfriend, is a published author of cosy crime novels ... but she couldn't recall, without prompting, that a significant event in this mystery was borrowed directly from her own debut novel. Really?

Nonetheless, this was still an engaging and captivating read that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend. I just felt that it could have been even better, if a few aspects of the plotting and characterisation had been a little tighter.

34 people found this helpful

Bookaholic

Skim read the last 300 pages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2021

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Sorry, I normally love her books and sit up into the early hours to finish them but this one was plain silly. I didn't like any of the characters and found it odd that attention was paid to the 'grieving' mother's hair and clothes and no details given on her state of mind as she tried to find her daughter and cared for her baby grandson.

I look forward to her next book though!

16 people found this helpful

Lou

Really ??

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2021

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I love Lisa’s books and have particularly enjoyed the psychological thriller ones but this one . . . . 3 stars is being generous. So many improbable twists and turns. Normally characters are so well developed but in this, some were like 2 dimensional afterthoughts eg Lexie. It was far fetched beyond belief. And what author forgets a significant clue they wrote in their debut novel ? I looked forward to this book for months and it was a big disappointment.

15 people found this helpful

Bluecashmere.

Her best yet.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2021

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I have now read 9 of Lisa Jewell's novels. All have been totally engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable. She is the mistress of the modern whodunnit. In my view, only the American writer Shari Lapena is her equal. The two are very similar, particularly in their most recent novels. I agree with Harlam Coben that here Jewell surpasses herself. To divulge details of the book's substance would be an offence against those who have not yet encountered it. I can only recommend it without reservation.

8 people found this helpful

Bristol Book Blogger 📚📖📓

A slow-burning psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2021

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I wasn't keen on The Family Upstairs but I bloody loved this one. It's nuanced, suspenseful, and plot-driven. I wasn't particularly interested in Sophie. She came across as rather one dimensional and boring and her husband seemed dull and uninterested in her. But Tallulah was lovely, if rather naive for a 19 year old. And Scarlett was a typically horrible, privileged, spoilt little cow. I guessed early on what the weapon and conclusion would be but there were still a couple of twists to surprise me at the end. Overall this was a slow-burning psychological thriller I would highly recommend and I thoroughly enjoyed reading.

7 people found this helpful