THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE
COUPLE AT NO 9 'I loved this twisty novel' RICHARD OSMAN 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically
compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE 'An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling
mystery' GRAZIA BOOK CLUB 'Eerie spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect
immersive read' JANICE HALLETT 'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist and this is her
best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller that
will keep you guessing until the end' ALICE FEENEY 'A chillingly dark plot with a killer twist
I was totally gripped throughout' HEIDI PERKS _________ 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?
_________ 'A deliciously dark captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping
Pageturners' CL TAYLOR 'Clever . . . Adventurous . . . Fans of Douglas's bestseller The Couple
at No 9 will enjoy her particularly lively female characters and twisty plot' DAILY MAIL
'Moody menacing and gothic . . . A chillingly atmospheric thriller' JP DELANEY 'Spine-chilling
. . . A twisty plot and unnerving undertones make this an unforgettable read' CULTUREFLY 'A
fabulous book. Brilliantly plotted heart-wrenchingly emotional and with a central premise to
die for. This delivered by the armful. I loved it!' GYTHA LODGE 'I was hooked from the first
page and turned the last with my head reeling at the fiendishly clever ending. Atmospheric
haunting and endlessly surprising I loved it' EVE CHASE 'Absorbing atmospheric . . . A tense
spine-chilling mystery' GILLY MACMILLAN READERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED:
'Totally gripping from start to finish twists and turns galore' 5***** READER REVIEW 'I was
gripped from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Another great keep-you-guessing read
from a fabulous author' 5***** READER REVIEW 'It's getting harder and harder for thrillers to
shock but this one hit the mark. 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*The Girls
Who Disappeared: Featured on The Sunday TImes bestsellers list December 2022*
