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The Night She Disappeared: A Novel
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True comes “her best thriller yet” (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a 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 place 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?
“Utterly gripping with richly drawn, hugely compelling characters, this is a first-class thriller with heart” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author) that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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 place 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?
“Utterly gripping with richly drawn, hugely compelling characters, this is a first-class thriller with heart” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author) that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Community Reviews
Not up to Lisa Jewell's usual standards. Far-fetched doesn't begin to explain this book for me. The police had no idea what happened but a woman moves to town and pieces it all together out of the blue? People don't tell the police what they know but they tell her? The mom thinks her daughter's boyfriend is perfect and their relationship is difficult but otherwise fine. But in reality her daughter has tried to break up with him numerous times and is afraid he will kill her? A mom walks in to find her daughter with a dead body and she calmly, immediately has a plan to cover the whole thing up and take her friend hostage? They live on a boat and drug T with opioids and keep her tied up? For what purpose? The whole thing was ridiculous. I keep thinking of more parts that are beyond the pale.
I liked it. I liked this whole thing. The English countryside, all the characters, I even liked the ending. I am only taking off the star because I got way too confused about the back and forth time jumps in the beginning and it threw me off for a bit. They weren’t far apart and sometimes there were 3 at a time lol maybe it’s just me! I’d still recommend I enjoy Lisa Jewel.
Not my favorite Lisa Jewell. This is my fourth be this author and I am honestly surprised at how highly rated it is. The Family Upstairs and Then She was Gone remain my favorites. In this one I found there was too much jumping back and forth in time, too many plot holes, and at the same time a bit too much predictability.
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell was my first crime of the year! (I do not read a lot of crime). This was a well-structured âeasy readâ with a gripping tale which kept me on the edge of my seat (where ever I read it - kitchen bench, sofa, even my bed!).
It has quite a simple storyline so you think you can guess where itâs going, but then it pulls the rug from underneath you. I enjoyed the different narratives of the disappearedâs mother, Kim - shortly after the incident, a crime writer, Sophie, a year later and the disappeared girl, Tallulah, starting almost a year before the incident. These slowly meeting in the middle with fast-paced chapters made it unputdownable.
This book has slightly typical suspects like the manipulative boyfriend, but the toxic lesbian love affair and the people around one of them make you suspicious of nearly everyone there on that evening. The setting of a private school made it easier to insert a poor neglected rich girl character, who was so out of touch that she wanted a normal family - like the ones on Gogglebox. It was so well-written that I found that sentiment laughable.
Overall I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it if you want to try and solve a mystery.
The photo was taken in my garden
Recommend by @megsreads6 I got it from my dadâs neighbourâs pile of books to be given away.
It has quite a simple storyline so you think you can guess where itâs going, but then it pulls the rug from underneath you. I enjoyed the different narratives of the disappearedâs mother, Kim - shortly after the incident, a crime writer, Sophie, a year later and the disappeared girl, Tallulah, starting almost a year before the incident. These slowly meeting in the middle with fast-paced chapters made it unputdownable.
This book has slightly typical suspects like the manipulative boyfriend, but the toxic lesbian love affair and the people around one of them make you suspicious of nearly everyone there on that evening. The setting of a private school made it easier to insert a poor neglected rich girl character, who was so out of touch that she wanted a normal family - like the ones on Gogglebox. It was so well-written that I found that sentiment laughable.
Overall I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it if you want to try and solve a mystery.
The photo was taken in my garden
Recommend by @megsreads6 I got it from my dadâs neighbourâs pile of books to be given away.
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