Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple.

She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell-perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty.Įllie Mack was the perfect daughter. Please see Disclosures for more information. That means if you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. Jewell manages to build suspense but is meticulous in tying up loose ends, making this one of the most satisfying thrillers I've read in a long time. It doesn't quite fit the criteria for a thriller that isn't a mystery, but it's close. It's rare that I rate a thriller with five stars on Goodreads, but this one fit the bill. This book reads as a mystery, and though it's not hard to figure out from the beginning, I was completely hooked and needed to know how the story played out. Poppy bears an eerie resemblance to Ellie, and soon Laurel is wondering if the connections between them are more than just coincidence. Things start to look up when she meets Floyd and quickly falls into a relationship-falling under his nine-year-old daughter Poppy's spell as much as his. Ten years later, divorced and disconnected from her other children, Laurel is still struggling to accept that Ellie is not coming back. The police suspect she ran away, but her mother Laurel refuses to believe it. At fifteen, beautiful, smart, and full of life and potential, she disappeared without a trace. Ellie Mack has been missing for ten years.

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