After You Were Gone

After You Were Gone
Vikki Wakefield
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 368pg
5 Oct 2022 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9781922458001
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What happens to a family when a child goes missing? In a busy street market, Abbie lets go of six-year-old Sarah' s hand. She isn' t a bad mother, just exhausted. When she turns around, her daughter isn' t there. Six years later, Abbie is in love and getting married. But her fragile peace is constantly threatened: not knowing what happened to Sarah is like living with a curse. Then she receives a phone call from an unknown number. A man claims to know what happened to Sarah, but if Abbie tells anyone or fails to follow his instructions, she' ll never find out. How far will Abbie go to know the truth? Prize-winning and hugely popular author Vikki Wakefield turns her hand to the psychological thriller in this unputdownable novel that will disturb your dreams!
' Elegantly written and utterly chilling. A dark and twisting novel of psychological suspense that will have you turning pages and checking your locks. ' * Emma Viskic, author of Those Who Perish * ' Gripping, propulsive, and unbearably tense - the best psychological thriller I' ve read in years. ' * Mark Brandi, author of The Others * ' An original thriller full of empathy. Flawed and vulnerable, Abbie is so real. I was with her all the way. ' * Sarah Bailey, author of The Housemate * ' An elegant, powerful and utterly compelling thriller. The best book I have read all year. ' * Lucy Christopher, author of Release * ' After You Were Gone cleaves open ideas of friendship and family, revealing the complex inner workings of our closest relationships. In doing so, Wakefield achieves what all good crime writers aspire to do: she forces the reader to stress-test their own sense of morality. She looks you in the eye and asks what would you do if the unthinkable happened? What would you sacrifice? How far would you go? At once tense and atmospheric, After You Were Gone is also brilliantly plotted and populated with complex characters. An exciting new voice in Australian crime. ' * J. P. Pomare, author of The Last Guests * ' Spooky, believable, compelling. I kept turning the pages hoping for a way out. ' * Leah Swann, author of Sheerwater * ' Beautifully written and superbly unnerving, After You Were Gone is the very best kind of thriller: tender and wise as well as pulse-poundingly tense, with characters so real you want to linger with them even as you race through the pages, desperate to find out what happens. Absolutely wonderful, I could not have loved or admired it more. ' * Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place * ' Through captivating prose and an intricately crafted plot, After You Were Gone explores the complexities of what it means to be a mother: the joy, the rage, the floundering-and the desperate, unquenchable love. ' * Amy Suiter Clarke, author of Girl, 11 *
Vikki Wakefield writes fiction for adults and young adults. Her novels All I Ever Wanted, Friday Brown, Inbetween Days and Ballad for a Mad Girl have been shortlisted for numerous awards. This Is How We Change the Ending was a Book of the Year in the 2020 CBCA Awards. After You Were Gone, a psychological thriller, is her first novel for adults. She is working on her second one.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781922458001
Published: 5 Oct 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 368

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