Frankie Elkin #01: Before She Disappeared

Frankie Elkin #01: Before She Disappeared
Lisa Gardner
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h198 x 129mm - 400pg
2 Sep 2021 UK
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9781787464377
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Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will- searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim' s wary family tells Frankie she' s on her own. And she soon learns she' s asking questions someone doesn' t want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her . . .

#01: Before She Disappeared
#02: One Step Too Far

In this rare standalone, the prolific Gardner has come up with one of the most original characters in recent crime fiction, a woman readers can care about even while not being entirely sure of what to make of her * Washington Post * It' s hard to tag just one stand-out element here, between the multidimensional portrayal of Mattapan' s Haitian expat community, Frankie' s humanizing demons and straightforward investigative technique, and a page-turning plot with all its ends tucked in unpredictably tight. Tense and immersive, Gardner' s latest. . . is a sure bet both for readers drawn to gritty gumshoe fiction and for the growing legion of true- crime podcast fans. * Booklist * Fans of this incredible author, police procedurals, timely immigrant stories, strong determined women, and tales that are not tied up with a pretty bow at the end will not be able to get enough of this intense page-turner. * The Library Journal * This book, the best-selling author' s first stand-alone novel in 20-years, is a sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming. The most compelling element, however, is the character of Frankie, a recovering alcoholic whose obsession with the missing is a penance of sorts for the burden of guilt and grief she carries over a past trauma that took the life of a man she loves. * Associated Press * With a stunning sense of place, a complex mystery, and a well-rounded cast of supporting characters, Before She Disappeared is the definition of a page-turner. * Amazon Book Review *
Lisa Gardner started her writing career aged seventeen. Having caught her hair on fire while working in food service, crafting a novel seemed a safer bet. A mere ten years later she became an overnight success with the publication of her first thriller, The Perfect Husband. Now an internationally bestselling author and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best suspense novel, Lisa lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family. When not glued to her computer, she can be found hiking the mountains with her dogs and/or researching new and interesting ways to get away with murder.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787464377
Published: 2 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Arrow Books
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 400

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