Item: Then She Was Gone
Rating: 4.00
Author: martah22

by Lisa Jewell

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER

A MISSING GIRL. A BURIED SECRET.

From the acclaimed author of I Found You and the Richard & Judy bestseller, The Girls, comes a compulsively twisty psychological thriller that will keep you gripped to the very last page.

'I defy you to put this addictive book down until you reach the final heart-breaking page.'
Daily Express

'If you were the first of your friends to read Girl on the Train and have read Gone Girl more times than you can remember, HERE IS YOUR SUMMER READ!'
Sun

'Packs a huge emotional punch that will leave you winded.’
CL Taylor, author of The Missing

'THEN SHE WAS GONE is bloody amazing. I can't remember ever reading a thriller where I've cared so much about the characters - they invaded my dreams! I LOVED it!' Eve Chase, author of Black Rabbit Hall

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She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl.
She had her whole life ahead of her.
And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.

Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet.

But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter.

Because his daughter is the image of Ellie.

Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.

What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide?

I’m rounding up to 4 stars but it’s more like 3.5. I found it to be a quick read which I needed. I was in the mood for something that I could get into right away and this was it. It had some twists which I love although I figured them out early on which I never do which is why I didn’t give it four stars. I liked how the book was structured with different parts and how those parts were told from a different character’s points of view. I enjoyed the characters, it made me feel uneasy at some points but I enjoyed it and in the end that what I look for in a book.

Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell

Reviewed by Martha G on May 25, 2018

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