A twisty, compelling, characterful crime thriller from a major new talent.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
A distraught mother
When Susan Wilkins walks into No Stone Unturned, Leeds's newest private detective agency, owners Lee and Jo are thrilled. Their first client is the kind of person they always hoped to helpa kind woman desperately worried about her son, Jack.
A missing son
The case seems simplekid starts college, takes up with the wrong crowd, forgets to ring his mother. But very quickly, Lee and Jo suspect they're not being told the whole truth.
A case which could prove deadly
Their office is ransacked, everyone who knows Jack refuses to talk to them and they feel like they're being followedit's clear Lee and Jo have stumbled into something bigger, and far more dangerous, than they ever expected. Will they find Jack, or will their first case silence them both for good?
Ali Harper's The Disappeared is a best-in-class mystery novel, where the black humour of the investigators lightens the intense thrillers atmosphere. The story is a top-notch example of how humour and suspense can coexist in fiction.
For fans of Kiley Reid (Such a Fun Age), Lucie Whitehouse (Critical Incidents), Daniel Cole (Mimic), G. R. Halliday (From the Shadows), and Claire Askew (What You Pay For).