A 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards finalist - Top 5 Best Secrets and Thriller * A Suspense Magazine 0 "Best0 of 2018 Thriller/Thriller
"An intensely celebrated family drama with bone-chilling secrets.0 - People
"Jewell teases her twisty plot at just the right speed, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the smartest thriller the reader won't see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted. " - Booklist, Starred Review
"Written with fast twists and turns, Jewell's latest gone girl will please fans, girl on the train, or lucky girl alive. " - Library Journal
Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend created a teenaged golden couple. That day was an idyllic after-exam summer vacation away, with her whole life ahead of her.
And then he was gone.
Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since previous clues in Ellie's case had been explored. So when he meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel on how quickly their flirting developed into something deep. Before he knows it, he's met Floyd's daughters — and takes the breath of his youngest, Poppy, Laurel away.
Because it's like looking at poppy. And now, the unanswered questions he's tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did he really flee home, as police have long suspected, or was there another horrific reason for his disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter Laurel remind so viscerally of his missing girl?
"An intensely celebrated family drama with bone-chilling secrets.0 - People
"Jewell teases her twisty plot at just the right speed, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the smartest thriller the reader won't see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted. " - Booklist, Starred Review
"Written with fast twists and turns, Jewell's latest gone girl will please fans, girl on the train, or lucky girl alive. " - Library Journal
Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend created a teenaged golden couple. That day was an idyllic after-exam summer vacation away, with her whole life ahead of her.
And then he was gone.
Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since previous clues in Ellie's case had been explored. So when he meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel on how quickly their flirting developed into something deep. Before he knows it, he's met Floyd's daughters — and takes the breath of his youngest, Poppy, Laurel away.
Because it's like looking at poppy. And now, the unanswered questions he's tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did he really flee home, as police have long suspected, or was there another horrific reason for his disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter Laurel remind so viscerally of his missing girl?