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The Girl Who Left

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The Girl Who Left

By: Jenny Blackhurst
Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
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Twenty-five years ago, a local girl went missing. Now, another girl comes back…

When five-year-old Elsie Button was snatched from a garden in a sleepy town on the Welsh island of Anglesey, and a local man later confessed, it sent shockwaves through the tight-knit community. How could one of their own do such a thing? Especially when his own little girl was the same age – and the victim's best friend.

Kathryn and her family left under the cloak of darkness one night, unable to bear the shame, and the anger of their neighbours. She hardly remembers that time. Now, she suffers the consequences of living under an assumed name, always looking over her shoulder. Her dad has not spoken a word to her since he went to prison. She is haunted by the question: why did he kill Elsie?

When another child is taken from the same garden, twenty-five years to the day of Elsie's murder, Kathryn is determined that this time she'll be on the right side. She'll join the search and atone for her father's deed, and maybe, just maybe, get the answers she wants. But she's not prepared for the long memory of the locals, nor the risks of going back. Not everyone on the island wants the truth to come out, and they'll go to extreme lengths to stop that from happening.

A gripping must-listen psychological thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jenny Blackhurst. Unmissable for fans of K. L. Slater, C. L. Taylor and S. E. Lynes.

©2025 Jenny Blackhurst (P)2025 Audible Ltd.
Crime Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Small Town & Rural Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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Keep you hooked until the end! Fnished it in two days as I couldn't put it down!

Brilliant

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I can’t help it but my brain always tries to solve a twist. This time I guessed it within the first three chapters. I kept listening until the end, in the hope I was wrong, but I wasn’t. It was just too easy to guess. The story was good, the twist poor, but the performance was excellent.

Very good performance- but twist too easy to guess

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A good story with plenty of twists and turns. It went by quickly and resolved well. I much preferred this one to ‘The final wife’

Well paced and kept me guessing

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Great story, I would totally recommend. I’m not sure the Author really knew Anglesey well though as the island seemed to feel diminished in size throughout the story. But even so it was a good story well told.

Great story

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A good book which is narrated fantastically. I loved the story and the two main characters although it was a bit unbelievable at times.

Excellent narrator gripping book

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