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The loss of her mother has left Kali McKenzie with too many unanswered questions. But while clearing out Elena's art studio, she finds a drawer packed with postcards, each bearing an identical one-line message from a Canadian gallery owner called Susannah Gillespie: thinking of you. Who is this woman and what does she know about Elena's hidden past?

Desperate to find out, Kali travels with her toddler, Finn, to Susannah's isolated home on a remote British Columbian island, a place of killer whales and storms. But as bad weather closes in, Kali quickly realises she has made a big mistake. The handsome and enigmatic Susannah refuses to talk about the past, and as Kali struggles to piece together what happened back in the 1970s, Susannah's behaviour grows more and more erratic. Most worrying of all, Susannah is becoming increasingly preoccupied with little Finn...

A tense, thrilling novel about a family divided by secrets, and the lengths a mother will go to protect her child.

©2014 Lucy Atkins (P)2014 Quercus Publishing plc Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Fiction

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"A moving and suspenseful tale of the secrets a family keeps." (Rachel Hore)
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Would you listen to The Missing One again? Why?

This is a good listen but the story line was dragged out a bit unnecessarily long

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Better variety of voices but okay

Nice but a bit dragged out

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This was a good story but dragged out and was repetitive in many places. the baby voice was horrible and grated on my nerves. The story was wonderful and beautifully imaged. The main character, Kal, portrayed a level of fear and anticipation of fear that did not match her heroic action.

Great story but difficult to stay with at times.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a good plot and didn’t guess the ending. Really good narrator.

Excellent book

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Good story but quite repetitive in places. Sometimes a bit unbelievable. I wasn't keen on the narrator's voice.

Good story

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Very tense all the way, and not that predictable. Really good narration. Definitely worth listening time.

Heart rending

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