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Then She Was Gone

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
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Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

Best-selling psychological suspense and a top Richard & Judy selection.

She was 15, 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?

©2017 Lisa Jewell (P)2017 Penguin Audio

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"Packs a huge emotional punch that will leave you winded." (CL Taylor, author of The Missing)

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Then she was gone

A gripping story with an unexpected ending. Interesting characters and family backgrounds and their impact explored.

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Fantastic

Lots of twists and turns interesting characters - I would recommend as this book is quite the page turner

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Magnificent

I highly recommend this book. Quite a dark theme that had me hooked from start to finish.

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Struggled at first but well worth sticking with!

I found the story developing very slowly to start with and I felt the section about Laurel’s and Floyd’s relationship was taking too long to tease out. I’m glad I persevered as the story soon developed into something intriguing and also something quite dark. So if you’re finding it a bit slow to start with, keep at it, it will soon have you hooked.

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Compelling storytelling

I don’t usually write reviews on books but this is different. If it was a regular book I’d call it a page turner but it’s an audio book so I’ll just say it’s worth the pain in the ears from the AirPods!

Lisa Jewell is a talented author and this is a brilliant story. Most of the time you have heroes and villains and they’re all recognisable as such but Lisa’s characters are rounded, and like any good artist she gives them light and shade.

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fantastic book

found this initially hard to get into, however in the end I Loved this and really enjoyed the twists and turns. really well narrated too.

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Compelling

This was a total page turner.....I couldnt stop listening......very engaging ..download and enjoy x x

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Compelling listening

Absolutely loved this book and listened to the last 4 hours without pause. So well written that you feel real empathy for the victims in this story. The awful truth is gradually revealed as the story progresses. Clever plot and will I am sure make a gripping film or TV drama.

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Enjoyed it overall!

Unusual story with unusual plot but still - enjoyed it a lot and would reccomend! Will listen to more books from Lisa.

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Mesmerising and heartbreaking

Loved this book, such a moving and engaging story. You feel the protagonists emotions and pain. A real page turner and I couldn't put this down.

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