Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell

First published 2018

Ellie Mack vanished without a trace ten years ago. Now her mother, Laurel, meets a charming single father, Floyd, whose daughter Poppy is the spitting image of Ellie. As Laurel gets to know Floyd and his family, the unsettling similarities between Poppy and Ellie reignite Laurel's desperate quest to uncover the truth about her daughter's disappearance. Laurel must confront the haunting possibility that Ellie's long-unsolved case holds darker secrets than anyone imagined.

Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, family-drama

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: missing-person, unreliable-narrator

384 pages · Paperback · Atria

Content warnings: anxiety, depression

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