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Just Another Missing Person

Just Another Missing Person

Summary

THE HEART-STOPPING NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER

How do you choose between right or wrong, family or justice when the crime is so close to home . . .

'McAllister stunned me – and she will stun you too' Jodi Picoult

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OLIVIA:

22 years old. No history of running away.
Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley.
And never emerging.

JULIA:

Detective Chief Inspector Julia Day ought to be out hunting for Olivia. After all, missing person's cases are a race against the clock. Only this one is different.

Because someone just threatened Julia:

Find Olivia, and we'll take your daughter . . .

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'A first-class thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Jaw-dropping, stunning' DAILY EXPRESS

'A sure-fire hit' ADELE PARKS

'This is McAllister at the height of her powers' ERIN KELLY


PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL

'I am totally in awe. This is one story I will not forget' HEIDI PERKS

'Genre-bending and totally original. A tour de force!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'This is bravura novel-writing' IAN RANKIN

'Extraordinary' HARRIET TYCE


Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

Reviews

  • I've been known to create a few plot twists in my time, but there was a point during JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON where I sat up and shouted in shock. Gillian McAllister stunned me . . . and she will stun you too. I dare you to not ingest this in one sitting
    JODI PICOULT, No 1 New York Times bestselling author

About the author

Gillian McAllister

Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese's Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her previous novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and was shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Gillian's books are published in thirty-eight languages.
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