A ten-year-old girl vanishes without trace from a Fenland village, her body never found. Thirty years on, she comes sharply back to life in the mind's eye of her childhood friend, Tina Humber, who has done her best to put the past behind her. But now, as Tina returns home for a family wedding, she replays her memories in search of what happened, fearing that deep down she has always known who killed Mandy Baker.

About the Author
Jill Dawson's novels include Fred & Edie, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, Watch Me Disappear, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and The Crime Writer, winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year. An award-winning poet, she has also edited several poetry and short story anthologies. She has held many fellowships, including the Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. In 2008 she founded a mentoring scheme for new writers, Gold Dust, and in 2020 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in the Cambridgeshire Fens.

Reviews
'Slow-burning, spine-crawling...It is a compelling, haunting and intelligent read.' * Amanda Craig, Daily Telegraph *
'Clever, compelling and impressive' * Angela Cooke Daily Express *
'The flavour of the 1970s is so accurate you can taste it...An unusually skilful and haunting novel' * Sam Phipps, Sunday Herald *
'An outstanding novel ... An intense, intelligent and compelling book that readers will find impossible to forget.' * Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail *
'A chilling and sharply articulated exploration of memories, identity and family relationships' * Anna Millar, Scotland on Sunday *



Book Information
ISBN 9780340822999
Author Jill Dawson
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Sceptre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 191g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 128mm * 17mm