Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Length: 416 pages
Audiobook Length: 9 hours and 30 minutes
First Published: 2021
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Rachael’s Review
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Atria through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
One night in 2017, a teen mom has her mother watch her baby boy so she can attend a party in the nearby woods, only to disappear without a trace. Two years later, mystery novelist Sophie is wandering the woods near her new house when she finds a note attached to a tree saying, “Dig Here.” Lisa Jewell’s dark thrillers are always my favorites, displaying the harrowing lengths to which humans can descend. The Night She Disappeared is a slow-burn mystery that is intriguing enough to grab your attention but not an edge-of-your-seat read.
Publisher’s Description
On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.
One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite area for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”
Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground?
About Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell is the bestselling author of sixteen novels, including Then She Was Gone, I Found You, Watching You, The Family Upstairs, The Night She Disappeared, and Invisible Girl. She currently lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Visit the author’s website →