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Before She Disappeared

By: Lisa Gardner
Narrated by: Regina Reagan
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Brought to you by Penguin.

From the Sunday Times best-selling author Lisa Gardner, a gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people the rest of the world has forgotten.

Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for.

When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking.

A new case brings Frankie to Mattapan, a Boston neighbourhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier.

Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.

But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her....

©2021 Lisa Gardner (P)2021 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Suspense Boston Mystery

Critic Reviews

"To read Lisa Gardner is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. In Before She Disappeared, she gives us a crackling mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine." (Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of Home Before Dark)
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Well written, roller coaster of a ride. A quirky protagonist to keep you reading. Excellent narration, can’t wait to start the next.

A story to hook you

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Well written, really well read! The story was gripping from the outset. Can’t wait for the next in the series.

Captivating story

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At first I didn't think I would like it but not too far in I was hooked and found the story line interesting, performed well but I didnt like the end, I wish it had ended differently but it is worth a listen

enticing

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excellent writing and performance can recommend it to
avid readers of this author so enjoy

fab

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great story I really enjoyed it. The characters are engaging and relatable. would definitely listen to more

great story, I really enjoyed it

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I’m not a fan of first person narratives, and I thought that in the sample this was limited to the prologue but it’s not . The narrator reads this well and tries to infuse the characters with meaning and she does a great job. The story however I found to be stilted and at arms length from the characters being told . I persevered for 45 minutes but couldn’t get engaged.

Stilted and trite

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story line is original and therefore somewhat entertaining, some characters are likeable but altogether uncaptivating

disappointingly boring

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