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The Girls Left Behind

By: Emily Gunnis
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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The gripping new audiobook from the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER Emily Gunnis is a heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide...

NO ONE BELIEVED THE GIRLS.

BUT BONES DON'T LIE...

The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton, who is just days from retirement from Sussex Police when the discovery of the bones of a young woman takes her back to a tragic unsolved case she worked on as WPC in the 1970s: the disappearance of a teenage girl from a notorious local children's home, not long after another young resident died in suspicious circumstances.

Jo is determined track down the victim's sister, convinced that re-opening the hushed-up wrongs of the past will uncover the truth of the girls' deaths. But will the trail lead her disturbingly close to home?

Your favourite authors adore Emily Gunnis's powerful, emotional and gripping bestsellers.

©2023 Emily Gunnis (P)2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Heartfelt Suspense Cold Case

Critic Reviews

'Compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching... A novel that stays with you. I was gripped' Sophie Kinsella

'Utterly gripping, taut and powerful. An emotionally charged, compulsive, moving novel Adele Parks

'Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times - all hallmarks of a bestseller' Lesley Pearse
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This authors books are fantastic and based in the real experience of people who went through the system of abandoned and stolen children. Terrifically compassionate plot lines that come together beautifully at the end. I always look forward to her next title.

Touching story

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Great story and excellent narrator ! The plot was realistic and there were several twists and turns

The Girls left behind

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This the second book I’ve listened to of this author and have loved both. I simply could not stop listening. Beautiful presented.. kept me on tenter hooks to the end with plot twists.

Compulsive listening

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