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Without a Word

The shocking and addictive mystery that you won't be able to put down

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Without a Word

By: Kate McQuaile
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly, Aoife McMahon
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I was there when it happened. I watched her disappear...

'POWERFUL' - Amazon Reviewer
'ABSORBING' - Karen Perry
'INCREDIBLE' - Amazon Reviewer
'ELEGANT' - Sunday Mirror
'GRIPPING' - Amazon Reviewer
'ACCOMPLISHED' - Sunday Times
'TANTALIZING' - Amazon Reviewer
'COMPELLING' - Candis
'INTRIGUING' - Amazon Reviewer
'TWISTY' - Good Housekeeping
'FAST-PACED' - Prima

'Everything you want in a thriller' - Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths

AN EMOTIONAL AND ADDICTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD ME

Lillian had phoned telling her to get Skype up and running. 'I have so much to tell you.' Then, the knock on the door. 'Sorry Orla, I'd better see who it is' she said. Orla waited. Seconds became minutes. She didn't know how long she waited before she realised that something terrible had happened.

For more than a decade, Lillian's disappearance has remained unsolved, and Orla has found it impossible to move on.

Then she receives an unexpected visit from Ned Moynihan, the detective who led the original investigation into her friend's vanishing. Moynihan has been receiving anonymous notes accusing him of having failed to investigate the case properly. He assumes the notes are coming from Orla, yet Orla knows nothing of these letters.

Is somebody trying to tell them the truth about what really happened to Lillian that night?

(P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited©2017 Margaret McQuaile
Detective Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

A twisty tale
Everything you want in a thriller
A fast-paced read
What She Never Told Me pulls you in from the first page in its exploration of love and identity, and the complicated bonds that tie families together. An absorbing read
McQuaile displays great empathy for her characters in this tale of an Ireland where the past can never be left behind
Elegant, clever and totally convincing
An impulsive act has extraordinary consequences in this accomplished novel . . . Disturbing and compassionate
A compelling and compassionate novel
All stars
Most relevant
A high calibre crime detective novel. Rising tension and nuance and mystery. I am interested in reading more by this author.

Irish English - Engaging and adroit crime (detective) novel

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