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"The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it."-Fiona Barton, author of The Widow

A harrowing psychological thriller about a missing teenage boy whose mother must expose the secrets within their own family if she wants to find her son-perfect for fans of Reconstructing Amelia.

You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. Or do you...?

When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She´s not the only one. There isn´t a single member of Billy´s family that doesn´t feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn´t until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface.

Claire is sure of two things-that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance.

A mother´s instinct is never wrong. Or is it...?

Combining an unreliable narrator and fast-paced storytelling, The Missing is a chilling novel of psychological suspense that will thoroughly captivate and obsess readers.

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"In addition to creating a strong suspenseful tone, Taylor explores how a family tragedy can impact each member differently. [The Missing] will appeal to fans of Sophie Hannah and Nicci French." Booklist

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C. L. Taylor is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated into twenty-one languages. She lives in Bristol, England, with her partner and son.

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