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Emma Healey

Whistle in the Dark


From the bestselling author of Elizabeth is Missing
2018. 336 p. 234 mm
Verlag/Jahr: PENGUIN UK; VIKING ADULT 2018
ISBN: 0-241-32764-4 (0241327644)
Neue ISBN: 978-0-241-32764-7 (9780241327647)

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Jen´s 15-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When she is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened and the police draw a blank. The once-happy family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Jen desperately tries to reach out to a daughter who has become a stranger.
In the award-winning Elizabeth is Missing debut novelist Emma Healey explored grandmother Maud´s attempt to solve a 70-year-old mystery as she succumbed to dementia.

Now, in her dazzling follow-up Whistle in the Dark, we meet Jen, mother to 15-year-old Lana - who has just been found after going missing for four desperate days. Lana can´t talk about the missing days. As her daughter´s life falls apart, Jen turns detective to discover what happened . . .

How do you rescue someone who has already been found?

Jen´s fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed. The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on.
With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened?

´A psychological thriller that meshes the homely with the Gothic´ Literary Review

´Oozing with tension and written with captivating brilliance´ Heat

´As gripping as its predecessor´ Elle

´Gripping, deeply affecting´ Irish Times
A compelling modern family drama with witty and wonderful characters. Utter bliss. Nina Stibbe
Healey, Emma
Emma Healey, a former bookseller, grew up in London where she went to art college and completed her first degree in bookbinding. She then worked for two libraries, two bookshops, two art galleries and two universities, and was busily pursuing a career in the art world before writing overtook everything. She moved to Norwich in 2010 to study for the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and never moved back again. Elizabeth is Missing, her first novel, was a Sunday Times Bestseller, won the Costa First Novel Award 2014 and was shortlisted for the National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year.