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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick
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The gripping and suspenseful new thriller from the acclaimed Nicci French. A woman missing. A family shattered. But can anyone really vanish without a trace? 

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PRE-ORDER THE LAST DAYS OF KIRA MULLAN, COMING SPRING 2025!

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

'One of their very best. Compelling, moving and beautifully written . . . an absolute winner' Observer

‘Classic Nicci French: an unputdownable missing-persons thriller that’s also a searing examination of family, memory and grief. A big-skied, full-blooded, broken-hearted book' Erin Kelly

She’s loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .

Then

When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec’s 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there’s still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. How can anyone just vanish without a trace? Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mother’s killer is potentially very close to home.

Now

After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. Etty is a changed woman from the trouble-free girl she was when Charlie was still around - all the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother’s disappearance. But when their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte’s disappearance, it seems like the town’s buried secrets – and the Salters’ – might finally come to light.

After all this time, will they finally find out what really happened to Charlotte Salter?

PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH:

'Fantastic - a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense . . . no one does it better than Nicci French' Lee Child

'Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish

'Heart-thumping, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff' Erin Kelly

'Perfection' Sophie Hannah

'No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French' Cara Hunter

'An absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes

'As well as a fantastic mystery, Nicci French has written a powerful, moving and wise story about the damage that loss does to families, with characters you can’t forget. I loved it' Jo Callaghan

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398524118

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 560

About the Author

Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in London and Suffolk.

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