From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. A mother fights to keep her composure as she hunts for her missing child in this nuanced, literate thriller from the husband-wife writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French (
Killing Me Softly). Shortly before Christmas, Nina Landry, a divorced mother of two living on isolated Sandling Island somewhere in the south of England, is getting ready for a family vacation in Florida that will include her new marine biologist boyfriend. Blindsided by a surprise 40th birthday party, Nina is further disconcerted when her 15-year-old daughter, Charlie, who was supposed to help with the packing, fails to come home from a slumber party. Nina's seamless first-person account of the next 24 hours mines the frustration and feelings of helplessness that come with any investigation slowed by the rigmarole of police work. This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers.
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Review
“Lose yourself in this smart nail-biter of a tale about a mother’s desperate search for her missing teenage daughter.”—People magazine
“A seamless first-person account…This engrossing read captures the importance of the often overlooked and underappreciated minutiae of everyday life while commanding a deeply personal reaction in readers.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“What gives Losing You its chief distinction…is its unusually emotive color and its flinty protagonist.... Nina is the parent we’d all like to be under duress, and I find I’ve become nearly as protective of her as she is of her daughter.”—Salon.com
“The pace and tension accelerate as the identity of Charlie’s abductor remains deliciously uncertain. This is a quick, enjoyable read.”—Library Journal
“[French] renders psychological chillers that manage to generate great suspense… This latest offering is sure to keep readers furiously flipping pages through the night.”—Booklist
“The novel’s greatest strength is its cool-eyed portrait of an English village”—The Washington Post
“Nicci French know[s] exactly how to maintain the tension…You live through every nail-biting minute.”—The Guardian
“The heart pounds from the first page…This is a book that keeps you reading into the small hours.”
—The Observer (UK)
