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  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405926393
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

Local Girl Missing





A psychological thriller about best friends, secrets and the past coming back to haunt you . . .

The old Victorian pier was once a thing of beauty. It's also where twenty-one-year-old Sophie Collier vanished eighteen years ago.

Francesca has spent the last twenty years haunted by the disappearance of her best friend. But when she receives a phone call from Sophie's brother saying that a body has been found, she knows she can't keep hiding from what happened. With her own secrets to keep, Francesca doesn't relish the idea of digging up the past or returning to Oldcliffe. But it is time to go back to where she grew up, and it looks like she isn't the only one there hiding truths.

  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405926393
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters. She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.

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