Then she vanishes : a novel
(Book)

"Originally published as Then She Vanishes in Great Britain in 2019 by Penguin Random House UK." -- Verso.

After her friend Heather allegedly kills two people in cold blood, reporter Jess returns home to cover the case, which, she soon discovers, is linked to the disappearance of Heather's sister twenty-five years earlier.

1994. Sixteen-year-old Flora Powell vanished from her sleepy seaside town without a trace. Her mother, her sister Heather, and Heather's best friend Jess had to somehow carry on not knowing what happened. Twenty-five years later, tragedy strikes again when Heather walks into a stranger's house and allegedly kills two people in cold blood. Jess, now a reporter, returns to the hometown she left behind to cover the case and dig for answers. Jess was like a sister to the Powell girls, until the summer that tore them all apart. Her search may reveals a darker side to this idyllic place she thought she knew. -- adapted from jacket